Now I’m not one who beliefs in violence as a solution to problems. Generally it only makes things worse, whether we’re talking on a personal or on a global scale. When I once suggested that a better way of conducting wars would be to have each country bomb its own areas, people looked at me…
By Bert Hetebry Stan Grant points out in his book The Queen is Dead that “… I cannot but see in China what White nations have done the world over. Genocide is genocide. Under their flags, nations committed to Whiteness have erased entire populations, mine included. They have not been held to account. No, genocide…
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Oxfam Australia Media Release As Yemen enters its tenth year of war, its people face renewed airstrikes and a deepening economic crisis that risks pushing millions into starvation, Oxfam has warned today. Today marks nine years since the escalation of the conflict. A temporary UN-brokered truce expired in 2022 and, whilst it has largely held,…
Community Housing Industry Association Media Release An additional 2,090 homes housing more than 4,000 young people experiencing homelessness could be built by drawing on $1 billion already set aside by the Commonwealth, according to new modelling that will be presented to federal politicians in Canberra today. The money was allocated last year to the National Housing Infrastructure…
Two British ministers, the UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, paid a recent visit to Australia recently as part of the AUKMIN (Australia-United Kingdom Ministerial Consultations) talks. It showed, yet again, that Australia’s government loves being mugged. Stomped on. Mowed over. Beaten. It was mugged, from the outset, in its unconditional…
Australian Council for International Development Media Release Australia’s peak body for international humanitarian organisations welcomes the United Nations Security Council’s resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and release of all hostages as a crucial turning point in the war. Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) CEO Marc Purcell said it marked a significant…
RMIT University Media Release The Federal Government is negotiating how to implement the changes recommended by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) report on anti-discrimination law reform, with a bill tabled in parliament late last week. Professor Anna Hickey-Moody, expert in youth studies: “A year later than anticipated, this report recommends Australia should ‘narrow the…
Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA) Media Release A Federal Parliamentary committee report into the perceptions and status of vocational education and training offers mixed outcomes for students, according to the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA), the peak body representing independent skills training, higher education, and international providers. The report highlights the need to…
By Jane Salmon Palm Sunday rallies bring together Jew and Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist, many varieties of Christian, humanists and atheists to share a vision of ecumenical cooperation and tolerance. The rallies traditionally promote human rights and equity while also condemning war. Sydney’s rally today was no exception. Josephite Sister Susan Connelly had plenty to say…
By James Moore There are only 1500 people living in Brooklyn, Iowa, situated along the old transcontinental route of U.S. Highway 6 and north of Interstate 80, east of Des Moines. Calling itself a “community of flags,” Brooklyn does not have a profile that might suggest violent crime. Mollie Tibbetts certainly would have had no…