2014 is now gone and yet we must take from it the positiveness and sense of change that was brought about by the aboriginal summit that was held in alice springs late last year.… Go to Article
Month: January 2015
An end to the ‘Queensland Acts’
[PN: A little over a year after the Commonwealth Games Protests of 1982 the Qld Government made extensive changes to what was known as the Queensland Acts which had kept a kind of apartheid in place in Queensland since the 1890s – here is a report from state archives of those changes using newly released Cabinet Minutes as their source.… Go to Article
The year that was 2014
Broadcast on Paradigm Shift 4zzz fm 102.1 friday2 jan 2015 at noon
Three planes down; the rise of the Islamic State; Argentine defaults on debt; Israeli bombing of Gaza; an end to the US blockade of Cuba; austerity budgets of 2014 (an avalanche of ‘oncers’ Napthine; Campbell Newman; Abbott?);… Go to Article
The fight for children’s future in Moree
MORE than a dozen people gathered in Auburn Street to protest the removal of four children from their aunt’s care by child protection officers, in the latest of a series of incidents which they said amounted to an ongoing stolen generation.
Commemoration of Dundalee
Amazing warriors !! Such courage & committment !! We must open the new year by honouring the great resistance fighters of the past !!… Go to Article
I hate New Year’s Day
Every morning, when I wake again under the pall of the sky, I feel that for me it is New Year’s day.
Smoking ceremony in Park
[Publishers Note: At a time where appearance and legal fiction dominate, Assistant Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll took part in a smoking ceremony around a fire in Musgrave Park during the G20 summit.… Go to Article