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30 compelling interviews with refugees who have escaped war or conflict from over a dozen countries. Inspirational individuals and initiatives that are harnessing the potential of refugees to make australia a richer society. The world is facing the largest human displacement crisis in history with over 68 million people forced to leave their homes because of violence, conflict or persecution. Each year Australia accepts around 18,000 refugees through the United Nations humanitarian settlement programs. Many of the refugees who settle in Australia have experienced trauma, torture or the loss of loved ones. They bring with them memories, traditions, culture and history. They also bring with them hopes, dreams and ambitions for their children. They are, by definition, resilient and ingenious people who have overcome challenges and dangers just to get here. Refugee Stories is about the experiences and the hopes and aspirations of refugees who have made Australia home; and also about those in our society who have tried to make them welcome. These are inspirational stories of ordinary people forced by circumstances beyond their control to make extraordinary physical and emotional journeys to safety and freedom.

In the six years shes been in public life Christine Forster has stepped out of the shadow of a famous brother and emerged as a local councillor with a national voice. This collection of previously published articles and key speeches from Christine Forster spans those six years starting with her pre selection speech for the City of Sydney council in September 2012 up to her 2018 opinion pieces published in the Sydney Morning Herald. While the national same-sex marriage debate heated up in 2017, culminating in the postal plebiscite and the law legalising same-sex marriage being passed in Parliament, Christine has been an advocate for gay rights and same-sex marriage for many years. Her articles, with headlines such as, All you need is love and the law to let same-sex marriages happen, speak from experience and cover many years of her personal and professional exploration of love, marriage and civil rights. Christines passion for Sydney and its people is also expressed in this selection of pieces that address the issues and politicians shes faced at a local government level. Christines belief that local government must respect and listen to its constituents to help the community thrive and propser shines in this collection that prove she is engaged and paying attention.

Personal finances have become a challenging prospect for most people today. There is more information available than ever before. Some people take an interest in creating financial abundance and try all manner of trading programs, get rich quick ideas, or gamble on the direction of share markets. But with markets seemingly rigged against us and market professionals, and fund managers bleeding us dry in our pension accounts, is it any surprise that so many people have all but given up on the idea of growing wealthy? The good news is that there is a simple way to win the game passively by using time as your friend and accepting that most people won''t beat the market. This book is here to help you by providing a very simple but very effective plan to build your wealth from the ground up. The answers lie in the basic, sometimes even old-fashioned, but tremendously powerful principles explained clearly and succinctly by author Pete Wargent, without the needless financial jargon which plagues most financial literature these days. This book will help you to build a personal wealth creation plan to invest passively in assets which can go out to earn money for you every day for the rest of your life. It is a straightforward, efficient, and very effective plan that can be followed by anyone. This is not just about trying to retire as young as you can and spending your life at the beach. Instead by building yourself a solid financial base, you can spend some time thinking about what you really want to do with your life. Pete Wargent aims to inspire you to compound not only your wealth but your education, your quality of life, to widen your horizons and find a real meaning for your life and a means of contribution.