Renovations Required
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 10:30AM 
Dr James Cumes
With Special Guests:
- Rainer Sonnenberger and
- Dr James Cumes.
First up we are joined by Rainer Sonnenberger from Germany. Rainer is a member of the board of directors of the largest organization for fathers and childrens’ rights in Germany Väteraufruch für Kinder. The International parenthood movement is divided by language, geography and gender. In order to help bridge some of the gaps, we’ve embarked on documenting how deep the Family Law Industry has embedded itself into the cultures of the International community. Today we find out how the separated non-custodial fathers and mothers of Germany, deal with the ravages of the current draconian divorce laws, forced upon us in the 21st Century.
Next we speak to James Cumes, renaissance man and author of, amongst other things, America’s Suicidal Statecraft. Dr Cumes served with the Australian Army in Papua & Dutch New Guinea; served in diplomatic postings in Paris, London, Bonn, and Berlin; was Ambassador to the European Union and permanent representative to the United Nations in Vienna. He is the author of a dozen books on economics, history, government and human behaviour; and four novels.
James was one of the few commentators to predict the current global economic crisis. We speak to him from Vienna where he explains some of the causes of the global predicament and offers some sensible solutions to resuscitate the Australian and global economies.