Australia

Dole payments fall behind 30 advanced countries

Submitted by nader on Mon, 17/01/2011 - 11:42pm

TWO MILLION Australians are now living below the official poverty line.

In such an affluent society why is the ALP failing to improve the lives of the most disadvantaged? And why is there now a huge divide between the dole and the aged pension?

 - Welfare payments are dropping every year in Australia.

 - The basic unemployment benefit now stands at just $234 per week.

 - That’s $33 per day.

 - Our unemployment payment is now the lowest of 30 OECD nations.

 - The Dole for single people is $130 a week less than the aged pension.

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
unemployment

Out of Afghanistan

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 15/01/2011 - 9:16pm

There is much more to the Wikileaks cables than their entertainment value, because the inner workings of capitalist diplomacy have been revealed. In the case of Afghanistan, what is revealed is the discrepancy between what the governments of the occupying powers say amongst themselves and what they say in public. In short, they tell the public lies.

Geography: 
Australia

Analysis of the causes of the flood crisis from the World Socialist Web

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 12/01/2011 - 10:40pm

Below is a very interesting article from the World Socialist Website that examines how "the Australian floods crisis is laying bare a toxic combination of chronic infrastructure decay, government under-funding, and profit-driven development that has become a danger to the lives and well-being of millions of people.". Just like with Black Saturday, the media and politicians don't want to talk about how factors such as climate change or privitisation worsen "natural" disasters.

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
flood crisis
WSWS

Globalization History mp3

Submitted by huxwell on Mon, 10/01/2011 - 11:05am

http://traffic.libsyn.com/kaputtradio/kr__182_globalization_history.mp3

A radio - fication of "Global Haywire" - a movie by Bruce and Sam Petty - music by Paris Acid Reflux

Narrator: Tom Baker, voices: Silke Ackerman, Idi Amin, Suad Amiry, Rochi Avital, George Bush, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, J.F. Kennedy, Rami Khouri, George Monbiot, Ronald Reagan, Arundhati Roy, Abdel Said, Armin Saikal, Prof Sarriek, Margaret Thatcher, Charles Tripp, Gore Vidal and more...

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Keywords: 
globalization history

Murray Darling Basin Plan needed despite floods says Conservation Foundation

Submitted by takver on Mon, 10/01/2011 - 2:03am

While flood waters continue to rage in Queensland with more rain continuing to fall, debate on the Murray Darling Basin is stepping up. Flood waters are slowly making there way down the Murray Darling system to the Lower Lakes of the Coorong.

The Murray Darling Basin has experienced its wettest year on record and there are now calls for the basin water plan to be deferred and for dams to be built to mitigate future flooding.

Geography: 
New South Wales
Australia
Keywords: 
water
drought
CSIRO
Floods
Murray Darling

[ De ] Neu Jahr's Gruesse von Nimbin mp3

Submitted by huxwell on Thu, 06/01/2011 - 10:38am

http://traffic.libsyn.com/kaputtradio/neu_jahrs_gruesse_2011_von_nimbin.mp3

German language - mit Wolfgang

11:25 min 128 kbps stereo 10.5 MB

please note:

The hemp hour podcast will NOT be continued. Listeners can tune in on Nim Fm's stream Friday 12 noon - 2pm [ Sydney time ] available at:

http://www.nimfm.org

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
german language current affairs