I recently discovered that the grandfather of a colleague survived the Auschwitz Death Camp. On the same day, I was reminded about the various persecutions within China from a member of Australia’s Falun Gong community. Both, coming so close upon the heels of my attendance at the Vietnamese Day of Mourning for the Fall of…
The NCC was the chief sponsor of the Democratic Conference 2024 held in Sydney from February 2 to 3. It was an affirmation of the true, the good, and the beautiful in our society. Too many people, be they left-leaning or right-leaning or unaligned, have fallen for the lie that Australia is a deeply flawed,…
I always find it important to maintain a realistic attitude to life and its challenges. A touch of realism goes a long way. We’re all aware of the dangers involved in looking at the world through rose-coloured glasses, of being overly confident or optimistic about what some new project will accomplish. For one thing, life…