Telstra has been sharing its customer鈥檚 data information with the FBI and US Department of Justice for at least a decade, the website revealed on July 12.
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It is now depressingly clear for all to see that whether Liberal or Labor win the coming Australian federal election, we are going to end up with a government that is more right-wing than the last.
How did it come to this? And how can we escape the political spiral to a moral abyss?
The politicians in the ALP and in the Liberal-Nationals who have shaped this latest reactionary turn in the spiral 鈥 most notably around attacks on refugee rights and climate change 鈥 cannot be let off the hook.
Thousands gathered around Australia with less than 24 hours鈥 notice to protest against Prime Minister Kevin Rudd鈥檚 newly announced policy of denying asylum in Australia to all refugees arriving by boat.
Kuwaiti-born doctor Ghaleb Jaber is prepared to follow in the footsteps of overseas-trained doctors (OTDs) who went on hunger strike in 1997 in Sydney and Melbourne to fight for their rights.
Jaber set up the Overseas Trained Doctors Network of Victoria five years ago. This network is organising a conference on July 26 to raise the issues facing overseas-trained doctors in the lead up to the federal election.
鈥淲e want them to listen to us this time,鈥 Jaber told 91自拍论坛 Weekly.
The National Tertiary Education Union released this statement on July 16.
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The release of Universities Australia鈥檚 report, University student finances in 2012, on July 15 clearly shows that students need much more support while they are studying at university, Jeannie Rea National President of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) said today.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a national disgrace that almost one in five university students reports going without food and ends up graduating with an average debt of almost $38,000,鈥 Rea said.
A Third World country suffering rising violence, rapes, political corruption and plagued by endemic diseases such as cholera and malaria will be the new dumping ground for Australia鈥檚 refugee arrivals.
Scarlet Alliance released this statement on July 19
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Recent murders and violent attacks on sex workers have sparked an unprecedented wave of international action calling for an end to discrimination and criminalisation of sex workers.
Scarlet Alliance, an Australian sex-worker association, along with our members and allies in Australia, joined the international protests in memoriam of sex workers Jasmine in Sweden and Dora in Turkey, murdered within one day of each other.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd鈥檚 astounding announcement that all asylum seeker boat arrivals 鈥渇rom now on鈥 would never be resettled in Australia and subject to a rigged offshore dumping deal with the Papua New Guinea government has shocked many.
Musical artist Stevie Wonder vowed to 鈥渘ever perform鈥 in the state of Florida while the National Rifle Association-backed 鈥渟tand your ground鈥 law is in effect.
Kevin Rudd's that all boat arrivals "from now on" would never be resettled in Australia, and subject to a jerry-rigged offshore dumping deal with the Papua New Guinea government has shocked many. Every asylum seeker that arrives by boat for at least the next 12 months would be sent to Papua New Guinea, with no cap on the number. In exchange, Australia would pump money into PNG's government for apparent health and education reforms.
As if we needed proof that the acquittal of George Zimmerman was -- in the words of Jay Smooth -- going to create more George Zimmermans. A mere hour before that shameful verdict came down, the great Lester Chambers was assaulted, on stage, by a crazed attendee at the Hayward Russell City Blues Festival. What did she assault him for? Dedicating a song to Trayvon Martin.
When the 鈥渘ot guilty鈥 verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman for murdering Trayvon Martin was announced late July 13, spontaneous demonstrations of protest were held in cities and towns across the country. Protests have continued in the days since.
The day after the verdict, thousands marched in New York. Here are some of the voices on that march:
Marlene Duperley said: 鈥淚 have a son. It鈥檚 difficult because he sees it, and he鈥檚 already had dreams about it. And he鈥檚 already had dreams about the man following Trayvon.
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