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Some 250,000 children in East Africa need our help.
New Food Aid Apeal . The situation in East Africa is acute and a
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CITIZENSHIP?
Your
citizenship values as a human being are more important to me then the
size of your wallet or rank or formal education. If education is power
then we need to understand how dangerous the
education can be when manipulation means de-humanisation marks
are trumped as best, stamped as enlightened scholarship.
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Seriously outrageous: Federal
MP Anthony Albanese's plagiarism no matter who wrote it, copied it or
delivered it is symbolic of why we have lost deep faith in this line-up
of the Federal ALP. Broken promises and a mix of superficial words,
lies and over-loaded spin serves sour cream covering stale cake. We
are a long way now from the rejuvenation we as a nation prayed for,
invested in and experienced in 2007/8. Where are the Democrats when
we need them. Federal ALP has become a machine, automatic and
manipulative making it so difficult for those honest brokers, including
citizens to standout for their integrity in this country. While I know
many of the personalities may be good people in their informal life, as
a machine the party has lost credit on the intangible elements that
give us strength as a nation. Proves how best can be less when the
human factors are replaced with the de-humanised pollution filling the
process of our nations day to day fabric. Albanese's
plagiarism, the run on broken promises together with the
de-humanisation of our institutional administrative cultures is
unacceptable. The Lucky Country lacks self-awareness from its leaders
where it counts - from either of the major parties. Increasingly it
appears we create once again a narrow window for ourselves when it
comes to having the intellectual capacity to deal what is inclusively
required as a whole world leading society. I am sure the 'innovative'
Hollywood script writer who wrote the piece Albanese's crew plagiarised has
had the last laugh here. "Just" shows it is better as a leader to give your own
hand, to take the time to write your own speeches and drop the
fancy-prank staged ego-making that is over-loading Australian politics today.
Tit-for-Tat does not run a country. It is weak, as weak as Abbortts own
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This is critically interesting. Julia Gillard's take on words when it comes to Australian History back in 2007.
Warren Mundine is hardly a representative of the Indigenous Community
at large. His views are controversially driven and many see him as a
whiteman with whiteman views when it comes to safeguarding the core
rights of Indigenous people.
The problem here is that the media already knows that.
Why he is used as a spokesperson in criticism of the Indigenous people at
the Tent Embassy begs analysis. It is only days ago that he ran
head on into troubles as he argued with the expert panel on the
constitutional recognition.
Australia Day marks the arrival of the first British colonists in 1788. Many
Aborigines call it Invasion Day. While there is a significant crowd
that has turned up from all round Australia at the Tent Embassy in
Canberra this year, there is a poor show of Canberra residents
themselves.
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Scapegoats. That's the word I was looking for, except this fight ought to be between government departments not wedged at the protesters.
Mick Gooda is playing the wrong end of the stick. Surely he has
something to say about the mis-fortunate actions from inside the
government. Here we go again.... When balance means there is none "Laurie's been trying to build up Gillard on every issue last few months ... what's going on
?" It is too easy to hammer and blame the citizens. If no one is
perfect, what do we say about the real issues here surrounding the
government. If one two or three people at the Tent Embassy can be
singled out as being the "whole" then why is it that the world ought to
accept the leak and whatever else was the actions of one staffer. Don't
they all get paid to work as a team? Best we drop the ego-face driven
game of politics and put a human touch across this entire fiasco. As
Australians we can do better then this. Over the next weeks some of the
best and the worst observations will be recorded. The assumptions that
fire is put out with more fire is about denial, it doesn't work. The
blame game is political while the people making up the majority of
attendees at the Tent Embassy are just people who did, for the very
most, turn up to celebrate what has been achieved as much as what still
needs to be achieved. Surely we can find some common ground in that.
For the politicians, it would have been more fitting for them to come
to the lawn. Education is basically achieved by role models being
inclusive when they are seen to be doing the right thing. Communication
and civic engagement surely is part of that process if building bridges
is the goal. Lauries description of the word "impeccably" is far off
the mark. As I said it is about denial and in context of the "whole"
perspective.
HOW WERE THE ABORIGINAL ACTIVISTS TIPPED OFF?
Aboriginal activist Barbara Shaw says an unknown woman tipped her off
about Tony Abbott's supposed comments and location before Thursday's
Canberra protest. While one respects the quick action from the PM
to disclose this debacle no words can express the empty gaps in this
statement ''During that discussion, the staff member did not in any way
suggest or encourage violence or demonstration.[At the very least...
One would hope not!] Responsibility and the example starts from the
top. Given we are getting closer to the real story, a more mature
explanation would be strategic. Symbolic is that it was the Emergency
workers the PM herself was celebrating. It is that trust and
credibility must work both ways and we expect the authorities to be as
accountable as our government which includes the ways the truth is told
by statements from the PM.The excuse given and underlying sacking does
not cut it when we consider the impact these events have had in
dividing unity within the public of Australia. For those that work so
hard to enhance greater cultural understanding, this event is about as
sad as it gets!
Githabul man Mark told Howard Sattler on radio in Perth and says, the event organisers do not want protesters to partake in violence and believe this is hurting their cause.
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Jan - Not only was a leak from within the government given to
protesters at the Tent Embassy in Canberra that incited the events that
followed at the Lobby Cafe but my sources tell me that Tony Abbott
wasn't exactly invited to the event. From the information that I have
gathered this whole distraction was a dirty stitch-up. People being
manipulated and porns being played.
We
may never know what the protesters were told by the person who
leaked what Abbott had said, given they were not listening to the
radio or watching TV at the site of the Tent Embassy, or how the
situation was explained by the source who leaked the information as
they were told that Abbott was to appear in Canberra at the Lobby Cafe.
The fact that people were given the impression that Abbott wanted
to get rid of the Tent Embassy [it should be bulldozed?] might be a
clue. I fail to see how the message could be misinterpreted.Besides
this I was told the close advisor was a woman not a man.... I say this
just to show how the grapevine works and how destructive it can be when
the media from the outside leads a circus rather then its critical eye,
using experience and community engagement. For me, I suspected that
things yesterday just didn't add-up. That ought to have been the
media's call, especially given the vast horizontal and
lateral knowledge it has and displays when winning the Walkey Awards.
Put another way, Journalists are not bystanders. Their stories impact
the hearts and minds of all Australians else they too are unjustly
playing politics.
I do not
accept excuses from the media that use volatile language to describe
the actions of the protesters. They were rowdy but not violent.
Secondly, the disgrace falls with the minders and any media who play on
the vulnerability of those who have the very most to lose. The
ugliness is with the power brokers who run politics like something out
of the mini series 'West Wing'. The media gets it wrong when it
blindly forgets it to has a code of justice to uphold especially on
socio-economic issues that need a fair-hearing. Conquer and dividing
the Indigenous movement itself is reckless, especially at this critical
time. The issue here is the sense of betrayal that is being played out
in Canberra as factions within Australian politics manipulating the
spirited action of young people whose energy they need to
engender. How do we expect them to read the mixed messages they
have received from their visit in Canberra. They already feel a sense
of alienation , if not confusion regarding the cross-fire, the tension
between elders, the mixed messages from all sides of the tarnished
political fence. As I said, the people generally at the lawn have
limited access to the media and have only been told of the media
coverage and politics that is going on behind the scenes both between
power brokers and from those sorting out strategies on site at the Tent
location.
I am told there are many people who were not happy about the flag
burning today but others who see it as the only way to send a
message about the ways they feel they are being treated.
For most of the people who have attended the event it is about
learning, being together and sharing. Given the majority have come from
all round the country, including Yarraba, it is callous that they have
been labeled. There is more energy on this lawn then under the seats of
many Australians.
Paul Sheehan is an example of a a jounalist who
needs to get a life.His energy might have been better spent on the
sources of the background story. This is a disgraceful punch
reflecting himself more then the person he is aiming at. It is so
unnecessary.
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This
how I recorded the event. I was not at the cafe, but on site at the
Tent Embassy and interviewed many after they came back from the
cafe..... most in shock. "The Tent Embassy Debacle from A Protester’s POV"
Phew! Thank Gads for Cricky.com: Where to go for the worst commentary on Julia and Tony’s big day in Canberra.
The inconvenient Truth. One Thanks the Worlds Media outside Australia for being able to decipher the truth
from the exaggerated documentation of the Australia
Day story in Canberra yesterday. It is the balance at the
core of this story that matters. What sparked the events
and then what fueled the panic outcome. If you didn't know
better you would almost believe Abbotts script and the event was
staged. That is before you realise the chanting and waving of flags
outside the venue appears to include a few [three of four young people
it appears using the glass window as a drum.... with no intention
evident that meant harm].
One wishes that the Australian media itself had as much maturity. Find
this video, it is the only one so far that I have seen that comes near
what ought to be seen as reporting with some balance. On talkback this
morning a few people, having coffee who were inside the glass enclosed
restaurant , and not part of the PM's function said they never at any
moment felt their safety was put at risk and nor did they feel the need
to move. What local journalists fail to understand is that they
are watched and read by the Australian public which includes
individuals distrustful who belong to minority groups. Their exclusive
coverage breaks down the trust of the media within the community and
means those that they ought to be speaking to wont speak to them
because of the way they treat these critical important stories. From
what I have seen concerning Australia's unfair, bias media coverage is
that it reflects the depth of dispossession felt
by many among the Indigenous sectors and it also
alienates many people who have deep empathy for struggles
the Indigenous people have as a whole. As a new resident, the
more I see how Canberra works, the more alarmed or disenfranchised I
sense I am becoming from what I had once hoped was a bush capital
reflecting what is true blue across Australia. Instead I find a
gang of middle class players either in the power of government or
media waging a cultural impasse on many levels through mainstream
at ordinary Australians. Except for the story listed above, there is
not so far a balanced report discussing the "innocence"surrounding the
lead-up to the unplanned, spontaneous protest. What I do see is
the judgments and over-arching goodie goodie colonialists gatekeeping
the story in a way that protects power against a predominant
young bunch of citizens who felt the opposition leader was
steamrolling their cause. When Ms Gillard advocated for a knowledge
nation I supported her in the hope that her call meant we would become
a more tolerant, understanding and equitable society from the farm gate
to the bush capital. Instead what we find is the "clone[ism] has become
as detrimentally contemptible as anyone we might tag as redneck. I am
deeply sorry this day has happened. Unless we get some mature and
balanced commentary about what truthfully occurred in Canberra on
Australia Day 2012 I fear the "anger" of the PM and her minders
will be waged against the said "anger" [or grievance] of those who
value the Indigenous Embassy Tent. Lost is the opportunity to create
greater understanding because of the clumsy over reactive sentiments
vented . Lost is a voice in Australia and especially in Canberra that
can see through the hubris and willing to state an alternative more
balanced view.Telling is that the media present at the Tent Emabssy was
community radio from Melbourne and not Canberra's own 2xx, which
surprisingly doesn't even have a newsroom! What's the point I ask?
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Davos: a sanatorium for those in denial of capitalism's ills...
It is hard to listen but is George Soros right?
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Davos Elite Must Put Some Substance in Their High-Altitude:
As German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, "world leaders have yet to act
on the lessons of a financial crisis that began in 2008 and has yet to
really end". The challenges facing the U.S. and Europe stem from the
same phenomenon: The financial elite, investors and taxpayers alike
have become too dependent on government to protect them from the
consequences of their actions.... This is a discussion that needs to be at
the core on DAVOS meeting
"After four years of stop-start recovery, rising unemployment,
austerity, sovereign debt crises and growing social unrest, you don't
need an eight-digit salary to work that out. " We need a "a sort of
third-way globalisation to "reduce the costs and ills [of the system]
including the wide income disparities that have been generated over the
last decade or so".... [In my view the failure of DOHA is a mirror at
the core of the problem and smacks of the gap between nations, their
terms of trade and failure to address the critical issues impacting
world populations, caused by unfair capitialism, unjust terms of power
and a failing humanity in world markets. Cameron' can say all he likes
about 'breaking with the orthodox position', but in many ways the issue
of fair-play starts with the monetary system in the UK. Cleaning up
this system must begin with a political will and that takes honest
brokers.]
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40th Anniversary of Tent Embassy Day in Canberra.
26th - 28th January 2011 - All Welcome!
Music - Song and Circles. Find Agenda, podcasts and who is attending.
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Australian of the Year 2012 is Geoffrey Rush
What a gift. Someone who understands the Arts, Australian
people, much of Australia's history and much of what we need to do
together as a whole Nation.
As his first request, Australian of the Year Geoffrey Rush urges
local writers to tell the stories of asylum seekers who try to make the
perilous journey to Australia by boat. [What a gift]. Geoffrey Rush is challenging TV writers to make a mini-series about the human side of asylum seekers.
"I want to see the stories of why are these people wanting to come here
at great peril to their lives, with such extraordinary bravery. And
we're not finding that human scale in the story. And I think it's good
if we did that because I think people would discuss the arguments with
less overly emotive responses to primal knee-jerk reactions. "
Mr Rush also marvelled at the rise of local modern arts scene while
paying tribute to the heritage laid down by Indigenous Australians."We
live on an island that boasts the oldest nation on earth saying, "There
is an inspiration right there, where performance rituals are at the
heart of its being - our Dreaming.".
Rush also noted that as Australians, we " know that hard-wired into
every Australian from every background we love acting the goat, taking
the mickey, cracking a joke, spinning a yarn." We are the plucky
country, he said."We told that at any given moment we are no
further than a few metres away from spider - this statistic is now also
true for the arts."
Australia's 2012 Senior of the Year is Indigenous elder Laurie Baymarrwangga from the island of Murrungga, north-east of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory for protecting her culture and country.
Laurie Baymarrwangga who is 95-years old,is a Galiwin’ku woman, a custodian of Milingimbi, one of the Crocodile Islands. She is recognised for her commitment to
preserving the Crocodile Islands and teaching younger generations about
their culture, knowledge language and heritage. On hearing of the
award, Laurie thanked those who supported her vision of indigenous
management of sea country, saying: ‘We continue to pass on the stories
of our land and sea country for the good of new generations."
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This is why it is hard to totally trust or feel ease with China. "China opens fire on Tibet protesters". This is no way for a sophisticated or [civilised] world leader to behave. It is shameful.
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Chinese New Year 2012 is set to be among the biggest celebrations throughout the whole-wide world.
“Xin Nian Kuai Le” . Happy New Year in Chinese [pronounced sin-nien-kway-leh]
The Year of the Water Dragon, [every sixty years], promises even larger
extravaganzas than usual. Known for his boldness and short temper, the
dragon has long been a representation of the Chinese Emperors. The
Water Dragon, by contrast, exudes calm and empathy.
In Sydney the two-week celebration starts on January 20 in Belmore
Park, with a Twilight Parade on January 29 and ending with dragon boat
races on February 5. .Word has it that in between there will be Bruce Lee tributes, cooking classes, free galleries, magicians, karaoke, and massive morning tai chi classes on the beach.
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Anna
Bligh knows her Queensland State and knows the stakes are always high
when it comes to calling the time of a Queensland State Election.
While her opposition has gained strength with their new leader now
being former Brisbane Mayor, Mr Campbell Newman... it is merely another
test for this Queensland Premier who has grown strong with
magnitude over past years. This political contest is the first
real contest Queensland has had in decades. The articulation of
policies hopefully will out weigh the expected spin, as these parties
thrash out for the first time what is important for infrastructure, for
local community and business building the future, with Climate Change.
Premier Anna Bligh has made some mighty calls for Queensland over
recent years and proves she knows exactly what she is doing when it
comes to dealing a hand for the benefit of Queenlanders. Go Anna Go. Mr
Campbell Newman compliments you as a strong opposition Leader
even though many of us still don't understand how he got there. That's
Queensland for you.
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ALARMING: Arms Shippment from Russia arrives in Syria.
Foreign journalists are banned, making verification of details difficult in Syria on both/all sides of the political spectrum.
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Aljazeera
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Jeremy Bowen BBC News, Damascus
'PLAYING GAMES' on international scale in support of personalities rather then leadership blocks the road to prevent more bloodshed in Syria.
UN Chief says to to Syria's Assad: "Stop Killing Your Own People".
He said The path of repression is a dead end, the winds of
change will not cease to blow. The flame ignited in Tunisia will not be
dimmed.”
Syrian General Mostafa Ahmad al-Sheikh is
said to have defeated. In a statement, he said he had deserted because
he was sickened by the ruthlessness of Assad's regime and all the
killings taking place. As talks deepen behind the scenes about the
situation in Syria, the Gulf state of Qatar has said Arab countries should send troops into Syria to stop government forces killing civilians there.
Qatar was the first Arab country to join the Nato-led operation in
Libya, which led to the downfall of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
Russian Arms Ship Arrives in Syria: A Russian ship loaded with 60 tons of ammunition and arms has landed in Syria , Thursday. The Russian ship, The St. Vincent and Grenadines-flagged ship, called the Chariot is technically violating an EU embargo on arms shipments to Syria. It is owned by St. Petersburg-based Westberg Ltd. Russia is a major arms supplier to Syria
and, has emerged as one of the main stumbling blocks to Western efforts
to curb President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown against the uprising.
The distraction in world politics on what to do about the 5,000
civilians and more killed daily in Syria, has to do with Russia's
support for Iran, against sanctions concerning Irans Nuclear program. Syria and Iran are closely linked. Russia's mixed messages being fired at the West confuse most who try to follow these events...
given they have been criss-crossing in the headlines for years now in
waves of hot and cold. In the background is Israel and the US. Turkey,
sits on the Syrian boarder, appears to be showing the greatest
leadership - with absolute concern for the life of the people in Syria
and in their address where Arab and Middle East politics is
concerned. Meanwhile Iran and Cuba agree [this week] on 'peaceful use of nuclear energy'.
The Assad family has dominated Syria for more than four decades.
Humanitarian Disaster: Life of people resulting in an average of
30-40 deaths a day in Syria as government snippers continue to shoot at
civilians. No account is possible to calculate the hundreds injured.
Hundreds flee as hospitals are presently seen as death traps for those
injured. After only two weeks, Clinton Calls for End to Arab League Monitoring Mission in Syria.
Observer quits Syrian mission in disgust saying he had witnessed "scenes of horror". Mr
Malek also criticised the leader of the Arab League mission, Sudanese
General Mohammed al-Dabi, "The head of the mission wanted to steer a
middle course in order not to anger the (Syrian) authorities or any
other side," said Mr Malek. The US has noted that " 400 additional
people have been killed, an average of 40 a day, a rate much higher
than was the case before their deployment".
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RearVision: The Arab world- Find Transcript.
An invaluable documentary with a historical reflection on the Middle
East. It shows us how deep the gap is between ideals and reality when
one recognises how the political players on all sides got to where they are today
and why it is so hard to create a workable or trustful relationship
with 'anyone'. While we respect and acknowledge the power of the Arab Spring, it is
difficult to hope for a solution when so many lives are being lost in these
countries daily.... Betrayal of humanity leaves it's political-social and economic mark wherever the
ill-shadow follows. This particular documentary is among the best I
have heard in the way it expresses the past in context of the Arab
World. The commentators are so concise and articulate. So much to tell. Well Done
RearVision!
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Isn't this illegal? Australia accepting unethical cargo from Western Sahara?
"It is sad to know that somewhere in
Tasmania, recipients of this resource are unwittingly colluding in this
denial of the rights of the Sahrawi people to decide their own future
and benefit from their own resources", local school teacher Peter D.
Jones wrote in a letter in the Hobart newspaper The Mercury yesterday.
"Morocco continues its illegal occupation, mainly because of access to the phosphate supply", he wrote.
The importing firm, Impact Fertilizers, admits purchasing the rock from
the territory. The UN has stated that such activity is in violation of
international law if the people of Western Sahara have not been
consulted. They have not.
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Adaption in Greater Mekong region
The Bright Red Line of Faith. Restoring wetlands in the Rice Bowl of Vietnam
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Africa
Support Human Rights Watch's efforts to end tyranny. Find latest video "Tyranny Has a Witness" here. Other ways to give here....
Global Witness quits blood diamond scheme citing the scheme's failure to break the link between diamond sales and violence.
Doctors without Borders (or Medecins Sans Frontieres, MSF),
NGO turns 40, continues fighting AIDS in Zimbabwe and says, "More
than 5,000 people in Zimbabwe will go without treatment if no
additional funding goes through."
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Africa Investigates. African journalists risk their lives in order to reveal the truth about corruption and abuse across the continent.
Interview: David Kilcullen.
This is the kind of soldier I respect. A humanitarian, an example
to us all when it comes to understanding the local need for community
engagement. Why people matter no matter where we go. Why Aid and the
act of the military must find common ground in their cause each... to
save the world. Counter insurgency expert David Kilcullen is one
of the world's leading advisor's on political insurgency movements. His
expertise has taken him from the Australian Army to the corridors of
Washington. Nothing I can say can express how I appreciated this
interview Julia Baird. Makes everything else seem almost irrelevant
when you hear someone instinctively with a similar world view. Also find article, "Winning Hearts and Minds? Examining the Relationship between Aid and Security in Afghanistan" Paul Fishstein and Andrew Wilder .
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The very Least we can do is learn about this issue. Sea Level Change and Small Island States
No issue is more pressing for Small Island States then Sea Level Rise
and the recognition that their entire populations may in the not so
distant future have to relocate to mainland nations as "environmental
refugees" [a crude term], because of what their Islands face. SBS takes us to life on Kiribati. From Copenhagen to now. Where is the International concern. Who is failing their promises to these Small Island States?
Are we naval Grazers or are we prepared to deal with the world as it presents us all with the challenges ahead?
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We have the information but what do we do about it?
SBS Dateline has done a series on E-WASTE. devastating story on illegal trading of old computers and TVs from countries like Australia being found dumped
in impoverished Ghana. During part-2 Dateline calls the government to
account.
E-Waste, toxic chemicals in the waste are slowly poisoning the
children... who work with no masks, gloves, shoes for virtually no real
pay. Find this Podcast and related links, do what you can to shout against this immorality.
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Eva Cox. Revisit Boyer Lectures 1995.
"In a civil society, we need to recognise the supreme importance of
social connections which include plenty of robust goodwill to sustain
difference and debate. This possibility exists within Australia today,
but we risk squandering it in our search for illusory economic
development. I want to question some too common assumptions, challenge
many beliefs seen as truths, and recast some old ideas which have
fallen out of fashion. I want to persuade those in high places to
recognise that we are social beings."
".... Without our social bases we cannot be fully human. Social capital is as vital as language for human society.
We become vulnerable to social bankruptcy when our social connections
fail. If most of our experiences enhance our sense of trust and
mutuality, allowing us to feel valued and to value others, then social
capital increases."
Listen up Canberra "how such structures can either enhance or deplete social capital by incorporating certain types of civic cultures and norm"
"The issues of maldistributed power are exacerbated by market forces increasing inequality.
The idea that market providers can be regulated to comply with ethical
standards ignores the difficulties that governments have in regulating
the powerful."
Give me breath Eva Cox where she states rightly; "There is no question in my mind that the intellectual belongs on the same side with the weak and unrepresented"
and clapp here "Destroying the present in pursuit of an uncertain
future is not the way to go." [note her pointed discussion on
questioning what we mean by progress].Me too Eva [no one loves a
perpetual critic]. "I am trying to learn when to stop and how to move
on. So raising the issue of debate and dissent is a somewhat personal
exploration as well as a political intervention".
Do you believe in Civic society?"The term 'civil offers
alternate paradigms to counter the current public policy assumptions
about competition and privatisation which are unravelling the social
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Australia's mining industry investment soared to a record $232 billion [34%] in the year to October, according to new researc.
Accoroding to the ABC "Most of the capital is in the oil and gas, iron
ore and coal industries. Western Australia accounts for about 64 per
cent of expenditure on advanced projects with final investment
decisions announced for the Wheatstone and Prelude LNG projects in the
last six months. There are now a record 102 minerals and energy
projects that have reached a final investment decision. There are more
than 300 other projects still in the pipeline and those are expected to
be worth more than $224 billion. The bureau says the projects are set
to drive significant growth in resources exports in the medium to long
term.".
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Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation Aboriginal group takes FMG fight to Canberra. The YAC has levelled several claims of misconduct against FMG,
including recently that the miner coerced an archaeologist to alter a
heritage report concerning one of the hub's tenements. Michael Woodley
says the Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke has agreed to look into their concerns.
Miners and State 'fail' eco audit: In
a report, Mr Murphy said the Department of State Development was not
ensuring miners maximised local content and Indigenous Affairs had
failed to enforce compliance with heritage conditions.
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By passing First Australians Health , Housing
& Employmentand right to life-style and culture
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As I wrote my Submission for Constitutional Reform, Native Title Reform, it was this issue that was on my mind. Spiralling suicide rates within several Indigenous communities across Australia.
The only prevention possible is through "civic wellbeing" strategies.
The ongoing and unacceptable bar we have set in Australia in areas of
human rights daily through politics and discriminative practices
through administrations, and the mining industry will continue until we
strengthen the law. Suicide is a reponse to having no hope left. This
story is so critical I don't put it on Facebook for the pain it might
cause for those dealing with the phenomena everyday.
Kimberley land council split -
Listen to why "Traditional Owners say NO". Why they believe the way
government is doing business in the Kimberley not fair. Fran Kelly
speaks with Mitch Torres Actor, writer, film maker and traditional
owner and Jabirr Jabirr woman from the Kimberley.
Chronically ill patients living in tents
Indigenous trainees left to sleep rough
Broome divided over gas proposal
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Mining industry overrated: report
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Bush
Telegraph
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Bush Telgreaph on the Kimberley. "Dinosaur footprints, pristine beaches, spectacular waterfalls, coral reefs, ancient rock art -
it's a time capsule of Australia's evolutionary history." Interview
with Professor Carmen Lawrence, chair of the National Heritage Council
& Author / Journalist Victoria Laurie.
And, Marine sanctuaries proposed across the Top End
The struggle of Indigenous people in the Pilbara and Kimberley is
distressing. Apart for the lack of Health, Housing and Employment it is
what is occuring in their battle with Mining Companies. Iron and Dust, video with current podcast and
resources pointing to the issues at the heart of the story.
A Powerful Interview: Why we need to see
Native Title Reform. "FMG
Dispute Continues" between Yindjibarndi in Pilbara, on rtrfm » morning
magazine. Also a good point made on "veto rights" for "all" when it
comes to Wild Rivers in Cape York. Find
audio [This on the day "FMG wins native title dispute over Solomon"]
Friday 12th August 2011
Audio 2: FMG Dispute Continues...
with YAC's Barrister
FMG goes for 'whole of country" approach
which takes 50% of "Yindjibarndiland
and locks it in so next generations are stuck with it for decades to
come. It is the strategy of FMG tactics and how Native Title is being
manuipulatedthat must be understood.
The mining boom is possibly the
only thing standing between Australia and a recession right now.
I fully support some of the wealth of views expressed by those
interviewed on Bush Telegraph Wednesday, especially the story that
points to the way Australia in its approach to the "Mining Boom" is not
thinking about the future needs of the Nation... by neglecting ... or
' Thieving from next generations'. It is the reason I support a
tougher scrutiny taxation of Multi National Mining Companies. Find
podcast.
What IF .... asks Paul Cleary author of
'Too Much Luck: the Mining Boom and Australia's Future'
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Irrawaddy News
Suu Kyi welcomes US engagement with Myanmar
US Secretary of State Hillary invited Myanmar-Burma to join the Lower Mekong Initiative,
an American-sponsored regional association devoted to water issues,
which already includes Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand.
Reform in Burma "Elections
in Burma twelve months ago were widely seen as a sham but a series of
unexpected government decisions since then offers some modest hope for
a country suffering the effects of fifty years of repressive military
rule."
Aung San Suu Kyi
offers a first-hand account of the fight against tyranny in a country
that's been run by a military dictatorship for nearly 50 years. She
explains the nature of the struggle and its importance, not only to her
country, but to the world as a whole.
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