26th January: A Day of Reflection A statement on Australia Day by Edmund Rice Centre On 26th January 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip raised the Union Jack and proclaimed British sovereignty over the eastern part of the Australian continent. What historically started as a day to celebrate the founding of theRead More →
INDIA REPUBLIC DAY 2022 Namaste to everyone celebrating India’s Republic Day. It is a wonderful co-incidence of history that Australia shares its national holiday with India— 26 January. There is an easiness, a natural connection, between our two cultures, and a deep friendship. Australians call it mateship. Indians call it dosti.Read More →
According to Dr Andrew Leigh, Labor member for Fenner, Australia has a strong case for economic complexity. Imagine a stock-trading Rip Van Winkle who went to sleep on Wall Street in the mid-1980s and just woke up today. When he looked at the biggest firms on the US market, heRead More →
by Anthony Albanese Australians are not backward in coming forward when asked to give feedback to their political leaders. That’s a good thing about democracy. On the weekend I completed a 10-day tour of Queensland, starting in Cairns and moving south nearly 1700km to Brisbane, with visits to all largeRead More →
MESSAGE FOR CHRISTMAS Merry Christmas to all Australians and so many around the world as you gather together to celebrate the birth of Christ and the festive season. Christmas represents both a time of happiness and thankfulness for the good in our lives, and of reflection and renewed hope asRead More →
By Anthony Albanese Everywhere I travel, Australian business owners describe the same frustration. They can’t find enough workers to run their businesses. Although Australia is reopening after the COVID lockdowns, worker shortages are holding back our recovery. It is a problem right across the economy, but is particularly serious inRead More →
by Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia Australians have been challenged in many ways, but we’ve also risen to those challenges. We are a strong and resilient people, and if you ask Australians to stand up, take action and play their part, they will – and they have. I thankRead More →
by Bill Shorten Federal Shadow Minister for Government Services and NDIS It’s just 24 days until Christmas. After a rough year, peace on earth and goodwill to all may look like the triumph of hope over experience as a Christmas wish, but I’m an optimist. I want the Omicron COVID-19Read More →
Australians want action on climate change. And so do I. But they also don’t want their electricity bills to skyrocket, the lights to go off, for their jobs to be put at risk or for the way of life in rural and regional communities to be sacrificed. Australians want aRead More →
by Bill Shorten, Shadow Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Shadow Minister for Government Services In August 2020, one of Melbourne’s luxe bayside suburbs, Albert Park, was the site of a terrible and sad tale. In the middle of the city’s second hard lockdown, the residents of a privateRead More →