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Future Leaders is a national Initiative about leadership and the future of Australia. It seeks to involve, inform and inspire young people.
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“In modern Australia there is a rich tapestry of family types that has been weaved from the social and cultural diversity that makes this country a privileged …”
“Western liberal thinkers and politicians note with pride democracy’s expansion across much of the globe …”
“In 64AD, the city of Rome, mistress of the known world, was ravaged by a ferocious fire. The blaze swept through the crowded alleyways …”
“In September 2007, IBT Education Limited, Australia’s only stock market-listed provider of higher education, held its annual …”
“The explosion of knowledge in relation to the genetic basis of multiple conditions means that screening for the risk of preventable disease …”
“No field of medicine has changed in so dramatic a fashion as has been the case with human genetics. It is only 40 years ago this year that the first human gene …”
“NCDs, or noncommunicable diseases, are a group of diseases connected by their causes – or what doesn’t cause them …”
“Climate scientists distinguish between naturally occurring and anthropocentric (human-induced) climate change …”
“Affordable housing of a reasonable standard is crucial to a country and its people. Without it, people are impoverished …”
“Back in the olden days, just before the internet was invented, there was a clear demarcation between journalism and advertising …”
“Although steps have been taken over the past 150 years or so
to protect ‘heritage areas’ of great natural beauty …”
“The case for public funding of scientific and technological research in Australia, as in most countries in the world, is generally regarded …”
“Alcohol and drugs: Why do people take them, what do they hope to get out of taking them? Why do things go wrong sometimes? …”
“At the New News conference at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne in October 2015, run under the auspices of the Centre for Advancing Journalism …”
“It is 40 years since the first land rights claim by Aboriginal people was instituted in Australia. It was dismissed: Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd (1971) …”
“Worry has been described as an attempt to engage in mental problem-solving on an issue whose outcome is uncertain. We think about bad things …”
“The emergence of the Internet is one of the most significant leaps in the history of humanity. Information, knowledge and culture are exchanged among masses …”
“There is no more fundamental human rights issue than a threat to life on this planet as we know it. There are only two such threats that international policy failure …”
“We all begin life as a single cell that divides and develops until we are a fully grown human being. Inside this cell, our DNA carries the complete set …”
“… My daughter Tilda raised with me her concerns about palm oil, and how it may impact on the welfare of orangutans …”
“It is 40 years since the first land rights claim by Aboriginal people was instituted in Australia. It was dismissed: Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd (1971) …”
“Some of the chapters in this book have highlighted the challenges that a number of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people face on learning that they …”
“Seeing a urologist often involves discussing things that men may have been bothered by for some time, but have managed to ignore …”
“There is an ancient Chinese Proverb that says:
If you are thinking a year ahead — plant seeds …”
“Having a birth certificate is a key to citizenship. Most people born in this country take it for granted that they can prove they are Australian and lawful citizens …”
“In September 2011, a high-level UN meeting brought together leaders from across the globe to discuss the prevention and control of chronic diseases …”
“When I was invited to contribute a chapter to a new book about climate change I found myself with a problem …”
“The term ‘water crisis’ has entered the public lexicon of Australian society. A sense of impending water scarcity …”
“From time to time I begin speeches with the words of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poem ‘A Song of Hope’. The poem captures both the challenges and the promise …”
“Recognising the failure to meet the needs of the world’s poor, the United Nations General Assembly, on 8 September 2000, unanimously adopted …”
“The challenge of assuring global food security for the world’s increasing population – estimated to reach 9 billion by 2050 – has been much discussed …”
“Print media is dying – at least, that’s the conventional wisdom. Circulation figures show sales of major Australian newspapers have been in consistent decline …”
“Our world in the second decade of the 21st century is characterised by extensive growth of the human population (7.2 billion humans in 2014, with one billion …”
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