People sleeping rough are the most visible form of homelessness and with the numbers increasing year on year, Pro Bono Australia News spoke to people on the ground about what you should do if you see someone sleeping rough. Former homeless man Kevin Fenn spent nearly six months sleeping rough in Melbourne after problems with […]
How to Avoid Picking Up Prejudice from the Media By Amanda Sharples, Elizabeth Page-Gould News, entertainment, and social media shape how we behave toward different groups of people. How can we limit negative influences? In 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, killing more than a thousand people and leaving tens of thousands homeless. A woman […]
An 88-year-old retired judge has offered to swap places with a refugee held in offshore detention, volunteering to live the rest of his life on Manus or Nauru in exchange for one refugee being sent to Australia. Jim Macken, a former justice of the industrial court of New South Wales, union official, and a member […]
by Phillip Haid Image credit: G Adventures For all the talk about the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR), the truth of the matter is most executives don’t believe it drives direct bottom line business benefit, or that it effectively addresses societal problems. The authors of Connect: How Companies Succeed by Engaging Radically with Societyinterviewed 70 […]