Keywords: Natural Disaster
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tony Smith
- 20 February 2009
In contrast to tabloid
television coverage of fires, Lohrey's writing explains much of our relationship to the bush. Like plaques in town halls honouring fallen soldiers, the task of rebuilding devastated communities is embedded in the national psyche.
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AUSTRALIA
- Bronwyn Lay
- 16 February 2009
8 Comments
A year ago, on the day of the National Apology, the emotion was palpable over the seas. But it was hard not being there, standing on the same dirt as your fellow countrymen. It is similarly difficult to be away from home during a time of natural disaster.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 12 February 2009
12 Comments
A compulsive fire lighter sets fire
to a few leaves. The fire grows and ends up causing many
deaths. While it is momentarily satisfying to find someone on whom to fix blame for
the fires, it is unhelpful to be fixated in blame.
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MARGARET DOOLEY AWARD
- Jonathan Hill
- 10 September 2008
5 Comments
Teachers arriving in remote Aboriginal schools represent merely the latest in a long, transient line. What will separate them from their predecessors is their ability to listen and learn from the people whose land they now live on.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Tony Kevin
- 09 September 2008
7 Comments
In The Pied Piper of Hamelin, a town tries to buy a cheap solution to a terrible problem, and their children pay the price. In light of Garnaut's latest, coservative climate change recommendations, it seems we may need a Class 5 tropical cyclone slamming into Brisbane to jolt us into decisive action.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 31 July 2008
1 Comment
Cult filmmaker Romero fears that new media has, rather than democratising the news, led to increased
tribalism that is divisive rather than unifying. He articulates these fears in his latest high-concept zombie film, Diary of the Dead.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Harry Nicolaides
- 14 July 2008
10 Comments
As Australia considers the Garnaut Report and the CSIRO predicts petrol could reach $8 a litre within a decade, the subject of biofuel has garnered increased interest. Jatropha, the so-called darling of second-generation biofuels, could cripple third world economies and ecosystems.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Margaret Rice
- 28 May 2008
Aid agencies are working hard, but some fear that once the emergency phase is over, access will again be denied. This would have unspeakable consequences for the people of Burma, who need long-term help to recover from Cyclone Nargis.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Matthews
- 21 May 2008
2 Comments
The ordered natural world of the garden is a place where disturbing thoughts can be annihilated, but only temporarily. Half a world away, brutal generals are using natural disaster to repress the weak and powerless.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
A new exhibition of compelling and confronting photographs captures the impact of natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies, and the crucial role of Australian aid workers and volunteers in the initial response and longer term rebuilding process.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Ben Fraser
- 13 December 2007
Bangladesh is perhaps the most disaster prone country on earth, with seasonal monsoons and cyclones among its most destructive phenomena. The cyclical nature of these disasters has led the Bangladesh government to pursue a more holistic approach to disaster management.
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ENVIRONMENT
So many of the goods you see in shop windows will soon be waste, mostly landfill. Cutting waste is the fastest way to reduce carbon emissions and cope with other crises of climate change.
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