The Stringer went live February 20 - NEWS update: More contributors and writers continue to join The Stringer. Three months young The Stringer has been reaching a growing audience, nationally and internationally.
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In the three months since March 1, The Stringer on average has had 12,340 new visitors each month with May recording 15,072 new visitors. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stringer
Recently, we introduced new contributors in Lester Ranby from Sydney, Mick Estens from the Northern Territory, Dr Binoy Kampmark from Melbourne, Dr Don Jacobs (Four Arrows) from Arizona, USA, Kathy Kelly in Afghanistan, Dr Ali Gohar in London and Peshawar and Colin Penter from Perth, Western Australia alongside our regulars Nicola Butler in Adelaide, and Western Australia’s duo of Suresh Rajan and Gerry Georgatos. This week we introduce Delephene Fraser who is based in Canberra.
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Some of our stories from the last week include:
Whistleblower claims Prime Minister has ordered 200 Asylum Seekers to be returned every week
June 11th by The Stringer
http://thestringer.com.au/whistleblower-claims-prime-minister-has-ordere...
Aboriginal Affairs under fire – funding cuts guaranteed
June 10th 2013 by Gerry Georgatos
http://thestringer.com.au/aboriginal-affairs-under-fire-funding-cuts-gua...
Native title reforms to make it easier for developers
June 10th 2013 by Gerry Georgatos
http://thestringer.com.au/native-title-reforms-to-make-it-easier-for-dev...
National call to reduce high number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children removed
June 10th 2013 by Nicola Butler
http://thestringer.com.au/national-call-to-reduce-high-number-of-aborigi...
Navy in north-west seas and help Basarnas
June 10th 2013 by Gerry Georgatos
http://thestringer.com.au/navy-in-north-west-seas-and-help-basarnas/#.Ub...
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd?
June 9th 2013 by The Stringer
http://thestringer.com.au/prime-minister-kevin-rudd/#.UbajRflTCaV
Tendulkar c Rajan b Georgatos!
June 8th 2013 by Suresh Rajan
http://thestringer.com.au/tendulkar-c-rajan-b-georgatos/#.UbajYvlTCaV
ILC training failures place Aboriginal men in serious danger
June 6th 2013 by Mick Estens
http://thestringer.com.au/ilc-training-failures-place-aboriginal-men-in-...
The poetry of Anna Swir
June 6th 2013 by Colin Penter
http://thestringer.com.au/the-poetry-of-anna-swir/#.UbajlvlTCaV
Western Australia’s last remaining forests – in the south-west
June 6th 2013 by The Stringer
http://thestringer.com.au/western-australias-last-remaining-forests-in-t...
President Julia Gillard collapsed the Australian Union of Students 1983, and PM Julia Gillard collapses the Australian Labor party 2013
June 6th 2013 by Gerry Georgatos
http://thestringer.com.au/president-julia-gillard-collapsed-the-australi...
Deaths in Custody – when will something be done?
June 6th 2013 by Gerry Georgatos
http://thestringer.com.au/deaths-in-custody-when-will-something-be-done/...
June 6th 2013 by Gerry Georgatos
Bradley Manning, in the public interest
http://thestringer.com.au/bradley-manning-in-the-public-interest/#.Ubaj7...
The Goodes, the bad and Eddie
June 6th 2013 by Delephene Fraser
http://thestringer.com.au/the-goodes-the-bad-and-eddie/#.UbakAvlTCaV
WA imprisons 300 Aboriginal people each year for driving offences
June 6th 2013 by The Stringer
http://thestringer.com.au/wa-imprisons-300-aboriginal-people-each-year-f...
Amnesty’s Human Rights report takes aim at Australia
June 2nd 2013 by Gerry Georgatos
http://thestringer.com.au/amnestys-state-of-the-worlds-human-rights-repo...
NT’s third world prisons – a national disgrace
June 2nd 2013 by Gerry Georgatos
http://thestringer.com.au/nts-third-world-prisons-a-national-disgrace/#....
The Walkatjurra Walk – three weeks of desert and rain
June 1st 2013 by Gerry Georgatos
http://thestringer.com.au/the-walkatjurra-walk-three-weeks-of-desert-and...
Some of The Stringer’s most widely read stories include:
South Africa, twenty years after Apartheid, doing better than Australia
May 11th 2013
Australia’s Aboriginal children detained at the world’s highest rates
May 1st 2013
Cuts to single parent payments lead to hardship
2nd April 2013
Australia’s pathway to poverty – bridging visas
30th March 2013
Australia’s Aboriginal children – The world’s highest suicide rate
27th February 2013
The Stringer recommends the 28 minutes audio from 3CR – The War on Iraq: 10 Years On
http://thestringer.com.au/audioradio-news/
There are scores more stories, localised, national and international, you can choose from to read – and share with others - http://thestringer.com.au/
The Stringer’s ‘Soundcloud’ lists an array of radio and audio interviews.
Anyone who would like to assist with Wheelchairs for Kids please contact us – the organisation builds hardened up wheelchairs for children in countries devastated by war, civil strife, abject poverty and it has reached 66 countries and 26,000 children. Most recently wheelchairs have been donated to Sri Lanka, the Congo and Libya. The Libyan consignment became the 66th nation we have reached. Millions more children wait. – You can contact Gerry Georgatos, who is the Wheelchairs for Kids Foundation manager, gerry_georgatos@yahoo.com.au - You can quickly find out more about Wheelchairs for Kids at our latest news video on the home page of The Stringer news site and in several articles on The Stringer.
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