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Reflect, respect and celebrate
Oped, Angela Macdonald, Published on 26/01/2026
» Australia Day 2026 is an opportunity to reflect on our nation, history and achievements. We are grateful to celebrate this occasion with our colleagues, partners and friends here in Thailand, a country with whom Australia shares a long and enduring partnership, and a country close to Australians' hearts.
Abbot's dramatic fall from grace
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 01/09/2025
» Faith built his empire. Fraud destroyed it. Luang Por Alongkot's fall from grace leaves Thai Buddhism reeling, demanding long-overdue reform.
Fintech and universal inclusion
Oped, Carl Manlan & Adanna Chukwuma, Published on 14/01/2025
» The world has made remarkable progress in advancing financial inclusion in recent years. In the decade beginning in 2011, the share of adults with access to financial services rose a whopping 50%, to more than three-quarters. But we still have a long way to go in creating a truly inclusive financial system. Beyond expanding access to financial products and services, we must ensure that these products and services work for all people, including the 1.2 billion people worldwide with disabilities.
Lessons for a more resilient future
Oped, Marco Toscano-Rivalta & Niamh Collier-Smith, Published on 26/12/2024
» Today, we honour the memory of the 230,000 lives lost to the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and reflect on the countless lives forever changed. This tragic event, which devastated Thailand and more than a dozen other countries across the region, stands as a stark reminder of our shared responsibility to reduce disaster risks.
Level playing field, please
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/09/2024
» As the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games have drawn to a close, the nation is still rejoicing at seeing so many Thai athletes bring home medals while breaking a few records along the way.
Under the weather
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/10/2023
» The collapse of a fabric roof at Indoor Stadium Huamark has stoked fears about the safety of operating in public buildings.
Human rights without handicaps
Oped, Eddie Ndopu, Published on 10/08/2022
» When the United Nations was built from the rubble of World War II, it would have been inconceivable for someone like me -- a young, black, gay wheelchair user -- to be considered for a top job in the organisation.
Funding an end to scourge of polio
Oped, Minda Dentler, Published on 17/05/2022
» Growing up in India, I did not have access to the polio vaccine, and the disease paralysed my legs when I was an infant. As a result, I have undergone many surgeries and cannot walk without leg braces and crutches. My story is not unique. When the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was established in 1988 (I was ten at the time), the disease paralysed an estimated 350,000 children worldwide each year.
Don't clutter pavements
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/04/2022
» A video clip showing an individual in a wheelchair and his helper awkwardly manoeuvring around campaign signs of Bangkok governor candidates promising a "better life" for city dwellers is ironic.
More must be done for those with a disability
Oped, Renaud Meyer & Jyri Jarviaho, Published on 04/12/2021
» Every year on Dec 3 we mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), an opportunity to highlight the challenges people with disabilities face in their everyday life and the services and efforts government and other partners need to make to ensure their meaningful inclusion. Because it is critical to realise that disability inclusion is essential to upholding human rights, which is central and a pre-condition towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its principle of leaving no one behind.