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…
Well there really isn’t a great I need to say to explain the following clip of the Labor MP, Julie Collins,being warned against the possibility of laughing and then being asked to leave the chamber when said laughter ensued [personally I think I would have been hard put not to laugh at that point]. The…
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 Castan Centre for Human Rights Law :
On 2 March, over 500 academics from more than 30 Australian universities (including Castan Centre Directors and Associates) signed a letter to the Prime Minister calling for the immediate closure of the detention centres on Manus Island and in Nauru. Academics can still add their names at this…
It’s on ladies and gentlemen we’re taking the fight for the reef to court . The fight to prevent the dredging and dumping of waste into the Great Barrier Reef has gone legal. Overwhelming support both vocal and financial has meant that we can challenge the government over its decision. Already Lend Lease one…
By now you may or may not have heard about the tragic turn of events on Manus Island that left one person dead and 77 injured. We don’t yet know if this new tragic low marks a turning point, if it’s part of Australia’s new status quo, or if it will finally be enough to…
Just received this update from some friends at Guardian news and let me tell you if I was mighty riled before I’ve shot straight past angry into the land of spluttering WTF. So wait for it – dummm da dummmm Victoria’s anti-protest laws pass lower house by one vote These controversial new laws give…
Well I’m just a little on the cranky side – actually I mighty riled to tell the truth. How is it possible that at both a State and Federal level for our representatives can be such complete assholes (in general there are a few who try to keep things going) During WWII ID cards were…
It’s so hot here at the moment that when I saw this I went ‘I knew it‘ Tony Abbott (our prime minister) is evil and he’s going to get us boiled alive. I mean if you believe that God created the earth (I’m not saying he did just if) he might be a bit put…
Unload and Unwind 