Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on
Author: Cam Wayland – Channel Dynamics In 1906, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto created a mathematical formula to describe the unequal distribution of wealth in his country. He had observed that 80 percent of the property in Italy was owned by 20 percent of the people. It was Quality Management Pioneer Dr Joseph Juran however Continue Reading →
Church is about God isn’t’ it? Or so I thought until a few weeks ago when I first attended the Brisbane Sunday Assembly. I’d read a little of Alain De Botton’s 2013 book “Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer’s Guide to the Uses of Religion”, but still wondered what a god-free ‘church’ would be like, and Continue Reading →
The last two years have been the hottest in our history, according to the Australian Climate Council. The Climate Council report finds the last 24 months are shaping up to be the hottest in Australia’s recorded history, further evidence that climate change is already influencing our weather. “We have just had an abnormally warm autumn, Continue Reading →
I often experience serious grievous reasons to doubt what I am going to say, but let me tell you what I secretly really believe. My mate, Mike Riddell, says that ‘everything alive is moving, even that which appears to stand still. Call it evolution if you will. Call it creation if you prefer. The engine Continue Reading →
The remains of a stone staircase in Orleigh Park becomes a sacred site every year as the local community gathers to honour Sorry Day in West End, Brisbane. The old concrete stairway is all that remains of the Cranbrook Aboriginal Girls’ Home. In the late 19th century the Aboriginal girls home was established at Cranbrook Continue Reading →
St Mary’s in Exile was created when priests Peter Kennedy and Terry Fitzpatrick walked out of the St Mary’s Catholic Church in West End and down the road to the Trades and Labour Council Building with almost the entire St Marys Community. They set up a community built around the mission statement – St. Mary’s in Continue Reading →