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Nyoongar Tent Embassy - 1 Nyoongar Way, Mattagarup - the story to date

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Tue, 28/02/2012 - 6:02pm

Police move in to smash the spirit of Nyoongar Tent Embassy

Gerry Georgatos

Following Thursday evening when 60 police officers marched into Nyoongar Tent Embassy to pull down and confiscate tents, and which included an arrest, the Western Australian police force flexed its muscle once again on the Friday afternoon on behalf of the Perth City Council and the Barnett state government.

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Raelians censored and expelled by Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 27/02/2012 - 9:18pm

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After refusing to comply with censorship imposed by Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade,
the Raelians have been expelled after 12 years of participation in the event.

Raelian spokesperson Luke Roberts, who also speaks for ARAMIS

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Forest Rescue tie up logging operation.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 27/02/2012 - 5:41pm

Media Release: Forest Rescue 27th February 2012

Forest Rescue has successfully stopped work within the Warrup section six logging coupe again today, Monday 27th February 2012.

A Forest Rescue activist has tied up all logging machines within the Warrup logging coupe, and then suspended himself in a jarrah tree attached to the web like rope system, bringing work to a halt.

Forest Rescue has been battling the FPC and Warren Forest Products Services for nearly an entire month now.

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Biggest ever environmental rally in Malaysia - Against Australian company Lynas Pty Ltd

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 27/02/2012 - 10:24am

Australia’s Lynas Rare Earth Plant made history in Malaysia today when a nationwide rally to stop the project occurred. An estimated 20,000 citizens together with Malaysian civil society organisations converged in Kuantan for a rally to protest against the Lynas project and to demand for a clean and safe future for Malaysia. The Stop Lynas campaign has escalated into the biggest ever environmental issue for the country. Participants arrived from all over the country including the east Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak.
Related: stoplynas.org -- Rally footage on Youtube -- Coverage in The Age

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Barnett kills numbats

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 25/02/2012 - 2:53pm

The Forest Products Commission are currently attempting to decimate the largest intact numbat colony in our state at Warrup forest. There are more pandas in the wild in China (1600) than numbats in Western Australia (under 1000), and the numbat is our state fauna emblem.
"It is disgusting in this day and age that the Barnett government have scant disregard for our state emblem, which is on the brink of extinction. How will we explain to future generations that we stood idly by while the FPC destroyed the last major colony of numbats." - Forest Rescue spokesperson Simon Peterffy.

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My hat goes off to those organising DIY events around Melbourne

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 21/02/2012 - 4:16pm

Recently I read an article on Indymedia that was a review on a DIY bridge gig held in North Melbourne. I have decided to write this follow-up article looking at a few of the DIY gigs that have been happening around Melbourne at the moment. Especially in the punk scene lot of the DIY of movement has been growing somewhat stale compared to what it has been in previous days.

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No nukes for NSW

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 21/02/2012 - 5:36am

SNAP RALLY: No Uranium Mining NSW
12.30pm. Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Outside NSW Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Bring friends, banners, signs ...

The O'Farrell government has introduced legislation to overturn a 26‐year ban on uranium exploration in NSW, opening the way for future proposals to mine and export uranium.

The NSW government has no mandate for uranium mining in NSW. This issue was not raised at the election and, until recently, Premier O'Farrell maintained that government had 'no plans' to overturn the ban.

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Top-down, bureaucratic neo-liberalism is threatening the Christchurch rebuild - an ethical human rights is needed.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 17/02/2012 - 12:51am

Top-down, bureaucratic neo-liberalism is threatening the Christchurch rebuild -

an ethical human rights is needed.

Anthony Ravlich
Human Rights Council (New Zealand)
10D/15 City Rd.,
Auckland City.

I consider an ethical, ‘bottom-up’ approach to human rights and development, emphasizing small/medium business development, would enable Christchurch to make the most of its opportunities (And I also think this should be extended to the rest of the country and the world).

I believe this approach will eventually replace neo liberalism.

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Ethical human rights, development, globalization needed to replace neoliberalism

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 16/02/2012 - 8:35pm

Ethical human rights, development and globalization is needed to replace Neoliberalism.

Anthony Ravlich
Human Rights Council (New Zealand)
10D/15 City Rd.,
Auckland City.

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The world takes action for Tasmania's forests

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 16/02/2012 - 7:24pm

An incredible show of world wide support saw over 70 actions across 14 countries in 24 hours calling for an end to the destruction of Tasmania's forests.

People gathered to hold banners in snow filled streets, images of the forest were projected onto town buildings, handmade signs were held up in backyards, some stood as silent statues dressed in green, while some took the action to their local area of forest destruction in solidarity and others asked passers-by to 'have a heart for Tassie's forests.'

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