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
Dr Jane Goodall recently turned 80 years and will be sharing her highlights of her career and life in Sydney, Melbourne and Beerwah the next coming months. She is considered a leading expert on chimpanzees and has spent over 40 years studying their social and family interactions in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. Traveling the Continue Reading →
This month the sale of the former Peter’s Ice Cream/ABSOE site for +$40m is slated for settlement. The buyer is Sydney company PAYCE Consolidated. Many Westenders greeted the news with a sense of imminent foreboding. However there is a chance to dream big. Let your imagination match the size of the site. It’s big. Over Continue Reading →
Queenslanders alarmed by the VLAD laws and sabre rattling over G20 need to keep a sympathetic eye on their southern cousins over the next week. Westender joined activists at Bentley over the Easter weekend to see how the 3,000 local citizens are preparing themselves for a major act of civil disobedience. They are camped next to Continue Reading →
‘Don’t let concern become regret – make the call to DVConnect’: That’s the message from Communities Minister Tracy Davis in the lead up to Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month 2014. Ms Davis said the month, which was held each May, raised awareness of domestic and family violence and aligned with the Queensland Government’s election Continue Reading →
Recently I wrote about ‘Entering A New Dark Age’ and its policy impact on asylum seekers published in The Westender under the title ‘Corporate Feudalism’ The two default reactions for dealing with a threat to civic society like the ‘New Dark Age Of Corporate Feudalism’ we are face to face with are ‘Fight’ and ‘Flight’ Continue Reading →
Parks are not simply useful for human recreation, they also help reduce air temperature and wind speed and replenish ground water supplies, all of which have knock on effects for the environment and the comfort of that most urban of creatures, you and I. Findings from Portland Oregon last decade indicate just how dramatic the Continue Reading →