Global/International

WGAR News: Statement from Taiwan Nuclear Free Movement to Walkatjurra Walkabout: Coalition of Taitung Communities Against Nuclear Waste - Green Citizen's Action Alliance

Newsletter date: 10 September 2015

Contents:

* Homepage of 'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country': http://walkingforcountry.com/

* Statement from Taiwan Nuclear Free Movement to Walkatjurra Walkabout

* Update: Walkatjurra Walkabout Crew: Update from week three walking for a nuclear free future on the red-earth country of the Northern Goldfields

Inquiry to review Australia’s diplomatic response against the death penalty

 

Australia Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, has commissioned a parliamentary inquiry to review Australia’s diplomatic efforts against the death penalty, following the executions last April of drug traffickers, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan in Bali.

A parliamentary human rights subcommittee, chaired by former attorney-general Philip Ruddock, will examine Australia’s current engagement on capital punishment, and will recommend further steps the government can take on the world stage.

 

WGAR News: NAB rules out funding Adani's Carmichael mine as buyer LG pulls out: Joshua Robertson, The Guardian Australia's Brisbane correspondent

Newsletter date: 5 September 2015; last updated 8:35am AEST

Contents:

* News Analysis: Joshua Robertson, The Guardian: NAB rules out funding Adani's Carmichael mine as buyer LG pulls out

* Audio: Nance Haxton & Eleanor Hall, The World Today: NAB rules out funding controversial Carmichael Coal Mine

* News Analysis: Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide: Australian bank NAB rules out funding Adani's Australian coal export project

The Shortwave Report 9/4/15 Listen Globally!

Dear Radio Friend,
            The latest Shortwave Report (September 4) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml  in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom

WGAR News: Traditional owner to challenge Carmichael mine in Federal Court over job and revenue claims: [featuring Adrian Burragubba] Brian Williams, The Courier-Mail

Newsletter date: 31 August 2015; last updated 31 August 2015, 7:30am AEST

Contents:

* News Analysis: Brian Williams, The Courier-Mail: QLD News: Traditional owner to challenge Carmichael mine in Federal Court over job and revenue claims [featuring Traditional Owner Adrian Burragubba]

* News Analysis: Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS): Prime Minister's interference in Adani mine & port decisions alarming - AMCS

The Shortwave Report 8/28/15 Listen Globally!

Dear Radio Friend,
            The latest Shortwave Report (August 28) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml  in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom