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Refugee Buddy takes the OZ SI Camp Changemaker Quiz

Joy Suliman's picture

Open Forum invited all of the Changemakers who have had their ideas selected as projects to be developed at the innaugrual Australian Social Innovation Camp, 5-7 March 2010, to join us for a quick Q&A.  Joy Suliman, creator of Refugee Buddy went first. Here's what she told us.

Why do we all think it's ok for poor kids to learn less?

lizkeen's picture

It's only two weeks old and the My School Website is already influencing some parents to pull their kids out of our poorer schools. What if instead they demanded their existing school got the support it needed to compete? 

 

Bogans and their Flags

sally.rose's picture

If you want to wear a provocative T-Shirt, accept you may cop an earful.

It's back to work but is anybody there?!

Clive Leach's picture

Presenteeism, or lack of productive engagement at work, is prevalent at huge cost to both the public and private sectors. Research shows that well-being and resilience interventions can support sustained employee engagement and organisational success.

Australia’s enmeshment with Asia: The unseen evolution

Warren Reed's picture

Australians, in increasing numbers, are privileged to touch the heart of Asia virtually every day of the week.

Girlfriends or natural socialists?

Luke Malpass's picture

Ever heard the tired old cliché about women always wanting a man they can change, and men always wanting a woman who will not?

 

God save the Queen, or not?

Fiona Marsden's picture

Ten years on, as the republic question resurfaces briefly it seems it is still personal. What has liking the Queen really got to do with it? 

The Power of Words

Greg Mundy's picture

Would you rather be an old person, or a very experienced person? 

Moti awaits stay of proceedings

Susan Merrell's picture

Reporting from the courtroom, Susan Merrell suspects the unspeakable act of paedophilia has formed the perfect smokescreen for the unthinkable act of a politically motivated prosecution in the Brisbane courts.

Till death do us part … but we’re keeping God out of it

Fiona Marsden's picture

With the power vested in me by the Commonwealth of Australia I now pronounce you...From Writ Large: a blog about the big stuff, observations on how marriage trends are shifting in Australia.