I’ve given a great deal of thought to this piece over the past weeks and have come to realise that what I am feeling is more than just the outrage at the lack of understanding from so many for the plight of a young girl who was assaulted and found no justice due to the level…
I’ve been at a loss recently as to what I wanted to say or to write. It wasn’t, in this case, a matter of being too busy or there being a lack of things on which to comment [or rant about as is often the case]. In a way it was quite the opposite, so…
Anzac Day is one of the most commemorated days in Australia and this year marks the centennial. It is supposed to be a day to remember all those who fought and died not just for our freedom but to safeguard the freedom of others. It is a day where we show respect for the sacrifice…
As most people know things in Australian politics have been in a state of flux for some time and it appears that, short of a miracle, it will continue to remain as such for the foreseeable future. Under normal circumstances this would create a little bad feeling, irritation and a certain smug condescension on the part of the…
Well as I said in a previous post things have gotten somewhat interesting here in the land of Oz and not in a good way. For a country that is supposed to pride itself about providing a ‘fair go’ for everyone we seem to be failing rather badly on a variety of fronts. I don’t…
How do I begin this post? I typed introduction after introduction and each left me feeling at a loss. It wasn’t until I took a step back that I realized that the issue wasn’t that I didn’t know what I wanted to say it was that I didn’t know how to say it without resorting…
Okay everyone lets talk refugees, boat people, illegal aliens or whatever particular term is the current label for asylum seekers. Here in Australia decency, social justice and democracy itself are being unraveled before our eyes. This is at the behest of a government headed by a man whose rise to power was achieved by the…
Well now this is a lovely piece of snark from Smile – Be Happy, aimed at our illustrious Prime Minister and his minions. All of whom have just decided to gut funding into research, revoke funding for the environmental research and planning, increased the cost of medicare along with raising the age of the retirement…
Originally posted on The Australian Independent Media Network:
The Guardian has judged him as ‘’politically incorrect to the point of dementia’’ New Statesman said Abbott represents ‘’politics at its most crass, exploitative and disturbing’’ UK Labour MP Paul Flynn called him ‘’a bigoted airhead’’ The LA Times called itself ‘’scandalised by his prejudices’’ The Sydney…
Originally posted on xBorder:
March 5th 2014 After much consideration we: Agnieszka Polska, Sara van der Heide, Nicoline van Harskamp and Nathan Gray, have decided to withdraw our works from the 19th Biennale of Sydney, because of its relation to Transfield, a company involved in the Australian government policy of mandatory detention. Our motivations reflect those…
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