LAND FORCES International Land Defence Exposition, Australia’s premier arms dealer convention, will move from Brisbane to the Melbourne in 2024. The Brisbane protests in 2022 produced a conflict between police and demonstrators as to the right of public assembly.… Go to Article
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Assange – unfinished business
“My expectation is in the next two months or so, Julian #Assange will be released.” – ABC Global Affairs Editor John Lyons.… Go to Article
George Georges and the parliamentary road …
‘I am wondering if I haven’t wasted my life’ – Senator George Georges in May 1986 after being suspended from the Federal Labor Party.… Go to Article
Vale Bernie Neville
“He who lies here, it said, marched
Not to conquer a foreign land, but
His own.“
– Bertolt Brecht, “The Tombstone of the Unknown Soldier of the Revolution“
I am shocked to hear the news of the passing of Bernie Neville.… Go to Article
Major win for conservation groups on North Stradbroke Island against sand mining
[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