"Professor Colin Butler" is a co-founder of [http://www.bodhi.net.au the NGO BODHI] and a [http://www.canberra.edu.au/faculties/health/courses/public-health/staff-profiles/butler-colin Professor of Public Health at the University of Canberra]. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the [http://nceph.anu.edu.au/ National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health], Australian National University. He is a former Senior Research Fellow of the School of Health and Social Development at Deakin University.

His work lies at the intersection of sustainability, globalisation and health. Globalisation includes social, economic, cultural and environmental changes, at scales from the microscopic to the planetary. His main research interest lies in trying to find ways to advance sustainable global health for all, including people who are marginalized and oppressed.

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I've spoken directly to Jim Merchant, the head of the teachers union, and told him to expect tough bargaining if I'm elected to the School Board.

I think we need a full analysis of both options. I?m arguing both be equally analyzed before a decision be reached.

The message is that he has no respect for the people he is bargaining with. ... He should bargain in good faith and defend that contract to the public.

I'm really concerned that comments made in the boardroom, in public, have worked to undermine the relationship between the board and the union.

Our community sends a lot of income tax money to the State of Wisconsin.

The committee-of-the-whole structure, I think, is ineffective, and it hasn't accomplished the original goal that it set out to do.

I don't believe that India and China are about to leave Kyoto, but maybe the long-term hope is that they will.