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MP3: Perth Indymedia Radical Radio - 12 April 2006 |
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2006-04-14 7:13 PM +0800 |
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Perth Indymedia Radical Radio - Wednesday 12th April 2006
Thankyou indeed to the affable yet flighty hosts of Drivetime.
Good evening listeners, you're tuned into the Perth Indymedia Radical Radio program, where each week between 7 and 8pm we disseminate disenfranchised dollops of dissent. We broadcast to YOU dear listener, the red raw sedition of the bleeding condition.
From under the sticky police baton and the tear gas eyes, we bring you the voices of the courageous people who actually stand up, raise a fist and take a chance on another possible world!
From the concreted bunkers of RTRFM - emanating from the grimy stencilled backstreets of Mt Lawley - Western Australia. This is the activist word on yr dial. Welcome to this very hour of independent non-corporate, anti mainstream yabber, interviews and discussion of all things dissident...
From the Open Publishing newswires of Perth dot Indymedia dot Org. Where YOU are welcome to become an active participant in the global pool of activist media. As Jello Biafra says: Don't Hate the Media - Become the media...
Perth Indymedia actively encourages YOU to publish your stories, your media, your radical aspect on the world...
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TONIGHT:
Interview: Tonja Pre-record - Perth crew off to Villawood IDC for Easter?
Background on the relocation of Villawood Immigration Detention Centre detainees, many who are refugees, over the presence of asbestos at the Sydney Detention Centre. A dozen or so Perth-based people, concerned about refugee rights will be making the journey East for the annual Easter convergence. This weekend sees an international Day of Action, with solidarity actions planned in the UK and across Europe. I spoke to tonja this afternoon...
Tonja's interview is also here:
http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=18052
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Perth Detention Centre Action - Interview with Mar Bucknell (Guest Presenter)
Also this weekend Perth Refugee Rights advocates, protesting against the Howard governments hardline Mandatory detention policy on refugees, will converge on the Perth Detention Centre - located at the Perth Domestic Airport. We'll be spaking with Mar who joins me in the studio as guest presenter... We'll also be covering the latest Perth Surface intervention. Where the watchers become the watched!
REPORTS:
- Melbourne: Camp Sovereignty eviction dramas
- Student Protests in Sydney - 23 Students were arrested for blocking traffic today
- Feds ban wind farm - but push climate change to full power
- Lake Cowal Update
- Perth Surface's latest action
- Australian Government Forces Through Evil Eavesdropping Law
Also look at:
- The facts on WEST PAPUA
- Massive rolling protest action achieves results. Direct action Works!
- Arrests at fast food store demo - Manchester, UK
Also ACTIVIST Event Stuffs from the Perth indymedia Calendar...
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BACKGROUNDS:
Arrests at fast food store demo - Manchester, UK:
http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=17978
During the early hours of Thursday last week Greenpeace activists fly-posted Mcdonalds outfits across several cities in the United Kingdom - including London, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and Southampton. with posters depicting ronald mcdonald in forest trashing gear, with speach bubbles saying 'trashing the amazon for fast food'. 43 stores were done in Manchester alone.
Then when the stores opened some activists dressed as chickens locked on inside the stores while others leafleted the public and got them to sign petitions.
Two greenpeace protesters were been arrested at a McDonald's fast food outlet in Manchester city centre. Police said a man and a woman who had chained themselves to pillars in the Oxford Street restaurant were arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass.
Greenpeace said people dressed as chickens were protesting at McDonald's environmental policies. McDonald's said it took its responsibilities seriously. A small number of demonstrators remained outside McDonald's in Manchester and were protesting peacefully, Greater Manchester Police said.
The demonstrations highlighted against the purchase of soya from the Amazon rainforest to feed McDonald's chickens. A spokesman claimed rainforest was being cut down to build soya farms.
A McDonald's spokesman said: "We are disappointed when people turn to vandalism to express their views. "Worldwide, we take our supply chain and environmental responsibilities very seriously.
Police sent a crack squad of 20 officers to the McDonald store – to arrest two people dressed in 2m-tall red rooster costumes. The officers – six in full riot gear – spent nearly three hours dealing with the Greenpeace protesters, who chained themselves to chairs at the restaurant in Manchester city centre. The pair were cut free and arrested for aggravated trespass.
One witness said: 'It was like a scene from Keystone Cops. You'd think police had more important things to do.' The protest began at 7am after Greenpeace vowed to demonstrate against the alleged role played by the fast-food giant in the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
Campaigner Oliver Knowles said: 'There were a lot of officers for two chickens.' The Greater Manchester force said it had to use so many officers to protect the public as power tools were used to cut the protesters' chains.
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CAMP SOVEREIGNTY - Aboriginal Cultural Centre should be recognised:
http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=17934
Camp Sovereignty residents at Kings Domain have called for the site to be formally recognised as a Sacred Site under the Commonwealth Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Heritage Act.
"This site should be recognised for what it is, and what it has always been; a traditional place of healing, peace and justice. It is in the interest of all Victorians to have a place where people can come to learn about our culture." said Camp Sovereignty representative Robbie Thorpe today.
"Given that 80% of international tourists want to experience Aboriginal culture while they are here, it makes sense to have a place within the Melbourne cultural precinct dedicated to traditional Aboriginal culture. The Sacred Fire that is burning here is representative of the oldest known cultural ceremony on this planet. It is essential that the fire is managed in a traditional way in a site that is of spiritual significance to Aboriginal people."
"The benefits to having this Sacred Fire have already become evident with local Police reportedly experiencing quieter Melbourne streets in regards to homeless people and parkies. The realisation that traditional law was in place a stones throw from the city centre has resonated throughout the community. Now parkies are visiting the Fire, seeing their culture at work and feeling that just maybe there is a place for them in this so-called modern world."
"The Government needs to recognise this site under the Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Heritage Act immediately and continue constructive discussions between all parties to ensure that this site and the Sacred Fire are treated with the proper dignity and respect as accorded under the Australian Constitution."
HOWARD says: Remove camp from park
Mr Howard yesterday said Camp Sovereignty should be quickly removed before it takes root. But the group have declared the site sacred and say they will stay put. Spokesman Robbie Thorpe said authorities had no jurisdiction over the land, which he claimed contained the remains of their ancestors and a Sacred fire.
“We think that he (Mr Howard) should be moved on as quickly as possible,” Mr Thorpe said. About 40 people and some tents remain at the site, which was attended by as many as 500 people during the Commonwealth Games. Mr Thorpe says he does not want a confrontation with authorities. However he added: “This is our land, I have got blood connected to this country and I’m not going to move unless they force me.”
Mr Howard said if the camp was not disbanded soon it would be too late and that its presence set back the cause of reconciliation. “It should be dealt with quickly. If it’s left — and the Canberra experience is instructive — it stays,” he said. “These are the sorts of things that really set back the cause of reconciliation because it’s the unacceptable face, in a way, of reconciliation.”
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Easter protests will go ahead:
http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=17982
Villawood detainees protest at relocation. Refugee supporters say release the detainees. A statement signed by three detainees has threatened hunger strike protests against any attempt to remove them from Villawood detention centre. Reports from inside Villawood, where a meeting is only now being held with detainees (5.00pm, Monday) indicates that many detainees are fearful and angry about the Minister’s announcement that they will be moved tomorrow.
One detainee told the Refugee Action Coalition that people are very fearful of being sent to Baxter detention centre in South Australia. “Many people will protest,” they said.
Refugee supporters have called on the Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone to release the detainees, not relocate them.
“Asbestos or no asbestos, Villawood is a toxic site that should be closed. Detention has already damaged so many people and now the possibility of asbestosis hangs over their future,” said Ian Rintoul spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition.
“It is a perfect opportunity for the Minister to release the detainees rather than relocate them in other detention facilities that can only add to their anxiety.
“The minister has said that all detainees will be returned to Villawood, but there is little confidence among the detainees or refugee supporters that the government can be trusted to keep their word. Removing detainees from Villawood will make public scrutiny of the government’s treatment of detainees that much harder,” said Ian Rintoul.
“It is typical that the government would hold a press conference to announce the relocation of the detainees before they even discussed the issue with the detainees themselves. If the Minister was really concerned about the welfare of the detainees in her care, she would have talked to the detainees first about this issue was going to be managed. This is a classic piece of damage control that may well make things worse.
“The timing of the government’s announcement, just days before a planned Easter weekend of protest action, is also suspicious. But we can assure the government that the protests will go ahead. The protest action by detainees may well mean that people are still behind the wire at Villawood.”
“The government’s announced review of asylum process for West Papuans has shown that the government has no serious commitment to human rights. We are determined to make the point that the government policy needs fundamental reform and Villawood should be closed, not ‘cleaned up’.”
The Victorian Greens Spokesperson on Refugees, Peter Job, expressed grave concern this evening about the forcible transfer of a number asylum seekers from Villlawood to Baxter Detention Centre.
“I have spoken this evening to several who have told me that they are distraught about the prospect of removal to Baxter. While the Minister has indicated that most moves will be temporary while the asbestos is removed, several fear that any move to Baxter may prove permanent, and given DIMA’s track record I fear they could be right. In particular, members of the Chinese community have told me that they fear such a move could cut them off from friends and family in the Sydney community, effectively making the conditions of their detention even more intolerable.
“Given that many have been locked up for more than two years, there is no justification in making their situations even more unbearable, or in treating them in such a heavy handed manner.” Mr. Job said.
“Asylum seekers should be allowed to live in the community while processing takes place,” Mr. Job said, “If not she should at least guarantee allow detainees to chose their location of detention and guarantee that all those relocated will be allowed to return to Villawood if they choose once the asbestos has been cleaned up.” Mr. Job also expressed concern about DIMA’s failure to consult with detainees in any way concerning their relocation, or even inform them properly of the asbestos problem. “Above all this proves that mandatory long term detention has failed. It is simply not possible to detain people for the lengths of time they continue to held without causing long term damage to the wellbeing, and seriously damaging their human rights.”
In previous years, the Easter protests against the Federal Government's immigration policies have focused on the Baxter and Woomera detention centres in South Australia.
Refugee Action Coalition spokesman Ian Rintoul says plans to target Villawood this year will go ahead.
But he says there could also be a peaceful protest in Adelaide or at Baxter.
"As far as I know people aren't going to Baxter but I think it is quite possible given what's happened," Mr Rintoul said. "I know that there have been discussions over the last couple of nights now that there will be some action in Adelaide - Sunday is an international day of action for asylum seekers."
Superintendent Peter Anderson, from Port Augusta police, says officers will be prepared if protesters do show up at Baxter. "The information that we have to this point is that protest activity will continue to be focused in the eastern states," he said. "We're not anticipating protest activity at Baxter although we have contingency plans ready to put into place should there be an activity at Baxter."
Meanwhile, the Immigration Department has defended its decision not to tell the media about an additional five plane loads of detainees that were flown into Port Augusta late last night. Yesterday an Immigration Department spokesman repeatedly told waiting media at the South Australian airport that only two plane loads of detainees would be arriving. Those two planes landed just after sunset. The department has now confirmed five smaller plane loads of detainees arrived just after midnight. The detainees are expected to be returned to Villawood next week.
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LAKE COWAL
The Greens Lee Rhiannon today called on the NSW government to upgrade emergency services along the rail and road route earmarked to transport the cyanide destined for the Lake Cowal gold mine.
"The cyanide will be moved through the local government areas of Dubbo, Parkes, Bland, Weddin and Forbes. The state government needs to upgrade emergency services in these areas to handle any accidents," Ms Rhiannon said. "The cyanide will be railed from Gladstone in Queensland in Sydney. It will then be trucked from to Parramatta before it is railed to Dubbo. From Dubbo it will be trucked to the mine near West Wyalong."
Lee said: "With 6,000 tonnes of cyanide travelling this route every year there is a grave danger of a poisonous spill on a major highway. The RTA's own figures suggest that up to 10 per cent of trucks are involved in a mishap in any given year. The US state of Montana had 62 cyanide spills and leaks between 1982 and 1998 before finally banning this kind of mining. Let's learn from that experience and not repeat those mistakes.
"This mine should never have been given approval. Now it is starting operations every effort needs to be made to protect the environment and communities and that means more resources for emergency services along the route," Ms Rhiannon said.
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Sydney: Students arrested after sit-in
STUDENTS who staged a sit-in at one of Sydney's busiest intersections as part of a national protest against the Government's higher education policy have been arrested. Several demonstrators were arrested after a group of about 50 students sat down in the middle of the intersection at Railway Square, near Central Station and refused to move.
One female student fell to the ground and hit her head on the road during a scuffle with police. A heavy police presence is surrounding the protest which numbers about 400 and has caused traffic chaos in the city. Students from several Sydney universities gathered at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) at 1.15pm (AEDT) before beginning their protest march through the city.
They are angered by the Federal Government's higher education policy and want the Youth Allowance increased to at least the poverty line, a decrease in the age of independence to 18 and rent assistance eligibility for Austudy recipients.
They are also calling for the abolition of GST on textbooks and adequate funding for student organisations. They won the right to demonstrate after the NSW Supreme Court yesterday rejected a police application to prevent the rally going ahead. The Sydney protest is part of a National Day of Action against voluntary student unionism and student poverty issues including Youth Allowance rates and GST on text books.
The new VSU laws mean that from July 1 compulsory student union fees will be banned. A NSW Police spokesman said a number of protesters were arrested at 1.45pm (AEST), but could not confirm an exact figure. The protesters have been taken to Surry Hills police station for questioning.
At a rally at UTS, National Union of Students (NUS) NSW president Max Bryant labelled the heavy police presence "ridiculous". "They've pulled out about 300 police here, it's just insane," he said. "I've seen worse particularly at refugee (protests), but definitely for the young first year students and the high school kids, it's intimidating." But Mr Bryant said he was thrilled by today's turnout.
"This is just the beginning and it's very encouraging to see almost 500 people here today."
Police say 23 people have been arrested at a student protest in Sydney. Around 400 students were protesting against the Federal Government's voluntary student unionism (VSU) policy. The march was nearing its end when a group of students sat down on George Street, near the central railway station, to block traffic.
Police moved in quickly, the dog squad was involved and the police helicopter watched the scene from above. One member of the crowd says the police tactics were excessive. The police had tried to have the protest cancelled yesterday because of traffic concerns. It was only allowed after a late ruling in the Supreme Court.
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Australian Government Forces Through Evil Eavesdropping Law:
http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=17977
Aussie Parliament rubberstamped Howard's eavesdropping laws. On the 30th March 2006, Parliament passed laws expanding powers to intercept phone calls and emails.
This means police and spy agencies are now allowed to monitor the phone calls, emails and text messages of people not even suspected of a commiting any crime.
Under the changes, police will be able to tap the phone calls and trace the emails and text messages of third parties to suspected crimes.
In order to secure a warrant to monitor a third party, the police or spy agency would have to be investigating a crime that carries at least a seven-year offence. Police will have 45 days to monitor a person not under suspicion in the hope it will lead them to the person or people they do suspect - and ASIO will have three months.
These are the biggest reforms to telecommunications interception laws in 27 years. The Bill will allow the Government to read our private emails, SMSs and other stored communications, without our knowledge. The power will extend even to innocent people, called B-parties, if they have been unlucky enough to communicate with someone who is suspected of a crime, or of being a threat to national security.
The changes allows authorities to intercept telephone and email communications between a suspect under investigation and other parties, and enable warrants to access stored communications held by telecommunications carriers. This means that innocent third parties could have their phone calls intercepted without ever knowing about it.
These unprecedented powers give Government bodies, including the Tax Office, corporate regulators and others the legal ability to access all emails, voicemails and SMS messages. Under so-called B-party warrants, government agencies will be given the green light to tap phones belonging to a suspect's family, friends, associates, and lawyers.
Only police and crime investigation bodies will be able to obtain interception warrants, but agencies such as the Australian Tax Office, Customs and the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, will be able to tap stored communications such as email and text messages.
This legislation allows a whole array of government snoops to move into the privacy of communications between innocent Australians...
Fair Go!
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Perth Surface's latest action:
http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=17952
Perth Surface performed another action in respose to ubiquitous camera surveillance on Saturday 8th April.
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Massive rolling protest action achieves results. Direct action Works!
http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=17937
YES! Proof that taking dissent to the streets in the millions has an effect on policy!
French President Jacques Chirac on Monday scrapped a planned youth job law that provoked weeks of protests, in a climbdown opponents celebrated as an unqualified victory...
Chirac to Replace Youth Jobs Law: April 10, 2006
French President Jacques Chirac announced today that a contested labor law would be taken off the books, handing a victory to student groups and labor unions who have demonstrated in the millions in recent weeks to have the measure scrapped.
The announcement is a blow for Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, the chief architect of the law, who until late last week still categorically ruled out dropping the legislation. It comes only eight days after Mr. Chirac had formally enacted the legislation, albeit with promises of a speedy revision and far-reaching modifications.
Let us take a leaf from the French and take our dissent against the new IR fuckery! Got a match?
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Federal Government stops a huge wind farm in Gippsland because it "might" kill a parrot a year. Yet around a hundred die already. Meanwhile they dont stop logging, don't sign Kyoto and promote coal and nuclear power. The blatantly political decision is not only inappropriate but will call into question future investment in renewable energy right around the country. This is about the federal Government forsaking renewable energy to look after its fossil-fuel mates.
On the basis of a report into the collective impact of wind farms on some of Australia's threatened bird species, the Federal Government has banned the development of a Victorian windfarm. Environmental groups, businesses and the Victorian Government have condemned the Howard Government for blocking a $220million wind farm that would significantly reduce greenhouse emissions in order to save a potential parrot a year.
This "baffling" decision jeopardises investment in renewable energy. Premier Bracks reckons the decision was influenced by political donations to the Howard Government by energy companies. And is payback for a local vote-buying excercise. "His actual report says that not a single orange-bellied parrot was observed near the proposed Bald Hills wind farm..."
Environment Victoria said the decision to block the facility did not make sense. "Scientists are forecasting climate change will wipe out thousands of species of birds, yet we see the federal Government making a decision that's acting to protect one bird a year."
Chief executive of the wind farm developer, Wind Power, said the company had spent millions of dollars on the project and was seeking advice about any potential legal action. "We'd be more than happy to do whatever we could to make sure we didn't have a negative impact on these parrots," he said. The Australian Wind Energy Association said Senator Campbell had based his "baffling" decision on a report that showed almost zero effect on the orange-bellied parrot from wind farms, even after assuming a worst-case scenario.
The orange-bellied parrot had never been spotted in the contentious area. Birds Australia said the closest sighting of the bird to the Bald Hills was about 50km away. More than 100 orange-bellied parrots have died annually through all other natural causes over the past eight years.
Wind farm proponents rule out second bid
Tasmanian wind farm company Roaring Forties says it will not seek alternative sites for its proposed Heemskirk wind farm in Tasmania if it is knocked back on environmental grounds.
The development's future is in doubt after a similar project in Victoria was rejected by the Federal Government because it is in the flight path of the endangered orange-bellied parrot.
The Federal Government says it does not want to risk the species' extinction. The managing director of Roaring Forties, Mark Kelleher, says if his proposal is rejected on the same grounds, the company will not re-submit the plans for another site.
"These projects are very major exercises. To go and develop feasibility studies and if these ones don't go ahead that'll be it for the time being," he said.
State Opposition Leader Will Hodgman has taken up the issue with Prime Minister John Howard and his Environment Minister. "I am hopeful that they will look very closely at this issue and appreciate the effect that it could have for Tasmania," he said. It is estimated only 200 orange-bellied parrots remain in the wild in Australia.
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More about the Easter Action at Perth Immigration Detention Centre:
ANNOUNCING: A violent demonstration!
http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=18049
Violent abuse of innocent people is happening right here, right now:
http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=18050 |
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