Australia

More mental relief mp3

Submitted by huxwell on Thu, 16/09/2010 - 10:05am

It was incredibly boring this week in Oz, so...

http://media.libsyn.com/media/kaputtradio/kr__169_more_mental_relief.mp3

Polygamy Shots, People in Melbourne, Science behind Law and Order by College Humor, Jesus Medley with Will Anderson, Satire by Peter Schneider, Satire by John Lennon, Cia apologizes for accidental Overthrow of Costa Rica by Onion News Network, Andrew Lawrence Edinburgh 2010

29:40 min 128 kbps stereo 27.2 MB

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Keywords: 
satire
activism
humor

People’s Assembly in Canberra at the Opening of Parliament

Submitted by Flowerpower on Tue, 14/09/2010 - 7:25pm
Date and Time: 
Tue, 28/09/2010 -
11:30am to 1:30pm
Location: 
Parliament House the grassy hill Canberra, Australia
Contact Name: 
Sue Bolton
Contact Phone: 
0413 377 978
Contact Email: 
trconcepts@netspace.net.au

We are asking for you to join with us at a Peoples Assembly in Canberra at the opening of Parliament on Tuesday 28 September (2010).

We will assemble on the lawns outside Parliament House to call on the new Parliament to introduce humane refugee policies and stop using refugees as political footballs. Refugee groups are asked to bring banners with the key messages of the gathering as well as their own messages.

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane
Darwin
Hobart
Geelong
Albury
New South Wales
Melbourne
Newcastle
Cairns
Launceston
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Gold Coast
Queensland
Wollongong
Sunshine Coast
South Australia
Toowoomba
Tasmania
Townsville
Victoria
Western Australia

Australian soldiers to be charged with manslaughter for killing children

Submitted by Flowerpower on Fri, 10/09/2010 - 5:46pm

It has been announced that a number of Australian soldiers face charges of manslaughter and negligence in court martial proceedings over the throwing of grenades into a room of civilians during a night raid February 2009. Six civilian’s were killed including a teenager, two younger children and two babies. The soldiers claim a man was firing from the room at the time.

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
Afghan War

Back Door News: Australian PM's proposal for asylum-seeker processing in Timor-Leste

Submitted by Back Door e-new... on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 12:02pm

BACK DOOR Newsletter on Timor-Leste:
http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/Index.htm

Australian PM's proposal for Asylum-seeker Processing in Timor-Leste:
http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/asylum.html

9 September 2010

A collection of articles and news items about Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's proposal to establish a processing centre in East Timor for people seeking asylum in Australia.

Please find below the latest ten articles from the website.
To read the full article click on the relevant link.
Articles are in reverse chronological order.

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Keywords: 
East Timor
Timor-Leste
Timor Lorosae

Government funded child-abusers being used in schools to brainwash and indoctrinate children.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 07/09/2010 - 7:58pm

Analysis of the news By Travis Truman.
Link to original newspaper article : http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/chaplains-in-schools-challenged-201009...

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
education
religion
abuse
child
children
schools
chaplains
god myth
child abuse
indoctrinate
brainwash

Australian people smuggling laws victimise poor Indonesian fisherman

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 06/09/2010 - 10:23pm

"The ongoing protests by the young, broke and often illiterate Indonesian "smuggling mules" who earned as little as $50 for sailing a group of refugees to the Indonesian islanders' age-old fishing grounds of Ashmore Reef needs close, thorough and complete scrutiny and a full review under the next Federal Parliament," according to WA Human Rights group Project SafeCom after the recent protest at Darwin Dentention Centre.

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
asylum seekers

500th asylum vessel in 34 years arrives: time to reset the debate

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 06/09/2010 - 10:09pm

Media Release - Monday August 30, 2010

"The arrival of his morning's asylum boat with 59 passengers off Christmas Island is by all accounts the 500th vessel arriving on our shores for the purpose of seeking protection under the terms of the UN Refugee Convention since April 1976," WA Human Rights group Project SafeCom said this morning...

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
asylum seekers
Project Safe