Month: June 2015
Israeli settlers attack Christian Church
The human rights and Palestine solidarity organisation BDS South Africa condemns yesterday’s attack by 16 Jewish Israeli settlers on the Church of Multiplication of Loaves and Fish.… Go to Article
Anti-Torture/Anti-Racist Activists Stand Trial for Senate Protest; June 22 & 25
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On June 22 and June 25, members of Witness Against Torture (WAT) will defend themselves in two separate trials in Washington, D.C.… Go to Article
Black Nations Rising
Runyara!
The second issue of Black Nations Rising (BNR) magazine is finally here: http://is.gd/iqR4NE
BNR, launched in January this year, is an independent grassroots Aboriginal publication distributed nationally.… Go to Article
Local Power – Qld power prices to drop 0.5%
“Qld power prices to drop 0.5%
Qld power prices to drop 0.5%
Yes. Seriously. That’s what the headline said yesterday afternoon in the Brisbane Times once the QCA (Queensland Competition Authority) announced their pricing determination for electricity prices from the 1st of July 2015.… Go to Article
Lest we forget: Australian Lebanese and the Great War (1914-1918)
Publisher’s Note: This article is written by Anne Monsour. She has a PhD in history from the University of Queensland.… Go to Article
A town wiped out for a failing industry?
… Go to Article
Did you see 4 Corners last Monday night?
Apparently, coal is not the sure thing Australians have been led to believe.
Stench of cover-up from Lindt inquest
By Alex Mitchell*
Stage management of the coronial inquest into the Lindt café siege broke down in spectacular fashion this week with the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions scrambling to ban publication of embarrassing evidence.
Does the Public Guardian act ethically?
[Opinion]
Since winning government unexpectedly, the Qld Labor Government has been advertising Departmental Head’s jobs in all ministerial PORTFOLIOS.
The position of Public Guardian is one of these.… Go to Article
No Tears for ‘Zinger’
William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll
Hattie Carroll was a maid in the kitchen
She was fifty-one years old
And gave birth to ten children
Who carried the dishes and took out the garbage
And never sat once at the head of the table
And didn't even talk to the people at the table
Bury the rag deep in your face
Now is the time for your tears
Adapted from Lonesome death of Hattie Carroll
Bob Dylan
[News]
Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten is on the way out
Mr Shorten’s credentials as a union leader will be under question when he fronts the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption.… Go to Article
NTEU presents ‘Ivory Tower’
A must-see movie for all who work or study in Higher Education.
IVORY TOWER examines the flaws and inequality in the US higher education system, where student debt now exceeds $1.2 trillion.… Go to Article
Bashir eludes International Criminal Court
[Publisher’s Note: And what of the war crimes of Bush, Blair, Howard, Cheney, Rumsfeld and so on … when will the ICC issue arrest warrants for these?]… Go to Article
BFU presents WTFU: A radical history of free universities.
Dear BFUers,
Ever wondered ‘WTF is a Free University anyway’? Ever thought that BFU couldn’t get much more meta? Come along to our next session, when we’ll explore the political potentials of free universities across time and space!… Go to Article
Who will watch the Guardians at the Gates?
Montather launches his shoe A gesture in return for the carnage A solitary missile But a gesture nonetheless Al-Zaidi’s sole will give The only eternity Bush will ever know Humiliation and disgrace For what he has done to Iraqis And the human race!… Go to Article
World Refugee Day rally
Dear refugee supporter,
Please remember the World Refugee Day Rally being organized by several organisations. It will be at King George Square, Brisbane on Saturday 20th June, at 11am.… Go to Article
No Rock Walls at Byron!
I used to be a regular attender of Byron Shire Council’s meetings. About four months ago I stopped going as they were too depressing.… Go to Article
Queen’s honours for liars and thieves
Publishers Note: The federal government has awarded a ‘dishonest’ mayor an Order of Australia medal.
It places John Brent right up there with Prince Phillip wearing privilege and esteem as a medal of honour.… Go to Article
Wicked Pickets at Davies Park
Are you a weekend market shopper? If you’re going to Davies Park at West End this Saturday 13 June, look out for the activists running the Wicked Pickets stall and say hello.… Go to Article
First Baby sent to Nauru
This Gorgeous Girl is the First Baby sent to Nauru under the Dutton regime. She was born after December – too late to be included in the Senators babies.… Go to Article
News in Brief – Wednesday 9 June 2015
Independent Local, National and International Current Events from 4ZZZ Zedlines fm 102.1
Hezbollah repels ISIS on Lebanon border
Government launches survey on ‘country of origin’ food labelling
Developers and West End residents to meet and discuss Absoe site development
Claims that Australian officials paid thousands of dollars to people smugglers
Workers claim Joe Hockey “out of touch” on housing
Sarah Hanson-Young wins defamation case against ZOO magazine
Orange withdraws telecommunications services from Israel
Labor “backroom deals” around IFED proposal
Immigration staff to go on strike
Man held in WA immigration detention centre claims he is aboriginal
West Papuan advocates call on halt to Australia-Indonesia military co-operation
Finnish government boycotts Jewish National Fund
Mayor of Scenic Rim shire found to have dealt dishonestly in Tasmania
Cowra to pursue Justice Reinvestment not jails
Report on children’s exposure to weapons in US
Peace talks in Libya break down
Saudi Arabia airstrikes in Yemen
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Hezbollah repels ISIS on Lebanon border
Shia Lebanese militia Hezbollah has repelled attacks by ISIS on the Syria/Lebanon border.… Go to Article
Energy in a changing climate: what is the future of energy use in Queensland?
QLD government commits to rooftop solar and renewable energy target
At a well attended meeting at the Moorooka Bowls Club in Brisbane last night, organised by the Qld Conservation Council, the Qld Minister for Energy and Water Supply, Mark Bailey, committed his government to have one million homes with roof top solar power by 2020.… Go to Article
Developers and West End residents to meet and discuss Absoe site development
West End residents and community groups will meet with representatives from Brisbane City Council and developer Payce this Sunday to discuss the proposed development of the former Absoe site on Boundary St.
They say people don’t believe in heroes anymore (part 1)
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die
- W H Auden
[ Publisher’s Note: Strangely, I remember a London film critic once claiming that Mad Max III was the greatest movie of all time.… Go to Article
Reminder: Cloudland Collective presents discussion about Greece today
The Cloudland Collective presents:
A discussion about Greece today with economist John Quiggin
7pm Tuesday June 9th
upstairs @ the Boundary Hotel, West End
In January this year SYRIZA formed government in Greece.… Go to Article
Greek Crisis: more on ‘Cracks in the Fortress?’
Publishers Note: On 3 June 2015 Peter Thomas gave a talk at the Group of 17 hosted by Dan O’Neill’ called “Cracks in the Fortress?… Go to Article
Renouncing Australia: a dozen people to follow Murrumu by taking Yidindji citizenship
Queensland police may have regarded it as a rather bizarre, one-off incident when they recently arrested Murrumu Walubara Yidindji while he was driving with a licence and a car registration issued in the name of his north Queensland Indigenous nation.… Go to Article
Protected: What does it mean to Educate | Agitate | Organise?
Mayor Brent ‘dishonest’ says judge
Mayor Brent in trouble again – found to have dealt dishonestly with Tasmanian farmer.
One-time favourite of former Premier Campbell Newman to become deputy Premier, Mayor John Brent of the Scenic Rim Shire and formerly of Boonah Shire, has been found by the Supreme Court of Tasmania to have ‘dishonestly dealt’ with a vegetable grower in that state.… Go to Article
Protected: Foreign workers excluded from celebrations in Doha
Resisting destruction of forests in Gippsland and constructing fear in Qatar
Defence of the Kuark State Forest
Andy speaks with Ed Hill from the Goonerah Environment Centrevin East Gippsland about the long march to making of a National Park in East Gippsland in Victoria.… Go to Article