The Stringer weekly newsletter - April 27
Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 27/04/2013 - 10:16amWelcome to The Stringer’s weekly newsletter - http://thestringer.com.au/
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The killing times
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 22/04/2013 - 11:29am by Gerry Georgatos
April 20th, 2013
Courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/the-killing-times/
- The map is from the book ‘Where is thy brother? : inter-racial massacres since invasion’. Originally published in Judith Monticone’s Healing the land : a closer look at needs of the Australian (re)conciliation movement, by Healing the Land 1999. – courtesy of treatyrepublic.org
The Stringer weekly newsletter - April 20
Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 20/04/2013 - 10:50pmWelcome to The Stringer’s weekly newsletter - The Stringer went live February 20
NEWS update: There will be future interviews with our nation’s leaders on the myriad issues affecting Australians – including on our Asylum Seekers, homelessness, the economy and so on.
We are also keen to share with you that in the 55 days we have been bringing to you The Stringer we have been reaching an audience in such high numbers that it was beyond our expectations for where we are at now. We are establishing both a healthy national reach but also an international social reach.
The Stringer weekly newsletter - April 14
Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 14/04/2013 - 11:08amWelcome to The Stringer’s weekly newsletter - April 14 - http://thestringer.com.au/
The Stringer went live February 20 - If you would like to subscribe to The Stringer's newsletter and updates please email contact@thestringer.com.au or go to the subscribe tab on the home page.
The Stringer's interview with Tony Abbott
Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Wed, 10/04/2013 - 2:03pm The Stringer’s interview with Tony Abbott – his “must-do” list for Aboriginal Australia
by Gerry Georgatos - thestringer.com.au
April 10th, 2013
The Leader of the Coalition, Tony Abbott has drawn up a “must do list” he said he would implement from the first day he became Prime Minister to deliver Aboriginal peoples from abject poverty.
The Stringer weekly newsletter - April 7
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 07/04/2013 - 9:49pmThe Stringer weekly newsletter - The Stringer went live February 20
Thought provoking clips on journalism and deaths in custody
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 06/04/2013 - 8:53amThought provoking clips on journalism, on deaths in custody, Mr Ward and Mulrunji
A journalist with a difference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzigzfSNx9Y
The REAL FACTS on DEATHS in CUSTODY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVof4bQg1X8
The BETRAYAL of MR WARD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TM5KqgQNAI&playnext=1&list=PLF0B0129D1B...
ALEC DOOMADGEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH8lT437h6I
MULRUNJI - Palm Island
Cuts to single parent payments lead to hardship
Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Tue, 02/04/2013 - 11:59pm Courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/cuts-to-single-parent-payments-lead-to-hardshi...
Gerry Georgatos - There are 630,000 Australian lone parent families with dependents – 84 per cent are single mothers and 16 per cent are single fathers. 54 per cent of these single parents have a youngest child less than nine years of age. Of the parents with a child less than 9 years of age 59 per cent were in some form of employment end of June 2011 according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2011).
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The Stringer weekly newsletter - March 30
Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 30/03/2013 - 7:37pmWelcome to The Stringer’s weekly newsletter
The Stringer went live February 20 - http://thestringer.com.au/
Some of our stories from the last week include:
Australia’s pathway to poverty – bridging visas
March 30, 2013
The Australian Government’s hard on refugees policy is creating an underclass of people – many condemned to an itinerant lifestyle and many condemned to living on the streets.
According to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship since November 25, 2011, 12,765 people have been released from the detention centres and into community on bridging visas.
The Stringer weekly newsletter - March 23
Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 24/03/2013 - 7:05pmThe Stringer went live February 20. Some of our stories from the last week include:
Rising Renters Stress – 2/3rds of Australian live in rent
March 23, 2013
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ‘rental stress’ is a term often used to describe households at risk of experiencing difficulty meeting their rental costs. High levels of rental stress mean that affordability may be low and, as a result, those households experiencing rental stress may be less able to rent housing that meets their basic needs.