Category Archives: Making A Difference

Andrew L. Urban Recognition, reconciliation, closing the gap, a voice … all bundled into a grievance package squeezing the puss of guilt out of contemporary Australia. That’s how it looks to a migrant of 56 years, some of whose journalism … Continue reading →

President Donald Trump’s advisory 1776 Commission on Monday (Jan. 18, 2021) released a public report, fulfilling its task to revisit the nation’s founding history in an effort to reunite the Americans around its founders’ principles. Americans today are “deeply divided” about … Continue reading →

Italian Australian businessman Peter Versi is one individual who has made a difference and quietly enriched our democracy by his actions. Helped others. Donated time. Saved lives. Risked his own. And he didn’t do all that to boast on social … Continue reading →

In a passionate Letter to America, the niece of Osama bin Laden sets out a coherent and compelling case for an America led by Donald Trump. She writes because she is “heartbroken to see how an entire generation was successfully … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban. Senator Pat Dodson, often called the ‘father of reconciliation’, said last week that political leaders had failed to reconcile with indigenous people, despite doing so with nations Australia had gone to war with, such as Japan after … Continue reading →

By Andrew L. Urban I was invited to attend this week’s Yaketi Yak organised by the Centre for Social Impact,  in which the ABC’s Peter Thompson interviewed Luca Belgiorno-Nettis about his ongoing search for a better system of democracy. Luca has … Continue reading →

By Andrew L. Urban When Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced during the 2010 election campaign that she would establish a Citizens’ Assembly to deliberate on and find consensus for climate change policies, the idea was derided and ridiculed. It … Continue reading →