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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/water-everywhere-and-still-millions-without-sanitation/ Australians do not need to be told that today is World Water Day to remember that water is both a giver and taker of life. This is the driest populated continent and we know well the impact of both floods and droughts. But how many people are aware that billions of people across the world still lack access to a hygienic toilet, a tap and soap? Or that the failure to provide sanitation and safe drinking water causes about 4000 children to die every day? The preventable diseases caused by poor sanitation cause more child deaths than malaria, measles and HIV/AIDS combined. Almost one in three people live in unsanitary conditions. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/water-everywhere-and-still-millions-without-sanitation/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/water-everywhere-and-still-millions-without-sanitation/#item8061 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sometimes we need to create a big stink to change people’s minds. I’d like to create a Big Stink. We forget the lessons of history at our peril. In the late 19th century it took the stench of raw sewage in our cities to convince politicians to pass legislation and provide safe sanitation and water to protect Australians who were dying daily of preventable diseases like diarrhoea. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/imagine-life-without-a-toilet/ Sometimes we need to create a big stink to change people’s minds. I’d like to create a Big Stink. We forget the lessons of history at our peril. In the late 19th century it took the stench of raw sewage in our cities to convince politicians to pass legislation and provide safe sanitation and water to protect Australians who were dying daily of preventable diseases like diarrhoea. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/imagine-life-without-a-toilet/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/imagine-life-without-a-toilet/#item4506 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sometimes we need to create a big stink to change people’s minds. I’d like to create a Big Stink. We forget the lessons of history at our peril. In the late 19th century it took the stench of raw sewage in our cities to convince politicians to pass legislation and provide safe sanitation and water to protect Australians who were dying daily of preventable diseases like diarrhoea. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/And-a-very-happy-world-toilet-day-to-youall/ As a politician one of my roles is to attend official openings. Like all of my colleagues I’ve opened schools, sporting facilities, roads, bridges and buildings complete with photos in a hardhat and safety vest. It is a part of the job and one that I quite enjoy. It is fair to say that in my twenty-two years in Parliament I have attended hundreds of these ceremonies. Out of all of them, there is one which sticks in my mind as both the strangest and also among the most important. In 2008, in the tiny Pacific nation of Kiribati, I formally opened a girl’s toilet at a school. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/And-a-very-happy-world-toilet-day-to-youall/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/And-a-very-happy-world-toilet-day-to-youall/#item1784 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sometimes we need to create a big stink to change people’s minds. I’d like to create a Big Stink. We forget the lessons of history at our peril. In the late 19th century it took the stench of raw sewage in our cities to convince politicians to pass legislation and provide safe sanitation and water to protect Australians who were dying daily of preventable diseases like diarrhoea. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/do-you-give-a-crap-about-world-toilet-day/ The propensity for us ascribe days to inanimate objects seems endless. Some of the more obscure that we’ve encountered recently include ‘Picnic Day’, ‘World TV Day’ (which coincidentally shares a day with ‘World Hello Day’, one promoting socialising and one well…not), ‘Lefthanders Day’ and everybody’s favourite, ‘International Talk Like a Pirate Day’. So it would not be out of the question to, upon hearing the words ‘World Toilet Day’, shake your head, perhaps laugh, and turn the page, or click the link for Laser Hair Solutions in the right side panel (because this site appreciates the plight of the left hander when designing web content). All jokes aside, World Toilet Day is an internationally recognised and significant promoting a critical issue for 1.4 billion people living in extreme poverty. It is the lack of safe toilets. We know the solution and we have the technology to simply, effectively and practically make a difference, all we need is the will. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/do-you-give-a-crap-about-world-toilet-day/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/do-you-give-a-crap-about-world-toilet-day/#item1774 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sometimes we need to create a big stink to change people’s minds. I’d like to create a Big Stink. We forget the lessons of history at our peril. In the late 19th century it took the stench of raw sewage in our cities to convince politicians to pass legislation and provide safe sanitation and water to protect Australians who were dying daily of preventable diseases like diarrhoea.