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
The John James Newsletter 165 11 March 2017 You may think your actions are meaningless and that they won’t help, but that is no excuse, you must still act Mohandas Gandhi Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people John Adams It is no longer rare to meet adults who have never Continue Reading →
The Great Barrier Reef is at “elevated and imminent risk” of widespread coral bleaching again this year, according to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. The authority told the Queensland Government in a briefing note that an “unusually warm winter and a second warm summer has resulted in more heat stress accumulating in more Continue Reading →
Researchers at Edith Cowan and Monash Universities wrote last week that alcohol remains the major cause of violence in Australia, despite the media focus on methamphetamines (ICE) and demonization of party drugs. Stephen Bright and Martin Williams report that 47% of homicides involve violence and nine times as many people reporting violence as a result Continue Reading →
The John James Newsletter 161 15 February 2017 A Message of Hope from Gen Z I am Sarah – I was asked to write an insight of my generation’s thinking on climate change. I am in no way the only voice, but I am one voice. I hope you find it useful. This is an Continue Reading →
The riding instructions for US President Trump’s dismantling of democracy have been revealed in a series of articles outlining the role of billionaire mathematician Robert Mercer and his network of think-tanks, lobby groups and media companies. White-house chief strategist Steve Bannon, formerly editor in chief of Mercer’s Breitbart News, has said that he wants to Continue Reading →
The John James Newsletter 114 16 April 2016 In the darkest hours of existence we grasp tight, no matter how illusory, to the starry gleams of hope Milton Washington’s game plan for Iraq was to shock and terrorise the entire country, deliberately ruin its infrastructure, do nothing while its culture and history were ransacked, and Continue Reading →