Bernice
Restless natives & all that
Yes of course I should be working. Paperwork piled beside me like a poorly executed Andy Goldsworthy piece, a floor that could do with a vacuum, sink full of dishes, presents to wrap. Thankfully there’s always tomorrow. Such ill-discipline. So [...]
Howard's Vision for Welfare
The Federal Government plans to extend a system where the welfare payments of parents in Aboriginal communities are quarantined if their children are not sent to school. Senator Ellison says Indigenous parents subject to the intervention could have all of [...]
A Rosa Parks Moment
In a landmark decision, the High Court has today upheld the fundamental human right to vote, finding that the Howard Government had acted unlawfully and unconstitutionally in imposing a blanket ban denying prisoners the vote. Last year’s legislative changes brought [...]
Those handy poor people…again
Yes my darlings – just when we thought we might have to do something about our rampant consumerism, carbon-soaked lives of empty e-bay moments, along comes relief. In the cheery, uncontestable voice of UN reason. Dear Yvo de Boer, no [...]
Just don't shop at…
It would appear that the market rules OK ethos of life has just got that bit madder. Angus & Robertson, chain store to the Oz book buying public, busied itself last week sending out letters of demand to smaller publishers [...]
Just don’t shop at…
It would appear that the market rules OK ethos of life has just got that bit madder. Angus & Robertson, chain store to the Oz book buying public, busied itself last week sending out letters of demand to smaller publishers [...]
Legacy of Stupidity
Just recently released in Australia, Tim Weiner’s Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA has been reviewed by Chalmers Johnson over at TomDispatch, cataloguing a sorry saga of incompetence, political meddling, corruption & remarkable stupidity. As Weiner remarks, the [...]
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