The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Monday January 17th, 2022
More diplomatic and political resistance to the Australian ASEAN farm worker visa by Murray Hunter
In the midst of chronic labour shortages on farms across the nation, and a potential food crisis looming, where food prices are rapidly rising, the ASEAN farm workers visa is finding diplomatic and political resistance on a number of fronts.
Solving these chronic problems by increasing the number of Pacific islander arrivals is languishing because of Covid quarantine issues. Supplementing farm worker numbers from the ranks of the unemployed, now at 4.6 percent, with 14.28 percent of the youth population between 15 to 24 years is thwart with institutional and preferred lifestyle issues. In addition, Australia’s pension system is preventing those over 65 from re-entering the workforce, where there are many willing to take up jobs. Thus, the ASEAN farm work visa is the best immediate short-term solution.
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Write down #poem & #art by Amir Khatib
“Yes, write down the legend whose author we do not know:
The gravedigger woke up at dawn, as usual.”
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Robert M. Hutchins: Building on Earlier Foundations by Rene Wadlow
Much of our current work for a more just and peaceful world builds on the thinking and efforts of earlier foundations. An important foundation is the leading role of Robert M. Hutchins, long-time President of the University of Chicago (l929 -1951) whose birth anniversary we mark on 17 January.
Hutchins’ father, William,was President of Berea, a small but important liberal arts college, so Robert Hutchins (1899-1977) was set to follow the family pattern. He went to Yale Law School and stayed on to teach. He quickly became the Dean of the Law School and was spotted as a rising star of US education. When he was 30 years old, he was asked to become President of the University of Chicago, a leading institution. Hutchins was then the youngest president of a US university.
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Sceptic feathers #026 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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