ALSWA APPALLED AT POLICE UNION’S RACIALLY OFFENSIVE TIRADE |
| by Ray G |
2010-02-09 7:34 PM +0800 |
The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (ALSWA) is appalled
at the racially offensive comments unleashed by the WA Police Union
President Russell Armstrong.
Mr Armstrong criticised the state's Aboriginal population yesterday after an assault on a 23-year-old Carnarvon policewoman, saying indigenous people had a culture of drunken violence towards women and police which Aboriginals refused to tackle.
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Message from Bella Bropho, Daughter of Robert Bropho, Swan Valley Nyungah Community |
| by Desire on behalf of SVNC |
2010-02-09 8:57 AM +0800 |
[…] We, as Dad's Family, the Swan Valley Nyungah Community, the last of the River People are a solid foundation stone of Grassroots Blackfellas, who are determined to keep and respect our Culture and carry on what Dad stands for - Land, Law and Community Living. Bennett Brook is once again under threat, and our Sacred Owl Stone in Susannah Valley is under threat, and other areas of Sacredness. Many of our young people of our Family are homeless, living on the streets, with nowhere else to go. […]
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Army Raids Ramallah to Arrest International Activists in Violation of Oslo Accords |
| by free the p |
2010-02-08 2:55 PM +0800 |
Israeli soldiers raided a Ramallah apartment around 3AM to arrest a Spanish and an Australian activist over expired visas in direct violation of the Oslo Accords.
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Australia signs huge China coal deal |
| by BBC News repost |
2010-02-08 12:43 PM +0800 |
An Australian firm has signed a $60bn (AUS$69bn; £38bn) deal to supply coal to Chinese power stations.
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Socialist councillor launches Freo Report website |
| by Alex Bainbridge |
2010-02-07 7:28 PM +0800 |
PERTH — Socialist wharfie Sam Wainwright, elected in October to the Fremantle council, has launched a website to keep residents up to date about the key issues facing the council.
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Sam's Freo Report
GLW announcement
Stop Barnett's attacks
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ALSWA calls for Stop and Search Bill to be withdrawn |
| by ALSWA |
2010-02-07 4:05 PM +0800 |
WA’s proposed stop and search laws will only lead to an increase in
vulnerable people being targeted by police, according to the Aboriginal
Legal Service of WA (ALSWA).
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Welfare changes will cause survival crime and more child removals |
| by Ngurampaa |
2010-02-07 11:40 AM +0800 |
Goodooga, northwest NSW, 7 February -- An Aboriginal leader warns that changes to the welfare system will cause a major jump in petty crimes, as people steal to survive, and increase the number of children being removed from their families.
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Arctic melt to cost trillions |
| by CC Rider Media |
2010-02-06 5:20 PM +0800 |
6 FEBRUARY, 2010
"At no point in at least 800,000 years has the Arctic been without sea ice. By some projections the region may lose summer sea ice as soon as 2030. In a sense, the value of this ice is incalculable..."
Arctic ice melting could cost global agriculture, real estate and insurance up to $US24 trillion by 2050 in damage from rising sea levels, floods and heat waves, according to a new report, called Arctic Treasure, Global Assets Melting Away.
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Report: Arctic Treasure: Global Assets Melting Away
The Copenhagen Diagnosis - Report
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FPC head Paul Biggs resigns . |
| by G |
2010-02-06 10:27 AM +0800 |
The incompetent Paul Biggs,head of the Forest Products Commission has resigned.
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Scott Ludlam and Carmen Lawrence now confirmed for Justice NOT racism rally |
| by AlexBainbridge |
2010-02-05 11:31 AM +0800 |
National day of action against the NT intervention
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