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WGAR News: Invasion Day / Survival Day Rallies and Marches Across Australia: NITV News; SBS News; Occupy Sydney

Newsletter date: 28 January 2015

Contents:

* Video: NITV News - 26 January 2015: Invasion Day Marches and Rallies in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
* Video: SBS News: 'Survival Day' marked across Australia
* News: Occupy Sydney: Invasion/Survival Day Rallies Across Australia

* Hobart
-- News: Daniel McCulloch, The Examiner: Change the date campaign ramps up

How Australia sold out to the Middle east & Asia

Before 1975 Australia used its own oil reserves & manufactured most goods & machinery in Australia, however after 1975 trade was opened up to the Middle east & Asia & Australia begun to use middle eastern oil reserves & imported alot of goods from Asia. The Australian manufacturing sector was flushed down the toilet & Australia relied heavily on dwindling coal exports, renewable energy took a back seat after the abolition of the carbon tax.

The week that has been in nuclear and climate news by Christina Macpherson

Sorry - links not supplied here. They are at websites www.nuclear-news.net and www.antinuclear.net

 

My website http://www.nuclear -news was shut down for 24 hours – very cleverly hacked, by I don’t know whom. Could it be that this modest little website is annoying the nuclear industry? I feel quite honoured.

WGAR News: The day I don't feel Australian? That would be Australia Day: Chelsea Bond, The Conversation

Newsletter date: 27 January 2015

Contents:

* Video: NITV News - 26 January 2015: Invasion Day Marches and Rallies in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane

Citizen journo issues Take Down notice to LNP and Courier Mail over stolen video used to slander oppositio

On Saturday January 24, while hundreds of people were protesting the Newman state government in the streets of Brisbane, the Liberal National Party of Queensland were engineering a bikie-related scandal using stolen video.  The LNP mud-slinging attempt purports to expose criminal motorcycle gangs as supporters of the Electrical Trades Union, and that the ETU are giving the proceeds of crime to the Queensland Labor Party.  This desperate and cynical attempt to distract from the state and federal Liberal National governments' performance is likely to alienate further an already disgruntled el

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Australia Day Awards 2015: Should they be awarded without proper investigation of the recipient?

It's Australia Day Awards time again. The secret process has been happening for the past few months. The public has no idea of who is being considered or what investigations are taking place into their possibly dark past. The citizens of Australia, some of whom may have been abused by senior public servants, have no input. Public servants: can they be trusted? This is an old article but still relevant in 2015. 

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#qldvotes The Earth asks: what has the LNP done for me?

If the Earth could vote, it wouldn't vote LNPIf you can’t decide who to vote for in the Queensland state election, lend me your ear.  Today I’m wearing my Friends of the Earth hat and this week, the week of the hastily cobbled together Queensland election, the Earth needs you more than ever.

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December 2014 Honduras coup news summary

https://sydneywithhonduras.wordpress.com/

December 2014, Honduras coup news summary

 

Known political persecution in January 2014

 

Zacate Grande: community radio journalist and human rights defender attempted against and stabbed

 

WGAR News: Updated 26 January 2015 Events: Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day & Day of Mourning

Newsletter date: 21 January 2015

Last updated: 29 January 2015

Updated Events: Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day and Day of Mourning:

Monday 26 January 2015

Contents:

* 25th, 26th & 27th January 2015: National Freedom Summit - National Convergence on Canberra events
* Canberra event
* Alice Springs event
* Adelaide events
* Brisbane events
* Melbourne events
* Sydney & NSW events

Shame job Australia – “They came through the gate with my boy’s body more than six hours later”

By Gerry Georgatos in The Stringer

January 17th, 2015

 

“They took my boy’s body away. I wanted to go with my son. They left us behind. They didn’t care to listen.”

“They just looked at us. They flew off, right in our faces.”

“They left us behind.”

“They just left us,” said mother, Gwen Sturt.

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WGAR News: 25th, 26th & 27th January 2015: National Freedom Summit - National Convergence on Canberra events

Newsletter date: 17 January 2015

Last updated: 29 January 2015

Contents:

* 25/26/27 January 2015 Freedom Summit Canberra events:

-- Sun 25th January - Last Day of Freedom
--- Workshops on the Urgent Issues: Aboriginal Tent Embassy