Rudd: “Be afraid, be very afraid”

[Editor’s Note: Last night (28 June 2013) Rudd said Abbott’s policy of turning back the boats  could lead to armed conflict with Indonesia …  this morning voters are very worried about an incoming Indonesian missile in the seat of Griffith in Brisbane … The Australian has reported Kevin Rudd is out sand bagging bomb shelters in Balmoral today before his flight to Jakarta next week to prevent Konfrontasi … (NB: Balmoral is a suburb in the heart of Rudd’s electorate of Griffith)

WBT asks: This kind of rhetoric may help Rudd win the election but how does it help refugees in Indonesia?]… Go to Article

NTEU historic decision to support Greens Senators

I was a proxy NTEU NT delegate. This historic decision was contested and then supported democratically.

from Chris White

‘NTEU to spend $1million on election campaign to defend Higher Education

In an historic move, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) voted yesterday to spend $1 million on an election campaign to defend higher education in the September federal election.… Go to Article