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Read moreThousands of young people in Australia share care home accommodation with the elderly. With incredibly different and complex needs, it is unsurprising that many experience depression, reports Sarah Kilcoyne, a 28-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Brisbane, Queensland. It is almost incomprehensible – being 20-years-old and living in a nursing home, surrounded by the elderly and infirm. Sadly this is a …
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Newspapers and government agencies are right to embrace social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, as legitimate forms of information provision during natural disasters, writes 25-year-old Aletha Nightingale from Australia. The use of social media applications as a means of communication has flourished during the last five years. Recently, a new use for social media has been …
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Newspapers and government agencies are right to embrace social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, as legitimate forms of information provision during natural disasters, writes 25-year-old Aletha Nightingale from Australia. The use of social media applications as a means of communication has flourished during the last five years. Recently, a new use for social media has been …
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The destruction of natural habitats is not only damaging for biodiversity, but also has a long-term impact on the socio-economic welfare of humans, reports 17-year-old Grant Duthie, a Commonwealth Correspondent from the Gold Coast of Australia. Let’s cut to the chase: biodiversity is in a shocking state and global action to mitigate the erosion of …
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The destruction of natural habitats is not only damaging for biodiversity, but also has a long-term impact on the socio-economic welfare of humans, reports 17-year-old Grant Duthie, a Commonwealth Correspondent from the Gold Coast of Australia. Let’s cut to the chase: biodiversity is in a shocking state and global action to mitigate the erosion of …
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State police in Australia were last week given powers to remove the veil from Muslim female crime suspects. Amanda McClintock, an 18-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Queensland, examines the roots of intolerance in the Pacific country. I walked into the lunchroom at work not too long ago to hear a few of my colleagues discussing a …
“The White Australia Policy was a low point in my country’s history” Read More »
State police in Australia were last week given powers to remove the veil from Muslim female crime suspects. Amanda McClintock, an 18-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Queensland, examines the roots of intolerance in the Pacific country. I walked into the lunchroom at work not too long ago to hear a few of my colleagues discussing a …
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With youth unemployment at a record peak in New Zealand, the future is seemingly bleak for many young Kiwis. Yet dire prospects have yet to ignite a new era of political activism, reports Fale Lesa, a 21-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Auckland. In 2008, young American citizens mobilised around the presidential election campaign, and were a critical deciding …
“We are a crouching tiger, a hidden dragon, a sleeping giant” Read More »
With youth unemployment at a record peak in New Zealand, the future is seemingly bleak for many young Kiwis. Yet dire prospects have yet to ignite a new era of political activism, reports Fale Lesa, a 21-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Auckland. In 2008, young American citizens mobilised around the presidential election campaign, and were a critical deciding …
"We are a crouching tiger, a hidden dragon, a sleeping giant" Read More »
This summer the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) is busy delivering an array of competitions and programmes for young people around the Commonwealth. The 2011 Essay Competition was a huge success and our examiners are now busy marking entries from all 54 member nations. The deadline for both the Photographic and Vision Awards has been extended …
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