From where the nearest suburb and the city proper meet My window sill is level with the faces in the street Drifting past To the beat of weary feet while I sorrow for the owners of those faces in the street - Henry Lawson Faces in the Street
Labor will lose many seats in Qld in the 2010 Federal Election because of the failure of the Bligh State Labor government.… Go to Article
But Minjerriba’s back is now broken;
Men came and tore out his guts;
Stole his rich grains of sand,
Stripped his cloak of cyprus and gum,
Drained water from his ageless eyes
And weakened this giant in the sun.… Go to Article
Submission to Queensland Government’s Environment and Resources Committee
Growing Queensland’s Renewable Energy Electricity Sector
Prepared by Trevor Berrill on behalf of Sustainable Energy Policy Queensland (SEPQ)
1 July, 2010
SEPQ welcomes and commends Queensland Government on current initiatives as outlined in the 2009 Renewable Energy Plan.… Go to Article
Because of the best efforts of the organisers for Hiroshima Day 2010 in Brisbane there were plenty of plastic seats in Brisbane Square, but only a few people turned up to answer the call in the Press Release.… Go to Article
Liberals Shun forum on Higher Education
Both the sitting Liberal (now independent) Michael Johnson and the new Liberal candidate for Ryan, Jane Prentice did not take part in the policy forum on Higher Education.… Go to Article
Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;
let the sea and what fills it resound;
let the plains be joyful and all that is in them;
Then let all the trees of the forest rejoice before no Lord who comes,
for workers to govern and protect the earth
For a world with justice and for people with hope.… Go to Article
[Editor’s Note: The Supreme Court decision referred to in the Media Release below does not relate to nor does it directly affect attempts by indigenous and environmental groups to stop construction sand being stolen by Unimin from the Vance Mine referred to in Quandamooka land claim frustrated by 16 years of unlawful sand mining ]
MEDIA RELEASE STRADBROKE ISLAND MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION 23.7.2010
A mining company’s plans to truck construction sand off North Stradbroke Island for a hundred years is in tatters today.… Go to Article
Transnational mining company UNIMIN and its predecessors (CRL & ACI) have been taking sand unlawfully from Straddie (NSI) since the 1990s.… Go to Article
Stradbroke Island is sacred Aboriginal land colonised by the British in the 19th century, the land is called Minjerribah.
For over 50 years sand miners have had their way with Minjerribah – Stradbroke Island (Straddie).… Go to Article
Just in case you missed it in all the distractions…..
A Kookaburra in Cuenca? By gum, that’s brilliant
by Chris Canty from The Weekend Australian 15-16 may 2010
IT’S fitting that Chris and Jenny Bluefields named their business Kookaburra Cafe.
‘What’s Right? The Future of Conservatism in Australia’ by Waleed Aly Quarterly Essay 37, March 2010
The following extract is a very interesting and insightful discussion of the politics of climate change in Australia.… Go to Article
… Go to ArticleCANCELLED MEETING:
Due to the incessant rain and flooding in some areas, including probable flooding between the area on the North coast where the speaker lives and Brisbane, the meeting of the 17 Group that was to have been held tomorrow,Wednesday the 3rd of March, is now postponed until Wednesday the 7th of April.
One-day Conference Saturday 6 February 2010
What roles can the Union and Green movements play in Key themes: Saving the planet?… Go to Article
by Ian Curr
There are truths so evident, so much a part of people’s knowledge, that it is now useless to discuss them.… Go to Article
[Editor’s Note: Every now and then you come across a well written, positive story in the mainstream press. Dale Webster and the ABC both put together the following stories about Aboriginal struggle for independence and self determination in Arnhem land.… Go to Article
The world’s largest mining company – BHP Billiton – will be having its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Brisbane on November 26 (Thurs).… Go to Article
by Ian Curr
“Job and me and Jesus sittin’
Underneath the Indooroopilly bridge
Watchin’ that blazin’ sun go down
Behind the tall tree’d mountain ridge
The land’s our heritage and spirit
Here the rightful culture’s Black
and we sittin’ here just wonderin’
When we get the land back”
— Kev Carmody ‘Thou shalt not steal’
If you walk underneath the Storey bridge you can see what has happened.… Go to Article
eliza, thomas and sarah
September 22nd, 2009
This week ‘The Paradigm Shift’ looked at food, production and consumption generally.… Go to Article
Guy Pearse was a Liberal Party member and speech writer for former
Environ.… Go to Article
Please feel welcome to pass this invitation on to your friends and networks.… Go to Article
Prof Ross Garnaut told about 1000 people assembled in the Brisbane City Hall on 11 July 2008 that the ‘centrepiece of our [the federal government] response to climate change is an Emissions Trading Scheme [ETS].… Go to Article
ITS TIME TO RALLY!!
Why is a Protest Rally against the proposed Traveston Dam desperately important RIGHT NOW?
· The Federal Govt is about to receive the Qld Govt’s Environmental Impact Statement for its review under the EPBC Act.… Go to Article
"Can't add my name into the fight while I'm gone So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here And I won't be laughing at the lies when I'm gone And I can't question how or when or why when I'm gone" -'when i'm gone' by phil ochs
Ciaron O’Reilly has penned a eulogy to Bryan Law who passed away this week.… Go to Article
There are alternatives to putting busways underground and to building flyovers as a means of providing public transport. Rail was investigated in the 1990s and was ‘found’ to be too expensive and not supportable by population density and therefore demand in the eastern suburbs.… Go to Article
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