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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.

Severe aftershocks continue to terrorize Nepal which was struck by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Saturday. The rising death toll climbed beyond 3,000 people. Nepal is one of the least developed countries in the world, ranking 145th out of 187 countries in the United Nations Human Development Index. According to the World Bank, Nepal owes $3.8 billion in debt to foreign lenders and spent $217 million repaying debt in 2013. Nepal owes approximately $1.5 billion each to the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank and $54 million to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

https://archive.org/download/kr310/kr310.mp3

Why our debt finance system needs war profits for the economy to survive - perpetual war caused by the financial debt system

Script from personal researched material by Graham Ferguson, presented by performance poet Len Martin, samples from Give Peace A Chance - Jon Lennon and Yoko Ono Band, Imagine this by Waxaudio, samples from Gil Scott Heron's poem The Military and the Monetary

26:00 min 128 kbps stereo 24 MB

https://archive.org/download/kr309/kr309.mp3

Performance Poet Len Martin on prohibition of marijuana

2:50 min 128 kbps stereo 2.6 MB

Millions of $$$$$ in Aged Care, and the prospect of euthanasia and estate tax via Greens Party

Padman Health Care Pty. Ltd;  Revenue $274 million, (according to ‘findthecompany’ website)[1].  Founded by Vivek Padmanabhan, director of Leading Age Services Australia Limited (LASA)  NB: previous director of Leading Age Services Australia Limited was Peter John Cosgrove, current Governor General of Australia. [2]

Newsletter date: 24 April 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: Aboriginal Group To Shadow ANZAC Day March And Highlight Frontier Wars
* Analysis / Opinion: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: Gallipoli Could Never Define Australia Like This War Did

Newsletter date: 24 April 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: 'Systemic Racism' Of WA Remote Community Closures Savaged At United Nations
* News Analysis: Kimberley Land Council: KLC condemns community closures at United Nations
* News Analysis: Calla Wahlquist, The Guardian: UN forum backs fight against closure of remote Aboriginal communities in WA

Newsletter date: 23 April 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: John Pilger, The Guardian: Evicting Indigenous Australians from their homelands is a declaration of war

* Video Special report back: Paddy Gibson, Stop the Intervention: First Nations Peoples and Australian Government Policy - What happened to the Intervention? 20 April 2015

Newsletter date: 21 April 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: SNAICC: National Children's Commissioner cites racism as factor in child removal [Featuring Megan Mitchell]
* Analysis / Opinion: Saffron Howden, SMH: Racism 'a factor' in child removal [Featuring Paddy Gibson]

* Upcoming Event: 6th SNAICC National Conference - 15-17 September 2015, Perth: For Our Children - Community Voices: Sharing Knowledge & Practice