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There is much more to sport than the hysteria surrounding individual games, discovers Steph Carter, 21, a Commonwealth Correspondent from cricket-mad Australia. I admit that I am always the first to scoff at fellow Australians whose dedication to sport reaches a certain level of hysteria. Long hours of cricket in the sun, the endless tackling in …

"Sports do not build character, they reveal it." Read More »

This week governments will meet in London to consider how sport can contribute to advancing vital development goals. The 6th Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting will review how all types of games can address social and economic challenges and promote global public health. But why is sport so important for national development? According to Fale Lesa, 22, a …

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This week governments will meet in London to consider how sport can contribute to advancing vital development goals. The 6th Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting will review how all types of games can address social and economic challenges and promote global public health. But why is sport so important for national development? According to Fale Lesa, 22, a …

"Sport should be encouraged by the Commonwealth of Nations" Read More »

This week governments will meet in London to consider how sport can contribute to advancing vital development goals. The 6th Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting will review how all types of games can address social and economic challenges and promote global public health. But why is sport so important for national development? According to Eva Maria, 21, a …

“Sport can help build confidence and self-esteem” Read More »

This week governments will meet in London to consider how sport can contribute to advancing vital development goals. The 6th Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting will review how all types of games can address social and economic challenges and promote global public health. But why is sport so important for national development? According to Eva Maria, 21, a …

"Sport can help build confidence and self-esteem" Read More »

The Australian Constitution is desperately outdated and sets the tone for discrimination and racism to be perpetrated under the law, says Francis Ventura, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Melbourne. Australia is a modern, accepting and multicultural nation. Everybody accepts that, apart from an unfortunate few outside the moderate and fair thinking mainstream. A country’s Constitution …

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The Australian Constitution is desperately outdated and sets the tone for discrimination and racism to be perpetrated under the law, says Francis Ventura, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Melbourne. Australia is a modern, accepting and multicultural nation. Everybody accepts that, apart from an unfortunate few outside the moderate and fair thinking mainstream. A country’s Constitution …

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Though Australia is ranked as the world’s 15th largest greenhouse gas emitter, it has the potential to influence global climate change. However, that influence will depend on how effectively solutions are implemented at home, argues Pak Yiu, 19, a journalism student from the city of Brisbane in Australia. Climate change has been evident in the …

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With soaring standards of living resulting in the need for higher incomes to sustain one’s way of life, much work has to be done by the youngsters in Singapore, says Aristle Tay, 18, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Singapore. Tay says youth need the virtue of fortitude. From where I sat on the edge of a …

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