War against ISIS Young (and not so young) people are tired of the almost perpetual state of war that has that emerged since World War II. With US and Australian military intervention now commencing in Iraq and Syria, we are at war yet again in the Middle East. The target is the rapidly growing “caliphate” […]
Thousands rally worldwide to demand action on #PeoplesClimate: @takvera reports from Melbourne march
A beautiful spring day brought out the crowds to attend the Peoples Climate Melbourne rally. But a hum had been in the air that this was going to draw a large crowd. As it turns out, over 30,000 people turned up and marched from the State Library of Victoria to the Treasury Gardens through Melbourne’s […]
Australia raises its voice for #PeoplesClimate: @richardsheggie #environment report
Global climate rallies Estimates of the crowd at the Melbourne climate change march last Sunday ranged from 25,000 to 30,000. The Sydney climate change rally in Bicentennial Park, Glebe, was a more modest affair of about 1000, competing as it did with the Sydney Marathon and a nearby Balmain/Rozelle event to commemorate those killed in the […]
Rural Victoria rising up against #csg for #VicVotes, by #Indivotes campaigner @camklose
[clear]About a year ago the rural electorate of Indi had just about turfed out their local member, Sophie Mirabella in the shock result of the 2013 election. It was a result that not even the most optimistic political punter could have predicted. A huge community surge that wiped out a senior Liberal frontbencher in a […]
Tony Abbott’s Royal Commission blunders: @madwixxy comments on #TURC
As we enter the final days of the public hearings of the Trade Union Royal Commission I find myself in the peculiar position of agreeing with John Howard. John Howard told Janet Albrechtsen in an interview of his unease with the way Tony Abbott and George Brandis used the Royal Commission process as a means to achieve […]
#EnergyEfficiency Opportunities program repealed: @takvera comments
ON Thursday last week, Labor Party Senators lined up with the government, Palmer United Party and crossbench independent senators to repeal the large-scale Energy Efficiency Opportunities (EEO) program set up with bipartisan support in 2006 under the Howard Government. In a division in the Senate of 55 votes to 10, only the Greens senators opposed the […]
Santos on water transparency countdown: @Thom_Mitchell reports on #Pilliga
Coal seam gas (CSG) company Santos has until October 31, 2014, to disclose water and soil test results after legal action by farmers seeking information relating to the contamination of water bores on a property in the Pilliga Forest, near Narrabri, resulted in a NSW Land and Environment Court order. The court order is a win for […]
Speaking out at Gosford #MarchInAugust: @FrBower transcript
Welcome. We come together today because we are conscious of the many challenges we face in the 21st century. We are here because we understand that to meet these challenges we must see beyond the short term, beyond the election cycle, and beyond traditional party loyalties. The biggest challenges facing humanity today are global; […]