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New coal-fired plant for Victoria one step closer

Submitted by Flowerpower on Tue, 14/09/2010 - 7:40pm

Showing the lie of Brumby's pre-election promise that Victoria would cut its greenhouse emmissions to %20 below 2000 levels by 2020, HRL has signed a deal with a Chinese company to construct a new $750 million brown coal powered plant. The plant which still needs approval from the EPA is being sold as "clean technology" as it is "only" as polluting as black coal!!! It also puts Brumby's promise to shut a quarter of Hazelwood by 2014 in a new light too - it will just be replaced by a new brown coal plant.

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Victoria

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climate change

Stand Fast - Veterans "speak out" against Afghanistan War

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 14/09/2010 - 7:12pm

Stand Fast had another successful barracks speakout against the war in Afghanistan on Thursday, September 9, outside of Brisbane's Gallipoli Barracks – home of the Australian Army's 7th Brigade. Graeme Dunstan from Stand Fast provided great visual impact with huge and striking banners and flags and he also provided the sound through the PA of his Peacebus. Over the 5 hour protest about 20 people attended and helped hand out flyers to the soldiers entering and leaving the barracks with many staying for the entire time.

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FBI forwarded prisoner support postcards to Canberra Counterterrorism

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 14/09/2010 - 4:12am

This is a forwarded piece from the California central valley indybay site, which is relevant to Australia.

Read the original here: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/09/12/18658489.php

Eric McDavid is a political prisoner, given a 20 year sentence under the new terrorism enhancement penalty added on to a 'conspiracy to commit arson' charge, near Sacramento, California.

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Megabolt workers fight to get off minimum wage

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 12/09/2010 - 6:59pm

The following article about a strike by AMWU workers for fair wages is repostd from the AMWU website. Visit the link below and leave a comment of support for the workers or even better get down to the picket line to offer your support in person at 25 Glenbarry Road in Campbellfield

http://www.amwu.org.au/read-article/news-detail/558/Megabolt-workers-fig...

Sep 02, 2010
Workers at Megabolt in Campbellfield have been forced to take protected action after negotiations to establish their first union collective agreement broke down.

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Melbourne

The City is Ours – a new Melbourne direct action group launched

Submitted by Flowerpower on Sun, 12/09/2010 - 12:11pm

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Call out to Thoreauians, ecologists and those who seek the simple life

Submitted by zarathustra on Sat, 11/09/2010 - 11:18am

"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor”

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Tasmania logging contractor convicted over sledgehammer assault

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 11/09/2010 - 11:00am

Three forest contractors from Tasmania have been convicted of assault and sentenced to 70 hours community service for violently attacking forest activists locked on in a car with a sledgehammer, kicking one in the head. The assault which occurred in the Upper Florentine Valley was captured by another protester on video from a hidden position.

Below is the coverage from The Age on the case.

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Tasmania

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Logging

Tasmania

The real Julia Gillard; the real agenda

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 11/09/2010 - 3:06am

Julia Gillard was educated at 'Mitcham Demonstration School' in Adelaide. Brad Boyd, Deputy Head at this school, claims that this is what made her what she is today. The history of education in Adelaide is interesting, with a very heavy Froebelian influence, and having been constructed in what we call the 'John Adam Street Gang' in London (also called the 'Adelphi Planners') who set up colonies in NZ and Canada, as well as Australia and elsewhere. To read more about the influence of the Froebel gifts and the 'architecture of the mind', I suggest people go to the 'lifeinthemixtalk' website:

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ACT

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Prime Minster Julia Gillard

Froebel's Gifts

Nonconformists

John Adam Street Gang

Committee of 300

Australian soldiers to be charged with manslaughter for killing children

Submitted by Flowerpower on Fri, 10/09/2010 - 5:46pm

It has been announced that a number of Australian soldiers face charges of manslaughter and negligence in court martial proceedings over the throwing of grenades into a room of civilians during a night raid February 2009. Six civilian’s were killed including a teenager, two younger children and two babies. The soldiers claim a man was firing from the room at the time.

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Australia

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Afghan War

Gunns to finally end logging native forests in Australia

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 10/09/2010 - 5:25pm

After thirty years fighting for change in Australia’s logging industry by conservation groups and the community, Australia’s largest logging company company Gunns Ltd has finally announced an end to the logging of native forests in Australia.

Gunns CEO Greg L’Estrange said at a conference yesterday, “Native forest is not part of our future.”

"We see that the conflict largely has to end…The vast support of the Australian population is with the environmental non-government organisations,” he said.

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No coal mining in Margaret River protest

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 10/09/2010 - 5:18pm

by Conservation Council of Western Australia

Western Australia’s favourite tourist destination, Margaret River is renowned for its wines, surf, forests and natural beauty. It is difficult to imagine a worse place for a dirty industrial coal mine, but that’s exactly what’s being proposed just 15km from the town...

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Western Australia

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Margaret River

Coal Mine

Anima Mundi film trailer - David Holmgren, Michael Ruppert, Vandana Shiva, Stephan Harding, Permaculture, Peak Oil, Gaia

Submitted by United Natures on Fri, 10/09/2010 - 12:49pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Araf7jUxo

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Fury over water bills on Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay

Submitted by Diet Simon on Fri, 10/09/2010 - 12:09pm

By Diet Simon
Photo by Rob Baillie

Since a semi-governmental authority took control of retailing water in southeast Queensland on 1 July, thousands of people have been shocked by their latest water bills.

Like others across the state, Unitywater has been forced on us by the Anna Bligh Labor government which, polls show, would be pitched out if there were elections now.

Government figures project a fourfold increase in the price of water by 2017.

Ze Grrreat Book Burning mp3

Submitted by huxwell on Fri, 10/09/2010 - 8:50am

http://media.libsyn.com/media/kaputtradio/kr_zegreatbookburning.mp3

Sketch with Ober-Kommandant and Sergeant discussing the burning of books

4:30 min 128 kbps stereo 4.2 MB

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Global/International

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fascism

Tokyo Two trial verdict announced

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 4:59pm

A Japanese court today delivered its verdict in the trial of our two anti-whaling activists, Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki. The 'Tokyo Two' activists have been handed an unjust sentence for uncovering widespread corruption in Japan's Southern Ocean whaling programme industry. Instead of the industry being investigated, the activists have been punished with a one-year jail term, suspended for three years.

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[De] Wahlausgang Australien 2010 mp3

Submitted by huxwell on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 12:26pm

[ German audio commentary ]

http://media.libsyn.com/media/kaputtradio/kr_dewahlausgangaustralien2010...

Bericht und Schlussfolgerung von Australiens neuer Regierung mit Wolfi

17:46 min 128 kbps stereo 16.3 MB

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Australia

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elections

Back Door News: Australian PM's proposal for asylum-seeker processing in Timor-Leste

Submitted by Back Door e-new... on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 12:02pm

BACK DOOR Newsletter on Timor-Leste:
http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/Index.htm

Australian PM's proposal for Asylum-seeker Processing in Timor-Leste:
http://members.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/asylum.html

9 September 2010

A collection of articles and news items about Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's proposal to establish a processing centre in East Timor for people seeking asylum in Australia.

Please find below the latest ten articles from the website.
To read the full article click on the relevant link.
Articles are in reverse chronological order.

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Help shape the GetUp! agenda at this exciting time

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 6:53am

By The GetUp Team

The new Parliament is an amazing opportunity for GetUp members to make a difference: everything is on the table, and every law could live or die in parliamentary debate. At this important time, can you take 2-3 minutes to help chart our course for the next term of Parliament? Take our quick survey at http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/NextSteps.

GetUp is made for times like these.

The Prime Minister may be the same but this Parliament is going to be very, very different.