empowered communities

Peter Francis Fenwick

Closing the Gap after the Referendum

Citizens cannot share the benefits of a 21st century society if they do not participate in it economically and culturally.

Peter Francis Fenwick

Closing the Gap: Empowering Communities

Indigenous disadvantage persists. The gap is not closing. In many communities, children are not getting an education, health is poor and...

Peter Francis Fenwick

Parental Responsiblity

In July 2016, following the expose on Four Corners, Prime Minister Turnbull announced a Royal Commission into juvenile detention in the...

Peter Francis Fenwick

Eliminating Prejudice

If we work, rest and pray solely with friends who live in the same neighbourhood, we develop fears and prejudices about outsiders. But if...

Peter Francis Fenwick

Empowered Communities

Noel Pearson is admired as one of Australia’s great political leaders and thinkers. Last week, he released a 165-page document Empowered...

Peter Francis Fenwick

Being Responsible for Ourselves and Our Families

I wonder why the focus of our solutions for social problems seems to be to ask strangers to deal with them and government to fund it. The...