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By Michael Eckford (aka Michael Anderson), Senate candidate for NSW and an executive member of the MDBA Northern Basin Aboriginal Nations.

GOODOOGA, 11 August 2010

When asked why the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) failed to release its water strategy, Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water, Penny Wong, said (10/8/10) in a media conference in Adelaide with PM Julia Gillard that the Murray Darling Basin Authority is an independent authority which makes its own decisions, not at the request of the Minister.

Follow this link to a new video on Youtube from Vagmag on the efforts from the Climate Action Moreland to campaign to get rid of the Hazelwood Powerstation.

Below is the text from Vagmag from their Youtube posting describing their video

http://www.vagmag.org - Volunteers from near and far join forces to demand that Hazelwood coal-fired power station be replaced with renewable energy. 1300 homes in one afternoon!

TOGETHER WE CAN REPLACE AUSTRALIA'S DIRTIEST POWER STATION...

That was the question put by students from Kilbreda College, Mentone, today in an action organised by the Refugee Action Network on the steps of the old GPO in Bourke Street. They mimed the arrival of a boatload of asylum seekers, followed by their reception, processing and eventual fate. At the same time, volunteers from the ASRC and others handed out fact sheets to passers-by, and Pamela Curr went on to recount some recent case histories and set out some facts to counter the current widespread misinformation in the community.

Request for full investigation into ‘unseen’ major NZ tragedy.

Anthony Ravlich
Chairperson
Human Rights Council Inc. (New Zealand)
10D/15 City Rd.
Auckland City.
Ph: (0064) (09) 940 9658
Website: www.hrc2001.org.nz

(Our Council’s aim is to have the human rights excluded from domestic and international human rights law included because it is causing massive social class discrimination in many States).

Attention: New Zealand’s Chief Human Rights Commissioner
Dear Rosslyn Noonan,

Evening rush-hour crowds at the Flinders Street/Swanston Street intersection were met by a large banner yesterday reminding them of the 45th anniversary of the destruction of Hiroshima with its attendant loss of life. The event was organised by Friends of the Earth’s ACE (Anti-Nuclear and Clean Energy) collective, who were also promoting the new Choose Nuclear Free website, while handing out leaflets inviting people to take part in ICAN‘s Million Pleas campaign…

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Alice Springs Gathering Resolutions
Media about the Alice Springs Gathering
Melbourne New Way Summit Presentations

ALICE SPRINGS GATHERING RESOLUTIONS:

Rollback the Intervention: Statements/Reports
Resolutions from the Defending Indigenous Rights Conference Alice Springs. 6-9 July 2010.
[Click on link to read statements] http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com/statements/

http://media.libsyn.com/media/kaputtradio/kr__163_about_language.mp3

public funded media samples, Al Jazeera, youtube

Peter Sellers, Adam Hills, David Mitchell, Chaser, Flying Tadpole, mynameisscott.com for Expert Village, Small Poppy, The Fascist Party, Suzlon Energy

"Tampa Song" by 2 Cents Worth and Friends B. Browne, moving forward remix MMM, Julia sings Dolly Parton, "Oralie" by Soda Cake

CHOOSE NUCLEAR FREE

Choose Nuclear Free is an initiative of the Medical Association for Prevention of War, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, and Friends of the Earth, Australia.

The www.choosenuclearfree.net website contains a wide range of resources − details of political parties' nuclear policies and an animated policy graphic; a summary of key nuclear issues; videos, cartoons and music; and election resources to help Australians to 'Choose Nuclear Free'.

With as many as 200 people sleeping rough in Melbourne's CBD on any given night, a group calling itself Homelessness Front - Stop the Suffering organised a protest outside the Smith Street office of Victorian Housing Minister Richard Wynne.

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