Love Makes A Way is a movement of Christians seeking an end to Australia鈥檚 inhumane asylum seeker policies through prayer and non-violent action. The group organised a sit-in protest in Tony Abbott鈥檚 office on May 19, leading to seven arrests. Below, Karl Hand explains why he took part in the protest.
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The East West Link is not the vote-winner that Victorian Premier Denis Napthine had hoped it would be.
A recent opinion poll shows most Victorians are opposed to the state government鈥檚 plan to build the new toll road and want the money spent on public transport infrastructure instead.
The Labor opposition says it opposes the project and would not continue the project if it wins the next state election, due to take place in November. That is, unless contracts have already been signed, in which case an incoming Labor government would allow the project to go ahead.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Treasurer Joe Hockey are bare-faced liars. They sold their budget on the idea that we all had to share in the pain to pay for an unsustainable national debt.
But it has been proved beyond any reasonable doubt that we are not all sharing the pain and that the government's debt is not unsustainable.
More than 2000 teaching staff and students took part in a joint protest outside the University of Technology Sydney on May 21.
A strike called by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) was supported by a picket line formed by students, who were engaging in a national protest against the federal governments harsh education cuts.
The protest received extensive media coverage, including the Daily Telegraph, the ABC and Channel 7.
Thai army general Prayut Chanocha declared martial law on May 20 without consulting the caretaker government or any other elected representatives. Soldiers took over all radio and TV stations and are positioned along major road inter91自拍论坛 in Bangkok.
Despite the fact that Prayut claimed that 鈥渢his is not a coup鈥, his actions smell, taste and look like a coup. This is from a man who has blood on his hands.
Despite an ongoing outcry by a large group of her supporters, Judge Ronald Zweibel sentenced Occupy Wall Street activist Cecily McMillan to 90 days in jail on May 19.
McMillan had been found guilty of assaulting a police officer during the operation to close down an Occupy protest at Zuccotti Park in March 2012. McMillan says she elbowed police officer Grantley Bovell after he grabbed her breast, leaving it bruised.
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