By Emilija Beljic Human rights form part of the democratic process and serve to strengthen a democracy, demanding transparency in the legislative process and calling into account elected representatives when [...]
Mr Harry Jenkins MP Committee Chair Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights PO Box 6100 Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 By email: human.rights@aph.gov.au 15 June 2012 Dear Mr Jenkins, [...]
By Dr John Falzon In May this year, Ray Jackson, President of the Indigenous Social Justice Association, issued passports on behalf of Australia’s First Peoples to the two Tamil men [...]
National Reconciliation Week Statement The St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia has marked Reconciliation Week by calling on all Australians to develop and nurture a deep respect [...]
The Federal Budget 2012/13 In its budget response the St Vincent de Paul Society was sharply critical of the negative impact on people who are outside the labour market and [...]
By Dr John Falzon Keynote Address WACOSS Conference Perth, 10 May 2012 We are discussing social justice on Aboriginal land, land that was unjustly taken from a People who were, [...]
St Vincent de Paul Society Chief Executive, Dr John Falzon, has sharply criticised the failure of the 2012 Budget to deliver relief for people who are outside the labour market. [...]
St Vincent de Paul Society National Council CEO, Dr John Falzon, issued the following statement in response to the Statement released on May 2, 2012 by Elders of the Yolngu Nations [...]
Media Launch, 2012 CEO Sleepout Sydney 1 May 2012 Dr John Falzon Chief Executive Officer St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia The French poet, Paul Eluard, famously [...]
by Dr John Falzon Social Justice Day Launceston, 21 April 2012 I acknowledge the elders and traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting. Long, long before there [...]
This article by St Vincent de Paul Society National Council Chief Executive, Dr John Falzon was first published on The Punch news website on April 17. It’s easy to blame [...]
The St Vincent de Paul Society National Council says new figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics this week reflect the rising cost of living pressures and increased financial [...]
The St Vincent de Paul Society National Council says that cruelty is the unequivocal consequence of keeping children in detention and calls on the Government to honour its 2010 promise [...]
Presentation to the What’s Next? Seminar Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Canberra ,7 March 2012 By Dr John Falzon Chief Executive of the St Vincent de Paul Society National [...]
By Dr John Falzon The wound of colonisation is a wound in the heart of the First Peoples of this land. The legislation that is before this Committee will deepen [...]