"Stop detention, release refugees into the community"
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Support community broadcasting
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 10/05/2013 - 11:40amMillions of Australians watch and listen to community broadcasting.
Ask Minister Conroy to commit to supporting community broadcasters in next week's budget.
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Fracking the Canning Basin
Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Thu, 09/05/2013 - 7:35pmGerry Georgatos - Western Australia’s Canning Basin (photo abc.net.au) will soon be talked about as the next resources mining frontier. The James Price Point $40 billion gas hub proposal for all intents and purposes has been dumped but the State’s Premier, Colin Barnett, will pitch the extraction of natural gas from the Canning Basin as the way to go in the pursuit of State revenue. Most of the gas will be exported.
The shale gas deposits of the Canning Basin are among the richest in the world.
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Our Manus message has been heard
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 09/05/2013 - 1:47pmIt would seem Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor has heard our calls to 'Shut Down Manus Island', announcing yesterday that newly arrived asylum seeker families will now be eligible for release into the community. In Mr O'Connor's own words, this latest announcement in in "response to advocates who've called for ensuring that people are treated properly"1 - that's you!
While these changes are welcome news, it still begs the question GetUp members have been asking for months:
Why is the Manus Island detention centre still open?
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Anonymous Syndicat Launch in Sydney
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 09/05/2013 - 12:17pmRevolutions and successful resistance do not take place overnight. It takes months, years for a movement to establish itself. The struggle must be brought back to the people themselves, and one sure way to mobilize is not through protests or speeches, but through social community work.
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Bob Carr ignoring human rights abuses in Sri Lanka
Submitted by nader on Wed, 08/05/2013 - 11:00pmWhy does the Foreign minister continually try to play down blatant abuses in Sri Lanka?
Is it related to the Gillard government's contoversial policy on Sri Lankan asylum seekers.
Why does Foreign Minister Bob Carr keep making excuses for the government of Sri Lanka?
There is strong evidence from credible organisations that serious human rights abuses are continuing in Sri Lanka, despite the “end of the civil war”.
But every time Bob Carr is asked about the situation there he pretends there are no problems and says things are improving.
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What if every roof in Australia utilised the awesome power of the sun?
Submitted by Diet Simon on Wed, 08/05/2013 - 3:29pmWhat if every roof in Australia utilised the awesome power of the sun? We'd glitter from space.
Imagine that. We'd reduce emissions, help end the coal and CSG mining expansion and we'd all save money. In fact, new research has found that approximately 134 per cent of the country’s residential electricity needs could be met if every suitable rooftop was converted to solar power1.
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WGAR News: Stop deaths in custody groups form coalition: Ray Jackson, Green Left
Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 07/05/2013 - 6:06pmNewsletter date: 9 May 2013
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* Indymedia Australia: Historic national stop deaths in custody coalition formed
* Ray Jackson, Green Left: Stop deaths in custody groups form coalition
* National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal deaths in custody!
* The Wire Audio: Justice reinvestment 'key to tackling Indigenous incarceration'
* WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple: Justice reinvestment comeback
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Justice Reinvestment or by any other name
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Australia’s Aboriginal children detained at the world’s highest rates
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World Heritage Committee gives governments a year to get their act together on Barrier Reef
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 07/05/2013 - 4:10pmThis weekend, the World Heritage Committee released its draft decision on the state of the Great Barrier Reef, giving the Australian and Queensland Governments a stern warning and a one-year ultimatum: do better, or see the Great Barrier Reef on the World Heritage In Danger list – and become the only developed nation with a site on that list of shame.
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WGAR News: Tiga Bayles interview with John Pilger: First Nations Peoples and the new Film 'Utopia'
Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 04/05/2013 - 4:00pmNewsletter date: 5 May 2013
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* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews John Pilger about his life long support for First Nations Peoples and his new Film 'Utopia'
* Respect and Listen: Docos: The Secret Country: A special message from John Pilger
* Respect and Listen: Docos: The Secret Country: Guest Speaker Sue Gillett
* Respect and Listen: Docos: The Secret Country: Some Statistics - Then and Now [from Paddy Gibson]
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: John Pilger on racism in Australia
* Therese Mortensen, Amnesty International Australia: No more secrets
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