Month: October 2013

Public inquiry into Bill to extend mining to 2035 on Stradbroke

 Wednesday 30 October
9am -1pm.
Parliament House

Save Straddie 1The committee will hear evidence from interested parties.

Location Parliament House
RSVP 07 3406 7908

Sibelco likely to be scheduled first up, Quandamooka People will give presentations as will the environment sector, interested individuals and island businesses.… Go to Article

Does Native Title overrule the proposed mining extension on Straddie?

Native title question over mine extension

By JUDITH KERR

21.10.13 Native title question over mine extension reprinted from Bayside Bulletin.

North Stradbroke Island s Enterprise sand mine will be allowed to continue operating until 2035 after Mines Minister Andrew Cripps moved to amend the North Stradbroke Island Protection and Sustainability Act on Thursday.… Go to Article

Invitation to book launch “The Internment Diaries of Mario Sardi”

You are invited to a book launch:
The Internment Diaries of Mario Sardi
edited and with an introduction by Ilma Martinuzzi O’Brien
at: the Dante Alighieri Society, Brisbane
26 Gray St, New Farm
Saturday 2 November, 5pm
The book will be presented by Ilma Martinuzzi O’Brien, who will be introduced by Catherine Dewhirst, with open discussion following in English and Italian.… Go to Article

Invitation to endorse campaign to free Marissa Alexander, African American mother in the U.S., imprisoned for defending herself

the following attachments from the radical women australian section call for public pressure to be put onto the florida (us) court and gaol system on behalf of marissa alexander who is but another sad example of what has become known as the ‘battered woman syndrome’ where women, after suffering over many years of physical, mental and sexual abuse of the most horrific kind from their individual partners/husbands/boyfriends/ whatever.… Go to Article

Why the delay on who killed Arafat?

A report by one of the world’s leading medical journals has supported earlier findings that Yasser Arafat, the late leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, was poisoned to death nearly a decade ago, Mehr news agency reported… Read More

One of the world’s leading medical journals has supported the possibility that Yasser Arafat, the longtime Palestinian leader, was poisoned with the radioactive element polonium 210.… Go to Article

Sovereingty Concert at Musgrave Park

 

Thnx to all the performers:
Rod, Andrew Paine, Marley, the Bim Bimbis (Trevor and Graeme) supporting Ian Curr, Phil Monsour Teila, to the MC, Boe Knows, and to the people on sound Marley & Phil, and a special thnx Teila who performed on the same ground where her Dad (Ross Watson) awakened the spirit in all of us so many years ago, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games tent city in Musgrave Park.… Go to Article