SYDNEY, Aug. 15 – After Australia’s prime minister, Tony Abbott, rejected a proposal to consult the Aboriginal People before recognizing them in the nation's constitution, spiritual leader Maitreya Rael commented that Abbott was exhibiting “very colonialist behavior".
Amid corruption allegations and political posturing, Indonesia has executed eight people. Two Australians, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, and six other foreigners were gunned down by an Indonesian firing squad in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
In our reaction, we do not need to hold back for fear of being seen as arrogant westerners.
Newsletter date: 22 April 2015
* Analysis / Opinion: Belinda Grant Geary, Daily Mail Australia: 'The first thing that strikes me about Australia is how racist this place is': Writer claims our treatment of Aborigines is WORSE than apartheid South Africa
* Analysis / Opinion: Sisonke Msimang, Africa is a Country: Is There a Place Where White People Are More Committed to Faux Race Blindness than South Africa?
Is the president of Nauru, Baron Waqa a leader or a dictator?
Five MP’s have been suspended from the nation’s parliament simply because they spoke to the international media.
The President supports the decision saying the MP’s acted in an “unruly manner”.
Now the Chief Justice has upheld their suspensions, saying the Supreme Court did not have the power to reverse parliament's decision.
One of the suspended MP’s Roland Kun is now openly referring to the current government as a dictatorship.
Julie Bishop and Tony Abbott have slashed aid spending to the poorest people in the world again.
This time they’ve cut $4 billion over the next four years.
This means Australia will now drop from being the 13th most generous nation to the 20th.
The total cut to aid this year is almost $11 billion. That’s almost one third of all budget cuts.
Abbott has now cut overseas aid to its lowest level since 1958.
What a disgrace.
Newsletter date: 30 November 2014
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* Upcoming Event: STICS: Forum: Can our First Nations Peoples celebrate UN Human Rights Day? 9 December 2014
Newsletter date: 28 November 2014
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Newsletter date: 20 November 2014
Last updated: 26 November 2014
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Rathdowne Place Aged Care. Be aware.
Rathdown Place Aged Care is owned by Australian Unity, (as is the ‘Better at Home’ agency, whose staff they employ). Australian Unity: chairman Glenn Barnes, FRSA, Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (commonly known as ‘The Royal Society of Arts’).
Pay particular attention to ‘The Royal Society of Arts’.
The Royal Society of Arts:
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Arts
History
Newsletter date: 30 May 2014
Contents:
* NACCHO: Aboriginal controlled health services can close the gap in employment
* Eduardo Jordan, The Wire: Are we really closing the gap? [Featuring Greg Craven and Justin Mohamed]
* NACCHO: Fears Tony Abbott will widen Indigenous health gap
* The Stringer: Who do we believe? Different findings, Reform Council & Close the Gap
* Marie McInerney, Croakey: Latest 'close the gap' update on Indigenous health underlines alarm over #Budget2014 cuts
* Michael McKenna, The Australian: Health overhaul closes the gap
