2019 has been a strange year. Capitalists have been fighting back. In the West we have three clowns running the show: Scott Morrison, Donald Trump and now Boris Johnson in the UK.… Go to Article

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 I used to do a sea-grass survey in Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) and the CSIRO say numbers of Dugong are on the increase.… Go to Article

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This is a short story from the WAG anthology From the Edge available from Bent Banana Books. Enjoy.

THE OUTLIER

In memory of more than 2000 people who suicided, after receiving computer-generated ‘robo debt’ demands – many erroneous – from the Federal Government Centrelink social security organization.… Go to Article

Phillippe Sands “East West Street” is a book about events that led to the Nuremberg trials. It is very thought provoking, a chronicle of ideas as well as events.… Go to Article

Grandmothers bring ‘comfort and joy’ to the Men in Mantra

Grandmothers for Refugees have been inundated with calls from people wanting to join their Christmas Carolling Vigil on Sunday evening at the Preston Motel where dozens of sick asylum seekers ‘medevacced’ from PNG are being held in detention.… Go to Article

Ian interviews Dale Ruska, a Goenpul Goorie, from Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) about his paper “Goorie Cry Out for Black Conscience Alert – Voice Treaty Truth.”… Go to Article

Misconduct in public office offences

This afternoon the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) charged, Allan Sutherland, a 63-year-old man from Newport with two counts of misconduct in relation to public office.… Go to Article

In 2006 ABC staff at Toowong were moved to Mt Cootha after a cancer scare at Toowong. However epidemiological studies conducted Qld Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) were equivocal about a cancer cluster on the site.… Go to Article

Who killed Cock Robin? I, said the Sparrow, with my bow and arrow, I killed Cock Robin.

The nursery rhyme, Who killed Cock Robin?… Go to Article

First Nations people have protected the land and water for over 60,000 years. Now we face dry creek beds; bores drying up in great numbers; people waiting over 4 weeks for water delivery; and insufficient water to fight fires.… Go to Article

This is blackfella business that WBT posts here on request from Goorempul Goorie, Dale Ruska. – Ed.

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Possible theme for January 26th 2020 .… Go to Article

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Good program by Andy Payne exploring and exploding some of the myths about Extinction Rebellion.

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The Paradigm Shift (4ZZZ fm 102.1 Friday 13 Dec 2019) onsite at Extinction Rebellion’s rally in Brisbane this morning, talking to various people about how people power can disrupt our slide into climate crisis.… Go to Article

Bring Julian Home Forum with Michael Cope (Qld Council for Civil Liberties) John Shipton (Julian’s father), Ciaron O’Reilly (anti-war activist), David Donovan (Independent Australia website) and Michelle Pini (Independent Australia website) at Kurilpa Hall, West End Brisbane, 11 December 2019.… Go to Article

‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.’ – Edmund Burke

On 10 Dec 2019 Gambia’s attorney general and justice minister opened his country’s case on behalf of the Rohingyan people against Myanmar at the international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague.… Go to Article

The new film by Abby Martin showing you Gaza’s protest movement like you’ve never seen before.

Filmed during the height of the Great March Of Return protests, it features exclusive footage of demonstrations where 200 unarmed civilians have been killed by Israeli snipers since March 30, 2018.… Go to Article

The 13th of December 2019 will be a day of action, protest and dissent.
The Government is not listening, conventional methods of protest and decent are being ignored.… Go to Article

You don’t hear the four shots fired out – echoing along the ridge. Or the heavy thuds of three horses collapsing, one taking that second bullet to fold down: ‘An act of kindness,’ she’ll tell you later, try to explain to anyone who’ll listen.… Go to Article

REMINDER: TONIGHT Foco Nuevo in December Friday, 6th December, 2019 Doors open 7.00 pm  Music starts 7.30 pm.Kurilpa Hall 174 Boundary Street, West End (map) And now we have reached our final Foco Nuevo for 2019!

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‘But nobody has any respect, anyway they already expect you to all give a cheque
To tax-deductible charity organizations’ – Dylan

The Jewish National Fund (JNF) is a registered Australian charity which touts its green credentials by planting millions of trees and, to foster its political objectives, naming forests after prominent people like Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and Julia Gillard and Governor General Sir Zelman Cohen.… Go to Article

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‘Wynnum three’ jailed for stopping coal train in Meanjin (Brisbane)

Right across the country people are rising up to stand in the way of dangerous coal developments and exports.… Go to Article

Burnt my trees
Jailed my sun
Killed my children
And drank their blood
Then ground their bones at McDonnell-Douglas
Only to offer them back to me
As a present
In a flour sack
To torture me all the rest of my life
This is America!… Go to Article

“The University of Queensland (UQ) is notorious for its failure to recognise the presence of the First Nations People as original owners of the land (at its St Lucia campus)” Uncle Sam Watson told a crowd at a forum at the University of Qld Union in February 2019.… Go to Article