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GLW #743 carried a front cover headline "End Gaza Holocaust", to which I object. There is no justification, factually or ethically, to abuse the memory of the victims of Nazi genocide by describing Israel's actions as a holocaust. This
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Message Stick: Talking Stick 鈥 Filmmakers discuss the Indigenous Unit at the Australian Film Commission. ABC, Friday April 4, 6pm.
Muddy Waters: Life and Death on the Great Barrier Reef 鈥 By 2030, half of the Great Barrier Reef may be gone.
Within days of Washington聮s war on Iraq entering its sixth year, the White House confirmed news reports that the US troop death toll had passed the 4000 mark. Associated Press reported on March 23 that 聯the grim milestone聰 came after 聯a roadside bomb killed four US soldiers in Baghdad聰.
Global warming, General Motors聮 vice-chairperson of global product development Robert A. Lutz told reporters in a closed-door meeting in January, is 聯a total crock of shit聰. Within hours the remark was reported on the internet, and spread, as Lutz subsequently lamented, 聯like ragweed聰.
Below is an abridged March 19 statement by Human Rights Watch, .
Federal parliament passed the Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness Bill) on March 19. The bill 聴 which the corporate media falsely claims has brought an end to Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) 聴 became law on March 28.
It is not an overstatement that the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela is a shining beacon of hope for struggling masses around the world.
The WA Aboriginal Rights Coalition (ARC) has demanded that the state government allocate adequate resources to the Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) to deal with the thousands of compensation claims from members of the Stolen Generations.
When the outside world thinks about Australia, it generally turns to venerable cliches of innocence 鈥 cricket, leaping marsupials, endless sunshine, no worries. Australian governments actively encourage this. Witness the recent 鈥淕鈥檇ay USA鈥 campaign, in which Kylie Minogue and Nicole Kidman sought to persuade people in the US that, unlike the empire鈥檚 problematic outposts, a gormless greeting awaited them Down Under. After all, George Bush had ordained the previous Australian prime minister, John Howard, 鈥渟heriff of Asia鈥.
Fifty people gathered outside of the Crown Casino on March 18 to protest Prime Minister Kevin Rudd聮s support of a gala dinner of the United Israel Appeal 聴 Refugee Relief Fund (UIA), a Zionist organisation.
On March 13 the Victorian Legislative Assembly passed a bill to establish a relationships register, which will allow couples, regardless of gender, to be formally recognised under Victorian law. However, concerns have been raised that the proposals contain a number of serious shortcomings.
The Tullamarine toxic waste dump is likely to be closed permanently after the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) announced that from February 18 no more waste would be accepted at the site, pending an inquiry.
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