Caroline Fitzwarryne
Caroline Fitzwarryne has a background in public health and community development. She has worked at all three levels of government (from fieldworker to senior executive), as CEO of a national NGO, as Adjunct Associate Professor, and as development aid worker in 13 countries.
Recent articles by Caroline Fitzwarryne
15 September 2024
Collaboration across government levels is essential to progress
John Menadue’s suggestion that Greens and Independents need to start thinking about their “bottom line” in preparation for a minority Labor Government is excellent. A key area for progress is collaboration across government levels. Despite talk for years and federal/state meetings, not much progress has occurred. In order to do better we need to look at what failed and what can be done better in future.
12 August 2024
Raising awareness and shock tactics go hand in hand
The Council for the Human Future and the Club of Rome have stated clearly that solutions to the inter-related world problems mainly exist. The problem is the political will and business leadership is not there to implement them. This will not eventuate without strong demand from the general population.
1 August 2024
Time to message people between the eyes
If we are serious about changing the world, it is time for shock tactics. When facts do not do the job we need to shock people out of their apathy.
26 July 2024
Beware the Big C - Consensus
Throughout most of the western world it has been expected political behaviour that the party in power will try to massage its policies so it can get agreement with the major opposition party so as to gain acceptance in Parliament and reduce conflict.
5 May 2024
I love paying tax
This was not always my view. Like most people I examined where I could minimize my tax – where there were offsets to be gained through education, membership of professional bodies, charity donations, equipment, including computer hardwater/software/paper etc. I also had shares and a rental property so used negative gearing and imputation credits. It all seemed to be what was expected.
18 April 2024
Independents targeting Labor voters
The Teals have targeted Liberal voters in wealthy electorates, so their focus has been on transparency, women’s rights and the environment. These are issues of concern to the Liberal-leaning who are unhappy with many coalition policies. I expect this to continue in the next election. However, we need to focus on the strategy to adopt in Labor-leaning electorates for people who are unhappy with Labor policies.
4 March 2024
The end of party politics
When so many Teals won in the last federal election they replaced some of the best Liberals. They were politicians who had done some good things within government, but when required by their Party they voted for bad policies in the spirit of party solidarity. Their electorates comprised voters who looked at key issues on an individual basis and chose to vote for politicians who were prioritising issues of most importance for the future of our world.
7 January 2024
Hamas strength stems from its role as a welfare organisation
Hamas was voted in by Palestinians in Gaza in a fair election (as agreed by international monitors). It was primarily a welfare organisation providing services and infrastructure for the general population. It primarily still has this role, with an attached small military wing.
20 August 2023
From Kandahar to Canberra: Why is Human Resource Management considered low priority?
In both government and business circles the rising stars avoid working in Personnel. They consider it a dead end. Yet in my view it is the most important area in order to achieve human flourishing and marginal productivity. In Afghanistan, Human Resources staff are strong willed and resilient: what can their Australian counterparts learn from them?
25 June 2023
Elders the ideal government consultants
We have a lot to learn from the PWC debacle and Julian Cribbs paper Look out! Here Come the Elders.