Tuesday 27 January 2009

The Perils of Ideology, Dads On The Air, 27 January, 2009.

The Perils of Ideology

Erin Pizzey
With special guests:
  • Erin Pizzey
  • Mark Sutton and
  • Susan E. Block.
In May 2007 Dads on the Air interviewed the founder of the world’s first refuge for battered women, Erin Pizzey. This interview was circulated far and wide, making it one of the most publicised broadcasts in DOTA’s history. As the Australian Government has recently been raising the issue of domestic violence from a one-sided ideological perspective, including the establishment of the National Council to Prevent Violence Against Women and Children, we thought it would be timely to re-broadcast the Erin Pizzey interview to try and bring some balance and rationality to the domestic violence debate.
Also on today’s program we feature another wonderful contribution by Mark Sutton from Liberal Arts Radio in the US. Alec Baldwin took a lot of heat after an angry voicemail to his daughter was leaked back in 2007. In his recently released book about Parental Alienation, A Promise to Ourselves, he confides that he was suicidal after the voicemail incident. Susan E. Block, a family law attorney and the former Administrative Judge of the Family Court of St. Louis County, looks at the problems facing non-custodial parents as well as new solutions that are being implemented in the US state of Missouri. More at www.liberalartsradio.com.
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Monday 26 January 2009

Aged care work beats the downturn, The Australian, 26 January, 2009.

Aged care work beats the downturn

Stapleton, JohnThe Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Jan 2009: 2.
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"The reality is the aged care sector marches to its own drum -- there's escalating demand for all forms of aged care and a shortfall in skilled labour," Mr [John Ballard] said.
Greg Mundy, head of the peak body Aged and Community Services Australia, said aged care was an area where government investment would bring an immediate benefit in the creation of jobs. Its submission to the May budget, proposing an additional $1.4billion for a range of initiatives, would translate to a 5 per cent increase in overall employment -- 15,000 jobs on top of the 300,000 already in existence. "Aged care is chronically underfunded and staffing is very tight," Mr Mundy said.

Saturday 24 January 2009

All that is Australian in photo, Weekend Australian, 24 January, 2009.

All that is Australian in a photo

Stapleton, JohnWeekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Jan 2009: 5.
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The winner, 22-year-old law student Stewart Webster, took the photograph of a seagull catching a chip near Burleigh Heads on theGold Coast in Queensland. "It was my wife's birthday and we were celebrating on the beach," he said. "One of my friends was throwing chips at the seagulls. I thought their fighting was very interesting and captured it while lying on the grass."
"The seagulls draw your eye in and then you notice the girl on the skateboard and the surfer catching a wave in the background," he said.
"The girl on the skateboard gives a sense of Australia as a young country. The photograph captures a common occurrence which happens everyday in coastal Australia, but it has been captured in a very interesting way."

Young libs call for national service, Weekend Australian, 24 January, 2009.

Young Libs call for national service

Stapleton, JohnWeekend Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 24 Jan 2009: 6.
"Areas suffering from chronic inter-generational welfare dependence would benefit from having people returning to their communities having acquired broader experience, skills, discipline and values," Mr [Noel McCoy] said. "We're a big believer in a hand-up, not a hand-out, and this is a very practical way of achieving that."
"We have seen a decline in community values, which has degraded the community itself," he said. "The military has always provided its members with a solid work ethic, a true sense of patriotism, mateship, camaraderie and self-sacrifice."
"I don't think the Young Liberals are all that serious about this -- I think it's more to generate a headline," he said.

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Friday 23 January 2009

Sea change on jobs horizon, The Australian, 23 January, 2009.



Sea change on jobs horizon

Stapleton, JohnThe Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 23 Jan 2009: 2.
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Able Seaman Steph Cokanauto, 22, said she was at sea more than half the year and loved the travel involved. "I like being at sea, exploring the world," she said. "I didn't know what to expect, with 25 girls in a crew of 150. I thought it could be a bit hard, but it really isn't. It is like living at home with a lot of annoying brothers; we live together and it is really good. They are like a big family, we experience everything together, the happy times, the sad times."
"The navy offers more than just great training and jobs; it offers a lifestyle," Mr [Warren Snowdon] said. "In the current environment a lot of people are looking for a job, we hope these ads will engage them to see the navy is where they should be."

Thursday 22 January 2009

Long live Gough, political legend, The Australian, 22 January, 2009. Picture Alan Pryke.

Long live Gough, political legend

Stapleton, JohnThe Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 22 Jan 2009: 10.
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Mr [GOUGH Whitlam] was happy to celebrate yesterday's milestone with Kevin Rudd, who dropped by the Labor stalwart's Sydney office for morning tea.
They chatted happily about their favourite restaurants -- Mr Whitlam celebrated his 90th birthday at Sydney's legendary eatery Machiavelli's -- and the establishment of the Bernie Banton Centre for research into asbestos diseases.
Special Minister of State John Faulkner also paid tribute to the Labor hero's longevity. "This is an exceptional achievement by Gough, who remains an inspiration for so many of us in the Australian Labor Party," Senator Faulkner said.