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Women and Climate Change – Mehreen Faruqi
Women and climate change – Mehreen Faruqi The theme for this morning “women and climate change’ combines two areas that I am adamant about making a change in – gender inequality and inaction on climate change. Unfortunately, in both areas we are disappointingly moving backwards in NSW and Australia, and I’d like to highlight some of these issues separately before looking into the interconnection between climate change and women. I grew up in Pakistan, a country that ranks 135 out of 136 in the global gender gap. So from an early age I was acutely aware of the inequality and discrimination that exists in law as well as societal norms which actually prevents women from access to education, work opportunities or fully participating in decision- making. Living in Pakistan, I always imagined prosperous countries like Australia having achieved gender equality in all spheres of life. So I was surprised when I arrived in Sydney 22 years ago and started my postgraduate studies in engineering, only to discover there was only one female academic amongst a fifty odd male teachers in the school of civil and environmental engineering at my university. Of course, judging gender equality is much more sophisticated than just measuring numbers in one particular institution and profession, but it is a good indicator of existing marginalisation. There is no doubt that much has been achieved through the successive waves of feminism over the last century. We’ve fought hard and won many battles - the right to vote and to run for parliament, to join the workforce and pursue careers in all professions. -
Dear President Obama
OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM U.S. ORGANIZATIONS Mr. President: It’s time to move from talk to action on nuclear disarmament. April 28, 2014 Dear President Obama, During the closing session of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague on March 25, 2014, you cited a number of concrete measures to secure highly-enriched uranium and plutonium and strengthen the nuclear nonproliferation regime that have been implemented as a result of the three Nuclear Security Summits, concluding: “So what’s been valuable about this summit is that it has not just been talk, it’s been action.” Would that you would apply the same standard to nuclear disarmament! On April 5, 2009 in Prague, you gave millions of people around the world new hope when you declared: “So today, I state clearly and with conviction America’s commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.” Bolstered by that hope, over the past three years, there has been a new round of nuclear disarmament initiatives by governments not possessing nuclear weapons, both within and outside the United Nations. Yet the United States has been notably “missing in action” at best, and dismissive or obstructive at worst. This conflict may come to a head at the 2015 Review of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). We write now, on the eve of the third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting for the 2015 Review Conference of the NPT, which will take place at UN headquarters in New York April 28 – May 9, 2014, to underscore our plea that your administration shed its negative attitude and participate constructively in deliberations and negotiations regarding the creation of a multilateral process to achieve a nuclear weapons free world. -
Legislative Council
New South Wales Legislative Council PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) Fifty-Sixth Parliament First Session Thursday, 11 August 2016 Authorised by the Parliament of New South Wales TABLE OF CONTENTS Motions .................................................................................................................................................... 57 Women of the Future Scholarship ....................................................................................................... 57 Newcastle Unity in Diversity Festival ................................................................................................. 57 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Donation to White Ribbon Australia .............................................. 57 Cooks Hill Surf Life Saving Club Redevelopment.............................................................................. 57 Business of the House .............................................................................................................................. 58 Postponement of Business ................................................................................................................... 58 Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders: Order of Business ...................................................... 58 Order of Business ................................................................................................................................. 58 Committees ............................................................................................................................................. -
Continuing the Ka Ora, Ka Ako | Healthy School Lunches Programme Date Considered 22 March 2021 Date of Release 28 May 2021
Cabinet Paper material Proactive release Minister & portfolio Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister of Education Name of package Continuing the Ka Ora, Ka Ako | Healthy School Lunches programme Date considered 22 March 2021 Date of release 28 May 2021 These documents have been proactively released: Cabinet paper: Continuing the Ka Ora, Ka Ako | Healthy School Lunches programme 22 March 2021 Minister of Education Cabinet Minute: CAB-21-MIN-0079 22 March 2021 Cabinet Office Cabinet Minute: SWC-21-MIN-0021 17 March 2021 Cabinet Office Associated papers: Briefing Note: Talking points for SWC item – Continuing Ka Ora, Ka Ako 12 March 2021 Ministry of Education Aide Memoire: Draft Cabinet Paper: Continuing Ka Ora, Ka Ako 21 January 2021 Ministry of Education Education Report: Continuing the Ka Ora, Ka Ako | Healthy School Lunches 27 November 2020 Ministry of Education Material redacted Some deletions have been made from the documents in line with withholding grounds under the Official Information Act 1982. Where information has been withheld, no public interest has been Proactivelyidentified that would outweighReleased the reasons for by withholding the it. Minister of Education The applicable withholding grounds under the Act are as follows: Section 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural persons © Crown Copyright, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Section 9(2)(f)(iv) to protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and officials Section 9(2)(g)(i) to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinion Some deletions have been made from the documents as the information withheld does not fall within scope of the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities, and is not relevant to the proactive release of this material. -
Quinlivan & Prendergast, 2020
Quinlivan & AKL 19° 12° Prendergast, 2020 BREAKING NEWS Budget 2020: $50bn cash-splash includes wage subsidy extension, free trades training / Contact us Terms and Conditions Advertise with us Facebook Twitter X / Contact us Terms and Conditions Advertise with us Facebook Twitter X / Contact us Terms and Conditions Advertise with us Facebook Twitter X / Contact us Terms and Conditions Advertise with us Facebook Twitter X / Contact us Terms and Conditions Advertise with us Facebook Twitter X / NZ ELECTION 2020 Election 2020: Donation allegations likely to sink New Zealand First - political scientist 11/02/2020 Mark Quinlivan Ella Prendergast Contact us Terms and Conditions Advertise with us Facebook Twitter X Political scientist Bryce Edwards speaks about the donation allegations. Credits: The AM Show A political scientist believes the Government will be feeling the heat as the New Zealand First Party faces allegations surrounding its donation practices. The Serious Fraud Office is weighing up whether to probe the accusations that the party is hiding donations in a slush fund. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, meanwhile, has demanded a full independent look at political donation laws. Political scientist Bryce Edwards told The AM Show Ardern is correct to conduct some sort of inquiry. "I think it's likely to sink New Zealand First in 2020 and it will dog this Government throughout this year," he said. "It goes to the heart of democracy and the way it affects people's lives. Related News Jacinda Ardern refuses to say she trusts Winston Peters amid NZ First donation allegations / Investigation into NZ First Foundation donations referred to Serious Fraud Office Contact us Terms and Conditions Advertise with us Facebook Twitter X "We're supposed to be the most corrupt-free country on the planet yet what we're seeing here are just major issues." Edwards believes Ardern will be weighing up all her options including an early election. -
European Parliament DANZ Report
European Parliament Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (DANZ) visit Auckland and Wellington 23-26 February 2020 Report on the European Parliament’s Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (DANZ) visit 23-26 February 2020 Background The European Parliament’s Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (DANZ) and the New Zealand Parliament have regular exchange meetings. This year it was the turn of DANZ to visit New Zealand for the 24th Inter-parliamentary meeting. As the visit was on a non-sitting week for the New Zealand Parliament, this meeting was held in Auckland to enable easier attendance for New Zealand parliamentarians. This was followed by meetings in Wellington, including with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, three New Zealand Cabinet Ministers and the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. DANZ’s visit this year was comprised of a larger delegation than usual. Eight members of the European Parliament (MEPs) came to New Zealand, including a Vice President. The members were from five of the six main political groups in the European Parliament – the European People's Party (Christian Democrats), the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Renew Europe, the Greens/European Free Alliance and the European Conservatives and Reformists. 1 The DANZ visit was led by Chairperson, Ulrike Müller MEP, who also led the previous delegation to New Zealand in 2018.2 Inter-parliamentary meeting The 2020 meeting was held on Monday 24th February. The New Zealand Members of Parliament who attended are listed at the end of this report. -
Issue 788.Indd
QT BUSINESS FEATURE INSIDE LAKES WEEKLY No 788 BULLETIN FIRST ON THE STREET 16th Feb - 22nd WWW.LWB.CO.NZ • BUY • ACCOMMODATION • SELL • INFORMATION • JOBS • [email protected] The Minister has spoken. Minister Nash has spoken, do not expect any more government support for “bleeding” tourism businesses. Unless there is a change of alert levels. Ok, so rather than be proactive and support the tourism industry, just cut us off at the knees and only feed us a bit of wage subsidy every time another community outbreak occurs. Case in point right now with Auckland at Level 3. Thanks Minister Nash, thanks Prime Minister Ardern. That is really positive and kind. Community outbreaks here and in Australia will keep happening. That’s a given but no reason to abandon plans for an Aussie Bubble and giving hope to “bleeding” tourism in our region. The Aussies let Kiwis enter without quarantine, then quickly and defi nitively shut us off at the fi rst sniff of Covid, as they have done now with the latest outbreak. They do the same thing domestically. Look at Victoria. Cut off from the rest of Australia. But you can still travel Sydney to Brisbane return with no quarantine. If our leaders really gave a hoot about the lower South and West Coast, they would work harder All smiles at the offi cial opening of Queenstown Fire Station. (Back row, from left) Area on that Aussie Bubble. manager Keith McIntosh, QLDC councillor Heath Copland, deputy chief executive of FENZ Russell Wood; (front, from left) FENZ regional manager Mike Grant, FENZ Minister Nash says they are “working hard” but what does “working hard” board chair Paul Swain, Internal Affairs Minister Jan Tinetti, and Queenstown fi re chief mean? Because it seems whenever Minister Nash’s boss, the PM, speaks Terry O'Connell another pathway to open borders with Australia is proposed. -
You Can Download the NSW Caring Fairly Toolkit Here!
A TOOLKIT: How carers in NSW can advocate for change www.caringfairly.org.au Caring Fairly is represented in NSW by: www.facebook.com/caringfairlycampaign @caringfairly @caringfairly WHO WE ARE Caring Fairly is a national campaign led by unpaid carers and specialist organisations that support and advocate for their rights. Launched in August 2018 and coordinated by Mind Australia, Caring Fairly is led by a coalition of over 25 carer support organisations, NGOs, peak bodies, and carers themselves. In NSW, Caring Fairly is represented by Mental Health Carers NSW, Carers NSW and Flourish Australia. We need your support, and invite you to join the Caring Fairly coalition. Caring Fairly wants: • A fairer deal for Australia’s unpaid carers • Better economic outcomes for people who devote their time to supporting and caring for their loved ones • Government policies that help unpaid carers balance paid work and care, wherever possible • Politicians to understand what’s at stake for unpaid carers going into the 2019 federal election To achieve this, we need your help. WHY WE ARE TAKING ACTION Unpaid carers are often hidden from view in Australian politics. There are almost 2.7 million unpaid carers nationally. Over 850,000 people in Australia are the primary carer to a loved one with disability. Many carers, understandly, don’t identify as a ‘carer’. Caring Fairly wants visibility for Australia’s unpaid carers. We are helping to build a new social movement in Australia to achieve this. Unpaid carers prop up Australian society. Like all Australians, unpaid carers have a right to a fair and decent quality of life. -
Basler Appell Für Abrüstung Und Nachhaltige Sicherheit
Basler Appell für Abrüstung und nachhaltige Sicherheit Ein offener Brief zu den INF & START-Verträgen, nuklearen Risikominderungs- und Abrüstungsmaßnahmen, um den Frieden zu erhalten und nachhaltige Sicherheit zu erreichen 29. Januar 2019 An: Donald Trump, Präsident der Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Präsident Vladimir Putin, Präsident der Russischen Föderation Jens Stoltenberg, Generalsekretär der NATO Miroslav Lajčák, Vorsitzender der OSZE Federica Mogherini, Hohe Vertreterin der Europäischen Union für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik Elliot Engel, Vorsitzender des Komitees für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten des US Kongresses Adam Smith, Vorsitzender des Komitees für Verteidigung des US Kongresses James Inhofe, Vorsitzender des Komitees für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten des US Senats James Risch, Vorsitzender des Komitees für Verteidigung des US Senats Leonid Slutsky, Vorsitzender des Komitees für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten der Russischen Duma Vladimir Shamanov, Vorsitzender des Komitees für Verteidigung der Russischen Duma Konstantin Kosachev, Vorsitzender des Komitees für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten der Russischen Föderationsversammlung Viktor Bondarev, Vorsitzender des Komitees für Verteidigung der Russischen Föderationsversammlung CC: Xi Jinping, Präsident der Volksrepublik China Theresa May, Premierministerin des Vereinigten Königreiches Emmanuel Macron, Präsident der Französischen Republik Sehr geehrter Präsident Trump, Präsident Putin, Generalsekretär Stoltenberg, Vorsitzender Lajčák, Herr Engel, Herr Smith, Sentor Inhofe, Senator Risch, -
2019-2020 Annual Report & Audited Financial Statements
FOURTH ANNUAL JULY 2019 - REPORT AND AUDITED JUNE 2020 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TE PŪRONGO Ā-TAU TUAWHĀ ME TE HŌNGONGOI 2019 PŪRONGO AROTAKE PŪTEA – PIPIRI 2020 WOMEN IN SPORT AOTEAROA WOMEN IN SPORT NGĀ WĀHINE HĀKINAKINA O AOTEAROA O NGĀ WĀHINE HĀKINAKINA 1 OFFICERS AND MEMBERS NGĀ ĀPIHA ME NGĀ MEMA Patron: The Rt Hon Helen Clark ONZ Board: Julie Paterson: Co-Chair and Co-Founder — Chief Executive, Tennis New Zealand; Foundation Member Sarah Leberman MNZM: Co-Chair and Co-Founder — Professor, Massey University; Foundation Member Louisa Wall: MP, NZ Labour Party; former Black Fern; former Silver Fern; Foundation Member Pauline Harrison: Specialist in executive coaching, strategy and leadership development; Foundation Member James Gibson: Chief Executive, Blake New Zealand Nicki Nicol: Chief Transformation Officer, New Zealand Rugby Martin Snedden CNZM: One Cricket Project Lead; former Black Cap, New Zealand Cricket Kirikaiahi Mahutariki: Executive Manager, Māori Financial Solutions, ASB Bank (to January 2020) Liz Dawson: Director and Shareholder, Hurricanes; Independent Director (to February 2020) Team: Rachel Froggatt: Chief Executive Sharyn Morriss: part-time Administration Assistant (started January 2020) Nicky van den Bos: Programme Director (appointed in June, started July 2020) Shanee Kiriau: AUT Intern (appointed in June, started July 2020) Caroline Jack: part-time Events Manager (to November 2019) Jodie Bennett: part-time Communications Manager (to March 2020) Foundation Members: Women in Sport Aotearoa originally came into being at the end of 2016, thanks to the passionate support of the following 22 Foundation Members. These members remain very active, providing support to the Board and team where possible, situated from within their current professional positions. -
Legislative Council
ACHIEVE AUSTRALIA ..................................................................................................................... 27596 ADJOURNMENT ................................................................................................................................ 27595 ASSYRIAN AUTONOMOUS PROVINCE PROPOSAL ................................................................... 27550 AUTISM ADVISORY AND SUPPORT SERVICE AND AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH ......... 27550 BLUE MOUNTAINS BUSHFIRES ........................................................................................ 27586, 27595 BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE .................................................. 27551, 27552, 27552, 27557, 27557, 27559 COASTAL PROPERTY PROTECTION ............................................................................................. 27589 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY INSOLVENCY ................................................................................ 27595 COOTES TRANSPORT ...................................................................................................................... 27594 CRIMES AMENDMENT (INTOXICATION) BILL 2014 ................................................................. 27593 FRIEDRICH AUGUST VON HAYEK ............................................................................................... 27598 HOME SCHOOLING .......................................................................................................................... 27593 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2014 ....................................................................................... -
High Notes, Vol 20 No 9, March 29 2019
H The Weekly Newsletter of Sydney Boys High School Vol 19 No 09 29 March 2019 From the Principal happy to see! I wish I knew his name so you High Talent could personally praise him.” People on public I Congratulations to Hunar Verma (12T) on his transport take a close interest in the behaviour selection in the NSW All- of school students. The student referred to Schools cricket team. knows he did the right thing. Acting honourably Our first XI qualified for is its own reward. the Davidson Shield Knockout cricket finals Literacy Development in Years 7-10 G for the second As part of our ‘lighting up literacy’ objective in successive year – well our School Plan, we intend all students to done, boys! High was engage in literacy development. In a nutshell, represented strongly in we want our students to be more skilful, the Combined GPS accurate, versatile and purposeful writers. We basketball teams – want them to read more widely, analyse more H Julian Markworth-Scott (firsts) and Noah closely and listen more acutely. There is an Casaclang, Eoin Fitz-Gerald, Kwabena Brefo ongoing whole school emphasis on writing with and Kobe Shannon (seconds). Congratulations! a key focus each term – audience – sentence Lachlan HO (11T) won a bronze medal in the construction – ideas generation and vocabulary. Open Men’s Foil at the season opener Staff are supported by DoE generated competition. Well done to Klimenty Tsoutsmann resources. All students in Years 7-9 will (9S) who won a state competition in proficiency complete a series of in the Russian language.