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”, 7/8) reminds us that the No. 6 Olympic Charter has the phrase “without discrimination of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status”.
There are overwhelming reasons to do this. On average, there is a major difference in performance between those classified by any criteria as male or female. We have to give women a fair go, or else have them non-competitive in many sports. The reality is that there are millions Australians who have a mental illness, for whom it is well managed, so that they are perfectly functional people. In fact, in many respects, they are acutely aware of their behaviour and have a level of empathy that makes them excellent employees. There is still a lot of ignorance and stigma associated with mental illness, which is a tragedy in a country such as Australia, which is meant to be enlightened.
There are those who talk about “affecting my mental health” when what they really mean is “I was upset by something, but I got over it”. Mental illness that needs treatment is debilitating and can affect every aspect of life. How this survey defined mental illness is important to interpreting its results.
Analysis of the UK riots has included the role of anti-immigrant commentary by politicians and the media. Here, right-wing commentators regularly talk up division and suspicion, especially towards particular immigrant groups. In Australia, as of 2018, the average wealth of the top 20 per cent was nearly one hundred times that of the lowest 20 per cent .Reading the letters to The Age and various feature articles, it seems that the only solution to our problems must be a better “financial triage system”. Everything seems to revolve around the adequacy of funding, notwithstanding that our national debt is “up there”. I haven’t seen too much about where we should get the money from.
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