Kathleen on the arts:
“The arts strengthen the economy. In 2002, the influential Myer Inquiry found that for every $100 spent on creative arts good and services, Australia’s GDP increased by at least $155. For example, between 2004 and 2006, three exhibitions alone in the National Gallery of Victoria’s Winter Masterpieces series are estimated to have generated over $64 million in economic activity.”
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/29/2555529.htm
Kathleen on violence against women:
“And, like so much violence against women, it is either ignored, trivialised or blamed on the women who cop it.”
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/06/24/1182623736471.html
Kathleen on trafficking:
“For many people, the word slave conjures up images of the trans-Atlantic slave trade of old. Recently, however, it became clear that Australia had a slave trade of its own, hidden where few of us go - in brothels.”
“From the safety of distance, historical crimes look obvious. We would have been one of the ones who fought against that, we tell ourselves, it is so obvious that was wrong. Things get murkier once they get closer.”
http://australiansonline.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/28/2316175.htm
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