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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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Future Leaders echapters....
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“She wakes up and her heart sinks. Another day and once again she is overwhelmed by a sense of dread …”
“As the NCDs rain down, or even pour, and the forecast is for torrential rain, we can bask in the success of tobacco control in places like Australia …”
“In 1981 a young political junkie with progressive sympathies, Joe Trippi, joined the campaign to make Tom Bradley governor of California, and so the first black governor in US history …”
“Shortly after Barack Obama became the first US President to build his campaign around online social media, his new administration held an online ‘brainstorming’ session ’ …”
“My father, who was born in Poland in 1898, only received one vaccine in his childhood, which was designed to protect him against smallpox …”
“The interlocking themes of creativity and innovation are as important for me as they are for anyone engaged in the creative industries …”
“For over three decades, scientists have had the ability to alter the genomes of other species of animals. Using viruses to alter DNA sequences …”
“Names’ are ubiquitous in the human world, but their functions, the information they carry, and the constraints placed upon their public and private use vary …”
“Like any other ‘machine’, the better you care for your heart, the more likely it is going to go on serving you well …”
“In Australia we cherish the freedom to tell it as it is. It’s part of our heritage, and now ingrained in our culture …”
“What’s the big deal about the present moment? When we reflect on our most important formative experiences in life – and they do not come along every day – …”
“Our climate is changing and so must we. As climate changes become manifest, our intrinsic survival instinct will make adaptation …”
“The mysteries of passion, love, and how to best live day to day in a couple relationship is one of the most constant subject of conversations …”
“The rising incidence of allergic and autoimmune diseases imposes an ever-increasing burden on individuals, populations and economies …”
“We are living in a time of unprecedented risk for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic …”
“Soon after the internet began to expand as a global communication network, in the early days of Web 1.0, the founder of a US-based, now worldwide White …”
“One of the most serious problems facing the world today is the over-abundance of unreliable information, a condition sometimes referred to as info-obesity …”
“I started as a journalist just as hot metal printing was being banged out of publishing companies in the late 1970s – an era now referred to as the Golden Age …”
“In 2012, 4.2 million Australians (18.5% of the population) were estimated as having a disability …”
“When Sleepers, Wake!: Technology and the Future of Work was published in 1982, my predictions about the potential impact of the ICT …”
“The Australian colonies began very unpromisingly as a convict society built on Aboriginal dispossession. Nevertheless, robust elected …”
“The term ‘influenza’ is often used loosely to describe respiratory illness caused by a wide range of viruses, including respiratory …”
“On a physical level Homo sapiens (Latin: ‘wise man’) have changed little over the last 20,000 years. Nonetheless, there has been a tremendous evolution …”
“Otitis media (OM) refers to middle ear infection, and is a highly prevalent condition in the Australian Aboriginal population …”
“Throughout history people have relied on some form of doctor or other healer to help them and their families during times of illness …”
“I received my first inkling of my own sexuality at about age 9.
I was always precocious. In those days, it was not …”
“The first school that I ever attended was a local kindergarten conducted by Mrs Church. I have no idea of her first name …”
“Recently, I visited Kenya. A huge legal conference held in the Jomo Kenyatta Conference Centre in the middle of Nairobi …”
“As women age, we have many changes to look forward to as the uncertainties of love and employment blossom into the stability of family and career …”
“There has been much written and spoken about the issue of climate change over the past few years. These discourses build the case …”
“Seeing a urologist often involves discussing things that men may have been bothered by for some time, but have managed to ignore …”
“The small number of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children at school — 147,181 — belies the complexity …”
“Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians is a fraught topic, presenting legal as well as moral challenges, and involves a large set of issues beyond my scope here …”
“Knowing how many people live in Australia and what the future of Australia’s population might look like has been a critical input into the decisions made by government …”
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