Newswire

Julia Gillard links intensity of bushfires with climate change as NSW survives catastrophic fire conditions

Submitted by takver on Tue, 08/01/2013 - 11:35pm

On Monday the Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard visited the bushfire devastated town of Dunalley in Tasmania and expressed her support for the residents of the town, many of whom lost everything, and outlined emergency assistance measures being taken by both the Federal and Tasmanian Government.

She also said, very briefly, that bushfires were part of Australian life in a hot and dry country. But then she went a step further. She acknowledged that climate change contributes to the frequency and intensity of bushfires through more extreme weather events like the current extreme Heatwave.

Geography: 
New South Wales
Keywords: 
climate change
Julia Gillard
heatwave
bushfire

Burning the future

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 08/01/2013 - 5:58pm

Opens with a review of record heat and fires in Australia. Is coal destroying the country? Plus the under-reported monster storm in the Philippines, and Mexican gangs investing in coal.

Download/listen to Radio Ecoshock Show
http://www.ecoshock.net/eshock13/ES_130109_Show_LoFi.mp3

Then I chat with one of the best environmental journalists, Mark Hertsgaard. Mark just wrapped up key articles for The Nation magazine and recently Newsweek.

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
climate change
coal
community radio

Plea of imprisoned youth sentenced to death by Iran's Islamic regime

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 08/01/2013 - 11:16am

The message of imprisoned youth sentenced to death by Islamic regime.
To all the people of the world in my age group:

I despise thinking about my death; I do want to take my life aspiration to the grave with me.

My name is Zaneyar Moradi.

At this moment sitting in my death cell, my prison cell in Iran under Islamic regime, I wish to talk to all youth in Europe and America, and I want to speak to the people of my age who are living in Japan, Australia, France, and Africa and all over the world.

Please DO NOT LET THEM HANG ME!

Geography: 
Global/International
Keywords: 
protest
solidarity

Nepalese journalist buried alive

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 08/01/2013 - 11:10am

A group of Maoist former rebels have been arrested over the death of a journalist during Nepal's civil war, with one of them confessing the reporter was buried alive, police say.

The arrests of the five men, whose detention came days after a Nepalese soldier was held in Britain on charges of torture, are the first in Nepal for crimes committed during the decade-long conflict that ended in 2006.

The five men, all middle-ranking cadres, have been charged with the abduction and murder of Dekendra Raj Thapa, a radio reporter and human rights activist who died in 2004.

Geography: 
Global/International
Keywords: 
human rights
solidarity
International news and opinion

Uncovering the real hoax: ANZ Bank greenwash while financing coal and climate change

Submitted by takver on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 11:24pm

For a moment farmers, conservationists and climate campaigners in the north west of New South Wales thought one of the big four banks - the ANZ Bank - was living up to it's sustainability charter and taking a lead: acting ethically with regard to not destroying agricultural land, maintaining biodiversity and preventing climate change.

A media release purportedly from the bank said it was withdrawing it's $1.2 billion loan for Whitehaven for development of a new coal mine at Maules Creek on agricultural and forrested land near Narrabri, New South Wales. Further, the letter said that "ANZ is currently undertaking a review of coal and gas investments on productive agricultural lands and areas of high biodiversity."

But it was not to be.

Geography: 
New South Wales
Keywords: 
climate change
coal
ANZ
Leard Forest
Narrabri
hoax

jj stats soar and soar and soar and.....

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 06/01/2013 - 12:17am

oh puleeze! this is not new news. the apparent sheer incompetence of state
and territory governments and their respective juvenile justice
departments
is no great secret to those with an ongoing interest in this area.
activists like myself and other interested parties have for far too many
years attempted to properly educate those governments and departments on
solutions but they continue to ignore our advice. the ones who suffer of
course are aboriginal youth, not the politicians and bureaucrats.

i thank p for passing this on to me. my previous post relative to a un

Tasmanian bushfires catastrophic but no confirmed loss of life

Submitted by takver on Sat, 05/01/2013 - 11:04pm

After the first day of Tasmania's devestating bushfires which destroyed over 100 homes and businesses on the Tasman peninsula, the Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced an emergency assistance package to Tasmanian Bushfire victims. The Insurance Council of Australia has also formally declared the Forcett and Dunalley zone of south-east Tasmania a catastrophe. This means that insurers will establish a taskforce to escalate the industry's response.

Geography: 
Tasmania
Keywords: 
bushfire

WGAR News e-newsletters - The use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 05/01/2013 - 5:19pm

Last updated: 9 April 2014

Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools (bilingual education)
Main Contents Page:
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/05/05/background-to-the-use-of-aboriginal-l...

WGAR NEWS e-NEWSLETTERS:

WGAR News: Some vital signs for Aboriginal languages: Michael Christie, Brian Devlin & Cathy Bow, The Conversation (9 Apr 14)
http://indymedia.org.au/2014/04/08/wgar-news-some-vital-signs-for-aborig...
"Contents:

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
bilingual education
Aboriginal languages
WGAR News e-newsletters on bilingual education

Submissions to the Parliamentary Inquiry into language learning in Indigenous communities

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 05/01/2013 - 5:06pm

Last updated: 4 May 2012

Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools (bilingual education)
Main Contents Page:
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/05/05/background-to-the-use-of-aboriginal-l...

SUBMISSIONS TO THE PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY INTO LANGUAGE LEARNING IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES:

The 154 submissions to the Parliamentary Enquiry can be accessed at:

http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Represe...

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Aboriginal languages

'Our Land Our Languages': Report on inquiry into language learning in Indigenous communities

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 05/01/2013 - 4:42pm

Last updated: 2 October 2012

Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools (bilingual education)
Main Contents Page:
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/05/05/background-to-the-use-of-aboriginal-l...

'OUR LAND OUR LANGUAGES': REPORT ON INQUIRY INTO LANGUAGE LEARNING IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

Contents:
* Report
* Analysis / Opinion
* Audio
* Speech
* News

* REPORT:

House of Representatives Committees: Inquiry into language learning in Indigenous communities
Our Land Our Languages

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Aboriginal languages

ABC Four Corners report: "Going Back to Lajamanu" - Bilingual Education

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 05/01/2013 - 4:25pm

Last updated: 14 September 2009

Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools (bilingual education)
Main Contents Page:
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/05/05/background-to-the-use-of-aboriginal-l...

ABC FOUR CORNERS REPORT: "GOING BACK TO LAJAMANU"

- Extended Interviews and Video; Reports and Resources; News

ABC Four Corners TV: "Going Back to Lajamanu"
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20090914/language/

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
bilingual education
Aboriginal languages
use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools

Statements regarding Bilingual Education

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 05/01/2013 - 4:16pm

Last updated: 31 May 2012

Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools (bilingual education)
Main Contents Page:
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/05/05/background-to-the-use-of-aboriginal-l...

STATEMENTS REGARDING BILINGUAL EDUCATION:

Indymedia: Stop the Intervention: self-determination not assimilation (19 Jun 09)
http://indymedia.org.au/2009/06/19/stop-the-intervention-self-determinat...

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Aboriginal languages
use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools

Analysis and Opinion regarding Bilingual Education

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 05/01/2013 - 4:02pm

Last updated: 9 April 2014

Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools (bilingual education)
Main Contents Page:
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/05/05/background-to-the-use-of-aboriginal-l...

ANALYSIS AND OPINION REGARDING BILINGUAL EDUCATION:

NT Bilingual education: The debate about its effectiveness and value
Brian Devlin Charles Darwin University
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20090914/language/docs/Devlin...

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools

Email Discussion Group - Bilingual Education

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 05/01/2013 - 3:51pm

Last updated: 25 March 2014

Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools (bilingual education)
Main Contents Page:
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/05/05/background-to-the-use-of-aboriginal-l...

EMAIL DISCUSSION GROUP:

Friends of Bilingual Learning Google group
http://groups.google.com/group/foblmail
"Supporters of Bilingual & Multilingual education, living and learning in the Northern Territory. Recognising the importance of language in human development, identity and wellbeing."

WEBSITE:

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Friends of Bilingual Learning
Bilingual and Multilingual education

Updates - The use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 05/01/2013 - 3:35pm

Last updated: 9 April 2014

Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools (bilingual education)
Main Contents Page:
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/05/05/background-to-the-use-of-aboriginal-l...

UPDATES (11 JULY 2012 - 9 APRIL 2014):

- Analysis / Opinion

Fully (sic) - Crikey's language blog:
Ngurrju! Manymak! Pupuni! NT drops First Four Hours in English policy
by Greg Dickson
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2012/07/11/ngurrju-manymak-pupuni-nt...

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
bilingual education
news
Analysis
Opinion
more