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Tag Archives: Social justice
Dom Perrottet’s focus on families
Too often when a politician supports family values or has a focus on families, it involves a narrow definition of family and excludes many families from their vision, it is fails to address issues like poverty and discrimination facing families, and assumes certain gendered roles for men and women within a family. Continue reading
What is praxis?
Recently I was attacked for being “out of touch with the real world” with the person going on to say that “many academics have a profound inability to communicate with the less ‘enlightened.’” It seems to me that the attack … Continue reading
We need to rethink fast fashion
Imagine a rubbish truck full of discarded clothing going to the rubbish tip every second. This is how much waste is generated in the clothing and fashion industry globally [1] every day, with almost 60% of all clothing ends up … Continue reading
Same-sex marriage – finally it’s done!
Yesterday was a historic day with the Australian Parliament overwhelmingly voting in favour of same-sex marriage. Our family watched it live on TV and to see 130-140 Members of Parliament voting YES with four lonely figures voting NO was a wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in Families & parenting, Social change
Tagged Same-sex marriage, Social change, Social justice
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My response to the campaign against same-sex marriage
As I said in the previous post, to me the YES case in the same-sex marriage postal vote is largely based on love, acceptance and justice, while the NO case is largely based on fear, exclusion and poor logic. Much … Continue reading
Posted in Families & parenting, Social change
Tagged Personal, Same-sex marriage, Social change, Social justice
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Why I voted YES in the same-sex marriage postal vote
I try to be fair and to understand other points of view, but to me the YES case in the same-sex marriage postal vote is largely based on love, acceptance and justice, while the NO case is largely based on … Continue reading
Posted in Families & parenting, Social change
Tagged Personal, Same-sex marriage, Social change, Social justice
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In some countries (and USA states) our marriage is illegal
In some countries (and 30 states of the USA), Cathy and I would have been prevented from marrying. In fact, even though we are happily married after 31 years and have two wonderful daughters, in some countries (and some states … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Social change
Tagged Personal, Same-sex marriage, Social change, Social justice
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3 reasons I do not support a postal vote on same-sex marriage
Like most other Western countries there is increasing support for legalising same-sex marriage in Australia. We are about to have a national postal vote, run by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), to discover whether or not Australians support legalising … Continue reading
Survival day
If we are to truly celebrate being Australians, we desperately need to change the date. January 26, the day the British flag was first raised in what is now known as Sydney Cove, is not a day a celebration for … Continue reading
The rich get richer – the gap is widening
What type of world do we want to live in? Do we really want to live in a world where the eight richest people in the world (all men) own the same wealth as the poorest half of the world? … Continue reading
Posted in Social change
Tagged Consumption, Overseas aid, Oxfam, Poverty, Social justice, Video
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