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Thursday, November 26, 2015
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Friday, September 11, 2015
My friends website ! It has everything !
Hello
Well I know this cool chick -Robina
She can do anything and she's living the dream !!
Check out this website
www.number45.com
There is Curry paste
There is awesome handmade products
And the best there is emotional renovations !
I was feeling like crap ALL the time
Now I feel great ALL the time
Here is some of what she wrote today
Well I know this cool chick -Robina
She can do anything and she's living the dream !!
Check out this website
www.number45.com
There is Curry paste
There is awesome handmade products
And the best there is emotional renovations !
I was feeling like crap ALL the time
Now I feel great ALL the time
Here is some of what she wrote today
I've been asked heaps of times this week.... So what do you actually do??
Here's the answer.
I hang out with cool chicks who are feeling crazy!
Crazy bad but they wanna feel crazy good.
Often they say things like:
- I don't know what I want/where I want to be in life
- I wish I had more time to do the things I wanna do
- I wanna wake up and actually feel happy instead of going 'oh crap'
- I lie awake worrying about stuff
- I don't even remember who I am anymore
Often they feel:
- overwhelmed
- worried
- like a failure
- out of balance
- angry
- guilty
- lost
- like they can't silence the chaos in their heads
Often they say the WANT to feel:
- happy
- content
- calm
- in control
- peaceful
- energy
- focused
So they get in touch.... we chat on the phopne for about 1/2 an hour to see if we'd be a good fit to work together and then we do...
And when we're done they say things like:
- Thankyou for finding ME in ME so my family could have the best ME I could be. OMG how luck I am to have met and engaged in the amazingness you have to offer me and so many others.
- I am coping at work!
- I am coping with the kids, I hadly yell at all, in fact the kids have been brilliant for ages.
- I'm not cranky anymore
- There's no fights, no anger, no bitterness, no resentment, no disappointment anymore
- you've worked a miracle and I really appreciate it.
THIS is what I do. Work with women to remind them how to find their happy hearts... feels like togetherness... feels like freedom...
So there ya go Rochelle that's what I do. If you wanna know HOW I do it, let's chat? No pushy bossy stuff, just chat.
email me
Saturday, July 25, 2015
When we get used to violence
My children saw someone die last week
I arrived home from work and they were telling me all about calling the ambulance and the lady crying 'his heart stopped' and how the man put a cloth over the persons face
the ambulance came
the kids went into great detail and i realized they were describing someone had passed away ( i did confirm this )
I don't know how i feel about this - i cant really process it - but maybe no parent knows the answer to how to deal with your children seeing someone die
maybe i should Google it !
but such is life here that it really just seemed like a normal day
who else has a 3 yo and 5 yo that think nothing of witnessing such events
although i doubt they realize the "death part" its just that they are so used to seeing violence, and calling the ambulance and hearing the wailing that they think its a normal part of a week
Then this evening a lady called out she was bleeding from her head
i took cloths down to help stop the bleeding, the kids were behind me watching we called the ambulance
The lady had been hit with a can of tinned meat and had quite a nasty laceration on the side of her head
The kids watched as the police and ambulance came and took her off to hospital
what did they make of this ???
I dont know they have seen such events since they could lift their heads up and look around
Then this evening a lady called out she was bleeding from her head
i took cloths down to help stop the bleeding, the kids were behind me watching we called the ambulance
The lady had been hit with a can of tinned meat and had quite a nasty laceration on the side of her head
The kids watched as the police and ambulance came and took her off to hospital
what did they make of this ???
I dont know they have seen such events since they could lift their heads up and look around
When someone asks how your day was and means it -
When someone asks how your day was and means it -- the reply is not so short and not so 'stock standard' - Good thank you and how was your day ? No the reply is emotional and long ............
(I did make the last part of my reply into a second blog post titled when we get used to violence)
My lovely friend Robina Sent me an e mail asking how my week was? And this was my reply
You can see her blog and website here :
Person no: two refuses to go to [regional hospital] for dialysis and is just getting the odd dialysis here - she wont go because her daughter died of a sudden illness last year, her partner died and she had massive cardiac surgery and a 4 months in ICUHi Robina!
I got the handmade journal, it is beautiful - too good to write in LOLThanks - that brightened my day( these are awesome check them at number45 - they are by artist Chris Bolton form WA)
Well I'm still sick, feel miserable, don't want to be at work, but I'm here anywayinfected sinus, the beginning of tonsillitis .......................how is my week going you ask ?? -I have lost the passion for my work - 2 years in this job and i'm burnt out and don't carebut then that means people will die (no i'm not being dramatic, since you worked here i know you know how sick the people are here anyway)this week one person missed 7 x renal dialysis - we found him trying to drive a car - confused and rambling so we called the police to get him out of the car and took him to see the visiting renal consultant. (Not such an easy task in a community where the police are not thought of kindly! Fortunately without giving away confidential information we were able to convey to the onlookers we were worried about his health )."if he lives through the night we will see if he will go to [regional hospital] for dialysis "
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
what, in your view, is the moral relationship between humans and the environment?
what, in your view, is the moral relationship between humans and the
environment?
Human
kind has an obligation both a moral and an ethical one, to look after and
protect the environment not only for now but for future generations. If Human kind is to survive long enough to
evolve and go on then the world we live in needs to be cared for and respected.
A
second opinion held by some environmental philosophers is that we have no moral
obligation to future generations as they cannot reciprocate. This actually seems quite harsh, without
moral obligation to the environment then there would unlikely be a planet for
our descendants to inhabit
Anthropocentrism
literally means “human-centeredness “. An
anthropocentric ethic claims that only human beings are morally considerable in
their own right, meaning that all the direct moral obligations we possess,
including those we have with regard to the environment, are owed to our fellow
human beings. The moral obligation between humans and the environment exists
now, because it is our environment, our home that is being effected by damaged
being caused to the environment.
A third view
is Early Christian views which show that
humans have no responsibility towards the environment as humans are given a
dominion over it. This means that God has given humans authority over the
earth, animals and plants
The granting of moral standing
to future generations - Human beings who do not yet exist, is considered
necessary because of the fact that many environmental problems, such as climate
change and resource depletion, will affect future humans much more than they
affect present ones.
Although having said this the
question remains who are the future human beings.
The relationship between the
environment and humans can be complicated, as human morals are individualized
and humans place values on things that are important to them so a farmer may
have a stronger moral view on the environment than say an oil or office worker.
In the end my view is that humans individually and collectively have a
moral relationship to the environment in order to protect ourselves and future
generations of all living forms from harm.
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Hardin, G 2005, 'Who Cares for Posterity?', in LP Pojman (ed.), Environmental ethics: readings in theory and
application, 4th ed., Wadsworth, Belmont CA, pp. 324-30.
Westra, L & ECI 2005, 'The Earth Charter: From Global
Ethics to International Law Instrument', in LP Pojman (ed.), Environmental ethics: readings in theory and
application, 4th ed., Wadsworth, Belmont CA, pp. 590-6.
Australian Indigenous Income Management
Australian Indigenous income management
Part 1: The Case
Introduction
As the indigenous
population in Australia reaches almost 700,000 (2011 census) (Australian Bureau
of Statistics (ABS) 2011) The Australian welfare programs for the Indigenous
have seen some changes in recent years.
While many Australians enjoy world class health and education systems,
many indigenous particularly those living in remote areas live in improvised
conditions. There is substandard housing, problems with alcohol, domestic violence,
high crime rates and low school attendance. During the 2007 Howard government
intervention income management was brought into the Northern territory as a way
of helping Indigenous manage their incomes. Using social justice and human
rights frameworks this case study examines the current income management
programs in the Northern Territory
Case overview
Australia has a
significant history when it comes to the indigenous population – one of
abuse, genocide,
stolen generation and lack of human rights.
In 1883 the board for protection of aborigines was established, they
later changed their name to the aborigine welfare board (The State Records
Authority of New South Wales, 1995).
The duties of the new Board were to:
apportion, distribute and apply moneys for the relief or benefit of Aboriginal
people; or to assist them in obtaining employment; maintain them whilst
employed or otherwise to assist them to become assimilated into the general
life of the community; distribute blankets, clothing, and relief to Aboriginal
people; provide for the custody and maintenance of Aboriginal children; manage
and regulate the use of reserves; exercise a general supervision and care over
all Aboriginal people and over all matters affecting their interests and welfare,
and to protect them against injustice, imposition and fraud; arrange for the
inspection at regular intervals of each station and training school under the
control of the Board.( The State Records Authority of New South Wales,1995)
While
there has been some changes to the Aboriginal welfare board, and Aboriginal
policies including name changes, The Howard Governments 2007 intervention – close the gap strategies remain similar to the
duties carried out in 1883 (Cox, 2015;
Buckmaster & Ey, 2012).
According to Altman
and Sanders (1995) after the 1967 referendum Australian aborigines subsequently
became very dependent on welfare. Some
Authors including famous Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson describe the past
aboriginal welfare system as the downfall of aboriginal society and what has
led to a cycle of dependence on welfare, alcohol abuse, domestic violence,
unemployment, vulnerable children and irresponsibility (Davidoff & Duas,
2008). Income management came about after the report on allegations of serious
sexual abuse of children in Aboriginal communities, the report is called “The little children are scared” (Korff, 2015; Gibson, 2012). The Howard Government introduced Income
Management into the Northern Territory as a way of assisting welfare recipients
(Gibson, 2015). In order for the Howard
Government to do this the Anti-Discrimination Act had to be suspended in order
to pass policy on income management (ACOSS, 2009).
Income
management was automatically applied to all indigenous persons on Centrelink benefits
living in the Northern territory – everyone received a Basics card, where a percentage of their center
link benefits were put on the card.
(Korff, 2015). The card requires a pin number and at first could only be
used at some shops, now there is a greater range of shops the Basics card can
be used at. The Basics card cannot be used to buy alcohol, tobacco, pornography
or some takeaway foods. (Korff, 2015).
Some authors suggest
that Income management was brought into control what Aborigines in the Northern
Territory could spend their money on, (Gibson, 2012; Korff, 2015; Bielefeld,
2012). These authors suggest that Income
Management has a negative and discriminatory impact on Aboriginal peoples in
the Northern Territory (Gibson, 2012; Korff, 2015; Bielefeld, 2012).
A
second type of income management is used and is popular in some parts of the
Northern Territory, the individual arranges a certain amount of their money to
go to a particular shop each pay week, including to rental agencies or other
bills such as electricity, where they can either save it up for larger items,
such as white goods or furniture or to shops including butchers, grocery shops
or other retail outlets where they can get food and other essential items
(Gibson, 2012). This negates the need of
having a pin based card (Korff, 2015).
The
objective of income management set by the Howard Government in 2007 has been to
reduce immediate hardships by directing welfare payments to those who need
them, help people on welfare payments obtain essential items and reduce the
amount of money spent on alcohol tobacco pornography and gambling ( Buckmaster
& Ey, 2012; Korff, 2015; Dvidoff & Duas, 2008) . Income management is
also used to help people with budgeting and reduce vulnerable people on welfare
from being harassed and abused for their payments (Korff, 2015). Income management is also used to encourage
socially responsible behavior (Buckmaster & Ey, 2012; Korff, 2015; Dvidoff
& Duas, 2008).
There
are Advantages and disadvantages to these two types of income management. Firstly it allows vulnerable people access to
money in order to buy food or other essential items when needed. (Korff, 2015)
Studies have found that there have been benefits to children women and the
elderly on income management as they have been able to access food clothing and
other essential items. The individual can control the pin number, if they have
a basics card or go to a shop their money is at, to get purchase essential items
(ACOSS, 2009)
Income management is designed
to help recipients budget and reduce the amount of cash funds for alcohol,
tobacco and gambling (Buckmster & Ey, 2012)
Disadvantages include – there was no or limited consultation with
Aboriginal people regarding this program , and income management was initially
limited to Indigenous people in the Northern Territory with a trial program in
Cape York Queensland (QLD). Recently the
government has expanded income management to other areas in QLD and to people of
all ethnic backgrounds. Income management and basics cards, or the shops that
allow Basic Card use for welfare recipients is not yet Australia wide (Bielefield,
2013; social policy research, ACOSS, 2009; Cox, 2015).
People only have access to a certain
amount of ‘cash’ money to purchase other items individuals on income management have
reported not changing what they spend their money on and feeling more shamed
and embarrassed because they are on income management. (Korff, 2015).
Key stakeholders are the Indigenous
people of the northern territory, Centrelink – which is managed under the department of human services to deliver
a wide range of services to Who provide the basics cards an income management
The
government who implemented this policy and the shop keepers that provide
facilities to have the basics card or those that sell items that cannot be
accessed by basic card holders such as tobacco and alcohol outlets. The
stakeholder are all effected in different ways by income management
Summary of
issues
Income management was
introduced in the Northern Territory by the Howard government in 2007 it
includes allocating a certain percentage of money onto the basics card, which
restricts what people can use the money for Income management can also be
allocating a certain amount of money to various shops.
The government had to
suspend the anti- discrimination act to pass the policy on income management
The objectives of income management include:
Reduce immediate
hardships
Help recipients obtain
essential items
Reduce the amount of
money spent on alcohol, tobacco and pornography
There
is some evidence that income management has aided vulnerable people
However income
management policy was not done in consultation with the indigenous and there is
evidence to suggest income management has not met all its objectives (ACOSS,
2009)
Part 2: Analysis
and possible recommendation
Welfare and
social justice considerations;
Social justice can be
described as the fair distribution of resources among the population. In Australia social justice is about making
sure all peoples have the right to choose how they live and the ability in
which to make those choices (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2014) Social
Justice is grounded in everyday life and according to the social justice
commissioner (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2014) Social justice is about
housing with running water and sanitation, the right to education, employment
and good health. For the indigenous
peoples of Australia it is also about recognising them as the original owners
of the land with a right to a distinct culture and status, the right to land
and the right to self – determination. Social
justice is up held when the rights of indigenous peoples are promoted.
(Australian Human Rights Commission, 2014; Social Justice Report 2007; Social
policy research Centre (SPRC), 2015).
People on welfare often face more
discrimination find it harder to gain education, seek employment (Murphy,
Murray, Chalmers, Martin & Marston 2011).
The shame people feel while on welfare and the social injustice they
experience is high. Income management
takes people’s ability away to manage
their income and therefore resources as they see fit.
Making
income management less obvious for those that choose to be on it
Reducing the stigma of
welfare in Australia would be beneficial to recipients
There is no doubt that
there are vulnerable people that could benefit from income management. The anti-discrimination act that had to be
suspended in order for the Howard government to put income management into
place should be reinstated
Human rights
considerations
Human rights are
rights that are inherent to all human beings regardless of culture, sex, place
of residence or any other status. Human
beings all over the world are entitled to human rights which are inherent,
invisible and interrelated without discrimination. (Almond, 1993)
In
order for the government to roll out the income management scheme in 2007 the
racial discrimination act had to be suspended (Gibson, P, 2012). In Australian
law the right to nondiscrimination is excluded on the basis of a person’s status such as homeless, on welfare or
unemployed. The United Nations states that all human beings have the right to
nondiscrimination regardless of social status (Human Rights Commission, 2014)
By implementing income
management several human rights were breached these include the right to
self-determination – the choice of how income
is managed has been taking away from people. The income management policy
interferes with the right to use personal income. Freedom of movement – when the basics card was implemented not all stores accepted the
card, and the system is not set up in other states and territory’s making it difficult for people to move around
Australia freely (Bielefeld, 2013; Bielefeld, 2012; ACOSS, 2009).
Indigenous
land rights were disregarded and 5 year leases of indigenous lands were
obtained without consultation with indigenous people.
The government when
implementing income management did so after the report – ‘The Little Children are Scared’ was released that showed children in
Aboriginal communities to be vulnerable. The objective of income management was
to reduce immediate hardships
Help recipients obtain
essential items, Reduce the amount of money spent on alcohol, tobacco and
pornography
There
are reports that many people forced to go on income management feel as if they
have no control over their lives and that having a basics card has not improved
the ability to buy or have access to essential items (Korff, 2015)
Low income earners are
more likely to experience a breach in their civil and political rights
From a human rights
perspective mandatory income management that has been introduced into the
Northern territory has breached human rights by not consulting with the people
it applies to, by not allowing freedom of movement and self- determination in
management of funds (Korff, 2015).
The
government has advocated that income management policies need to be evidence
based, to ensure they are meeting the objectives.
There are cases being
made by indigenous peoples and organisations for voluntary income management –Income management and the use of basics cards
needs to be in consultation with Indigenous peoples (Gibson, 2012). Other changes that can lessen the impact
income management has on people include - restrictions from basics cards
removed, giving people the right to manage their resources and the availability
of shops allowing the use of basics cards Australia Wide
Summary of
recommendations
From a welfare and
social justice perspective
•
Income management should not be
discriminatory
•
The anti-racial discrimination
act should be reinstated
•
Either all welfare recipients
should be subject to compulsory income management or no welfare recipients
should be subject to it. Income
management could be valuable to certain people and be available as a voluntary
option.
•
Public policy change to make
welfare recipients less recognizable
From a human rights
perspective
•
Income management including
basics cards should be voluntary
•
Income management policies
should be done in consultation with aboriginal peoples
•
Income management is beneficial
to vulnerable people, so should be available to those who require / wish to
have it
•
Basics cards should be less
restrictive on what is able to purchase with them
•
Basics cards should be
available to use at all stores Australia wide
Part 3: Final
recommendation
Income
management should remain an option for people on welfare as there is no doubt
that vulnerable people are taken advantage of and results show that some people
find using the basics card to access essential items beneficial, there is also
evidence that supports the view of many people finding income management
discriminatory and shameful (Buckmaster & Ey, 2012; Korff, 2015; Dvidoff
& Duas, 2008). Compulsory income management has breached human rights,
Income management should be voluntary and in consultation with the people
receiving it.
The negative views around income management
and basics card need to be removed, through de stigmatization allowing people
receiving welfare payments to have the same rights afforded to all Australians and making recipients more anonymous (Gibson,
2015). The stigma of welfare and income
management in Australia needs to be reduced this will improve human rights for
people receiving welfare, by taking a way the shame they feel, and allowing
people to access education and employment
The
anti-discrimination act should be reinstated and any income management programs
in line with the criteria outlined in the act.
The removal of the Anti-Discrimination act breached human rights and is
quite damaging to the Aboriginal peoples (Buckmaster & Ey, 2012; Korff,
2015; Dvidoff & Duas, 2008).
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WAR - what is it good for !!
According to the jus ad bellum tradition established
by Augustine and Aquinas, the third requirement for a just war is “rightful
intention”, which is either “the advancement of good, or the avoidance of
evil”. Olen et al (2005, p. 305) ask, “How should we determine what a rightful
intention is? By whose standards should we judge the advancement of ‘good’?”
For a just war these things
should be considered
·
The war must be for a just cause.
·
The war must be lawfully declared by a lawful
authority.
·
The intention behind the war must be good.
·
All other ways of resolving the problem should have
been tried first.
·
There must be a reasonable chance of success.
·
The means used must be in proportion to the end
that the war seeks to achieve.
One of the criteria for a just
war is the intention behind the war must be good or ‘rightful’ To determine rightful intention
these things must be in place
·
Creating, restoring or keeping a just peace
·
Righting a wrong
·
Assisting the innocent.
These can be seen as rightful intention,
which according to St. Aquinas (Aquinas
was a 13th century priest and friar) is the advancement of good or
the avoidance of evil.
It is also the responsibility of the governments and the
people to ensure rightful intention is maintained.
Standards used to judge the advancement of good should be
those used by all of mankind
In the current international system it is the
responsibility of the United Nations (UN), and in particular the UN Security
Council, to assess the causes of war and decide whether or not a particular war
is legitimate or justified. In addition, individual states retain the sovereign
right to self-defence: ‘Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the
inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack
occurs against a Member of the United Nations’.
Charter of the United Nations, Chapter 1, Article 51, located
at http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/ 27/05/15
The UN Security Council was formed before the cold war, now
it is evident that each country is more independent of each other and the
differences in which each country might think is just or unjust s probably
evident over the last 30 years with various civil wars, Afganhastan, Iraq and
now the war on terrorism. In the end it is up to humanity to judge the
advancement of good and avoid evil, the outcome of how well humanity will do
will be no doubt judged by future generations.
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