Australia

Freedom: A cry for help from Hazara asylum seekers in Curtin Detention Centre

The following message was received by Indymedia from within Curtin Detention Centre with a request that it posted on the site. Please circulate this cry for help and solidarity amongst your networks. It is known to all and history has also proven that Hazaras have always and systemically been target of national, religious and ethnic oppression and cruelty and yet thousands of people including women and children have lost their life and thousands of families have lost their guardian and thousands of children are now orphan, who do not just have access to education but also experiencing a horrible and miserable life.

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Respect for our Poultry Workers: Safer Work, Better Jobs, Quality Chicken

This is a campaign aimed at building a better poultry industry, one that provides quality jobs for workers, and better chicken for families and communities.

The three main objectives of the campaign are:
Abolishing unethical and unlawful employment practices in the industry – these methods include sham contracting, cash paid workers, over-casualisation and piece rates.

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Australia rallies against live export

Animals Australia report Thousands of people across the country have united in a public call for an end to the cruelty of live export at the Ban Live Export National Rally

Massive crowds in capital cities across the nation exceeded all expectations today as Australians publicly expressed their opposition to live animal export ahead of a vote next week in federal Parliament which could end the live trade.

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WGAR News: Government 'Strategic Review of Indigenous Expenditure' made public

Newsletter date: 14 August 2011

Contents:
* Tracker Magazine is now online
* Government 'Strategic Review of Indigenous Expenditure' made public
* Jenny Macklin's address to the Sydney Institute
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Aboriginal imprisonment rates & deaths in custody
* Land Rights and Native Title
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 22 events from 14 August 2011
* Other articles

* TRACKER MAGAZINE IS NOW ONLINE:

- New website

Closed energy loop for Sydney

This video outlines http://daochienergy.com plan for integrating the creation of liquid fuel (Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene & Biodiesel) from local crops (especially algae used in sewage processing) and electric energy in a process that exploits the byproducts (and wastes) from one process to feed into the next as input. This circular integration produces distributed market risk for each process that results in overall greater pricing stability and consistency in greater total profitability.

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WGAR News: Amnesty International Australia: Aboriginal Peoples' right to homelands in the NT

Newsletter date: 12 August 2011

Contents:
* Amnesty International Australia: Aboriginal Peoples' right to homelands in the NT
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA: ABORIGINAL PEOPLES' RIGHT TO HOMELANDS IN THE NT:

- Amnesty Report

Amnesty International Australia: Our report: Aboriginal Peoples' right to homelands
http://www.amnesty.org.au/indigenous-rights/comments/26216

In the land of “Fair-go”, why aren’t Qantas being grounded like Tiger?

The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) decided to make history on 1 July 2011 by grounding an entire airline - Tiger Airways for almost six weeks over the incidents in which the same pilot twice flown too low into airports in Melbourne within a time-frame of slightly more than 3 weeks in June. The suspension on Tiger Airways has being partially lifted by CASA on 10 August with the imposition of new conditions on Tiger's air operator's certificate.

Retrospection mp3

http://traffic.libsyn.com/kaputtradio/kr207.mp3

Looking back with spoken word, song, and comedy to where we are NOW !

"The Economy Isn't That Bad" by Jeremy Essig, Rory Bremner "Impersonations", TED.com, "Regulate The Economy", Onion News, MC Samplers "Da Market Popped The Economy Bailout, GFC wrap, "The Philosopher" by Robert Reed

29:50 min 128 kbps stereo 27.4 MB

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