by Leonie Saunders | Sep 24, 2020 | Politics
A little over two weeks have passed since I listened intently to the presenter of the ABC’s Statewide Drive program Nicole Chvastek interview the owner of a popular Kyneton restaurant to get his opinion of the COVID-19 Roadmap aimed at taking Victoria out of lockdown...
by Leonie Saunders | Aug 26, 2020 | Politics
Human beings are a social species. We are hard wired to social interaction, cooperation and reciprocity. It is elemental to maintaining our mental health and our survival as a species. As a Victorian, enduring the isolation of lockdown has so many challenges...
by Leonie Saunders | Feb 20, 2020 | Politics
According to the Guardian’s Christopher Knaus, analysis of donation disclosures suggests about 114 companies and lobby groups may have purchased business forum memberships worth $4.7m. Evidently, Santos, Nine Entertainment and big banks paid tens of thousands to...
by Leonie Saunders | Jan 1, 2020 | Climate Change, Politics
Natural environments are ablaze Not to put to finer a point on it, I fear what we are witnessing is the desertification of what is left of Australia’s fertile land. With both Federal and State Governments in the thrall of big business being unwilling to put their...
by Leonie Saunders | Dec 31, 2019 | Politics
We can not trust our politicians to take the URGENT ACTION that is required to save us from extinction! I call on the United Nations to impose sanctions on ALL nation states – developed and developing who do not immediately begin cutting their greenhouse gas...
