[clear] Maules Ck Local Ros Druce – why I got arrested for first time in my life at #leardblockade. http://t.co/eKFpsssmaW pic.twitter.com/cJ4JJhw9vW — đŁMargo Kingstonđ§đ„ (@margokingston1) May 6, 2014 Dedicated to all Earth Warriors, past and present, protecting the Leard State Forest As the Leard Campaign strives to save the tiny creatures with no defence against […]
A love letter to all who fight at #leardblockade from Maules Creek farmer eco-warrior Ros Druce
Visit to #BentleyBlockade on the eve of police destruction?@margokingston1 Twitter report
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Frontline on #BentleyBlockade: @trisholaviolet reports
Can You Hear Us – Bentley Blockade April 2014 by @ParisandDarmin Dawn at Bentley is magic. Itâs the time when we most deeply feel the preciousness of the earth weâre standing on, and reaffirm the imperative of protecting it for future generations. Soft mist shrouds the gentle landscape. Rolling green pastures, trees just peeping through […]
Loggers ‘the ultimate conservationists’: Abbott’s environment vandalism policy
Speech delivered by Tony Abbott to the Forestworks Dinner in Canberra Tuesday, 4 March 2014 Julie, I want to thank you very much indeed for that kind introduction. Itâs nice to have a list of things recounted to an appreciative audience â it really is nice. But the most important fact, at least insofar I suspect […]
Fact-checking @coles and @woolworths for #SPCsunday, by @adropex
By Lesley Howard @adropex 9th February 2014 (Updated 11 February 2014) BACKGROUND In a tweet to me @Coles said, âaround 90% of our Coles Brand Food and drink is Australian madeâ. I asked them to âconfirm for me that about 90% of Coles own brands are 100% Aus product.â In response they politely referred me to their […]
#Griffithvotes citizen journo @Griffithelects live twitter reports of Libs ‘group call’ and campaign launch
[clear] By Jan Bowman @GriffithElects Mass Teleconference in Griffith On Wednesday February 29 the LNP ran a mass virtual âtown hallâ teleconference with voters in Griffith. Apparently Labor used this technology recently in Griffith to link party members with Opposition leader Bill Shorten and is planning something similar in the last week of the campaign. […]
Griffith grudge match: Glassonâs Gladiators vs Butlerâs Battlers @GriffithElects reports
By Jan Bowman @GriffithElects 25th January 2014 Having a Prime Minister as the sitting member drew significant attention to Griffith during the 2013 federal election, but there is a sense that this time around the eyes of the nation will be on Griffith with renewed interest, many seeing this by-election as the first test for […]
Cory’s book: Part 2 of a blow-by-blow fact check series by @adropex
[clear] [clear] By Lesley Howard @adropex 19 January 2014 In Chapter 2 âThe First Pillar: Faithâ Bernardi presents a strong and considered study of the historical contribution Christianity has made to Australiaâs national development and how this heritage is represented in the laws and moral codes of Australian society today. Bernardi proposes that faith is fundamental to […]
Cory Bernardi’s ideology: @stewarthase book review
By Stewart Hase  @stewarthase 15 January 2014 The Conservative Revolution was worth reading for two main reasons. The first is that it gives a very clear view into the mind of the extreme Christian conservative. The reader gets to see the thinking, the ideology that drives the political agenda of people like Cory Bernardi. Thus, it […]
Cory’s book: Part 1 of a blow-by-blow fact check series by @adropex
By Lesley Howard @adropex 13 January 2014 Intro: in part one of a @NoFibs series, Lesley Howard examines and fact-checks the preface and Chapter 1 of Cory Bernardi’s book The Conservative Revolution. A lot has been said in recent days about Cory Bernardi and about statements he makes in his book The Conservative Revolution. It seems that Bernardiâs […]