Wednesday 1 June 2016


Fred Hollows (1929 - 1993)


1929 -    was born in New Zealand 

1960 -     got a job in Australia. 

1965 -      was head of the Eye Department at a Sydney hospital.

1970's -   helped launch a national program to attack eye disease in Aboriginal Australians. 

1980 -     was travelling all over the world to help set up eye health programs in developing countries. 

1989 -     was dying of cancer. 

1993 -    died at home surrounded by his friends, his wife Gabi and their five children.

Wednesday 25 May 2016

     Martyrs in The Struggle for Justice
                          Dr Roberta Sykes


1943 - born in Australia


1957 - left school and worked as shop assistant and then nurse's assistant in Townsville


1960 - had a son Russel


mid-1960s - took stage name Opal Stone

performed as a striptease dancer at the Pink Pussycat nightclub in Kings Cross

met Howard Sykes and married.


1971 - ended her marriage


1970s - began writing articles, Bardas's late wife, Sandra befriended Sykes


1975 -1980 - was an adviser on Aboriginal health and education to the NSW Health Commission


1979 - published first book, Love Poems and Other Revolutionary Acts


1981- ghosted the award-winning autobiography of well-known NSW indigenous social worker, Mum (Shirl) Smith.

went off to Harvard with her young daughter in tow

completed her master's degree in a year,


1983 - finished a PhD in Aboriginal education in a further

returned to Australia to create more educational opportunities for others and devoted herself to being a proactive voice for indigenous Australians.


2002 - suffered a stroke at her unit in Redfern in November


2010 - died

Wednesday 24 February 2016

In the table, comparing 1992 and 2002, the numbers of immigration to Australia decreased in most of the regions

In the table, comparing 1992 and 2002, the numbers of immigration to Australia  decreased in most of the regions, but there were some of them increased, for example Oceania and Africa(excluding North Africa).

In 1992, Europe & former USSR was the biggest number immigration to Australia, and North America was the least.

In 2002, Oceania was the biggest number immigration to Australia, and South & Central America was the least.

Notes and Summary for "Why cheaper housing may not happen"

Notes


  • Labor doesn't clearly understand the impact of changing their negative gearing policy proposal.
  • The capital gains tax discount to 25% from 50%, which will save $32.1 billion over 10 years.
  • Tinkering with negative gearing could hurt the economy.
  • The government plans to target high-end investors.

Summary

Changing the negative gearing policy proposed by Labor could hurt the economy as per The Property Council. While, the government is still looking for tinkering it by targeting high-end investors in order to save the budget which is $32.1 billion over 10 years. Labor can easily lost the election because of the negative gearing policy.