Danielle Wood's keynote at the Jobs and Skills summit

Grattan Institute CEO Danielle Wood gave the keynote address at the Australian Government's Jobs and Skills summit. Here's the text: Think big: a new mission statement for Australia.

Kings Park Honour Avenues Plaques

Kings Park in Perth has plaques dedicated to Western Australians who died in service and who are either buried overseas or have no known grave.

Honour Avenue plaques sit poignantly against a backdrop of eucalypt trees. Each bears details of service personnel who died during war service and were either buried overseas or have no known graves.

I have often wondered if there is a database of these plaques and it turns out there is.

The working class

In 5 key things people don't get about the American working class Joan C. Williams pretty much describes the Australian working class too.

Do Americans think Australia is racist because there are so few black people here?

In Derek Rielly: why Americans think Australia is racist Derek Rielly explains that Americans wonder where all the black people are, but fail to note people of other races such as Asians and Indians.

Statistics on Australia

Jonathan Green cites some interesting statistics about Australia in Team Australia: the reality of the figures.