rodjohnstonaus@gmail.com 21 years of voluntary professional engineering and building services by Partner Housing Australasia to Australia’s Indo-Pacific neighbours Yes … it is now 21 years since PHA was born … and we are celebrating. PHA is a very successful international engineering and building NGO. We rely entirely on volunteers … YOU … and greatly appreciate your … Read more
Australia has much expertise that it can share with Timor-Leste and our other near neighbours. Practical Standards and Building Regulations are just one way, albeit an important way, of improving living conditions and increasing regional security. Standards rely on probono expert input to maintain practicality and relevance For more on Timor-Leste, read “Queen’s Pawn to … Read more
Now is the time for Australia to stand up for what is right. We must not endorse the ongoing Israeli-American obliteration of Palestine … Gaza now … West Bank next. Say NO to American imperialism. Australia must work for a peaceful world, and we can only achieve this by adopting a NON-ALIGNED foreign policy. ANZUS … Read more
Through Australia’s mindless adherence to ANZUS and AUKUS, we become the willing accessory to illegal American self-interest invasions around the world … Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq 1, Iraq 2, Afghanistan and countless other incursions. Through our failure to condemn such action, we can now add Venezuela to the list. Taiwan is next. Imagine five years … Read more
When does fiction become prophecy – and when does prophecy turn to reality? Can the future be changed by learning from the past? Extract from “Queen’s Pawn to D4”, a novel of international politics by Rod Johnston – “… Attitudes of the 21st century are not so different from the motivations of the 19th and … Read more
While commenting on the ABC “Planet America” program of 7 February 2025, Dr Jeremy Konyndyke (president of Refugees International) made the following observation, “When other countries, including Australia, have merged their development ministries into their foreign ministries, their development missions and their development effectiveness and their aid effectiveness suffer … You shouldn’t merge your development … Read more
Sometimes we struggle to find practical ways to help our neighbours in times of natural disasters, commonly floods and bush fires. Several volunteer organisations, including Anglicare, assist the state government in Evacuation Centres and Recovery Centres. Over 60 Anglican volunteers, drawn from across the state, assisted approximately 1,600 flood-affected people, during May to June 2025, … Read more
Water engineers make an important contribution to health and lifestyle here (in Australia) and in our neighbouring countries. For well over a decade, Partner Housing Australasia (PHA) has deployed the voluntary probono services of professional water engineers (and other professionals) for the design, funding and construction of village water supply programs in the remote western … Read more
Rod Johnston is a concerned Australian, committed to making our country a safe and responsible contributor to international peace and prosperity during these increasingly turbulent times.
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