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‘Learned helplessness’ leaves people in major cities unprepared to cope in natural disasters
By Margot O’Neill Emergency experts say a learned helplessness has left Australians in major cities unprepared to cope in natural disasters. With the increasing impact of extreme heatwaves, storms, fires and floods, experts say traditional reliance on emergency services and recovery support such as cash handouts needs to be urgently reviewed if Australia is to […]
Gay Marriage: ‘legal’ (for how long?) in Australia for the first time
Equal marriage in Australia – finally, the time has come As late as 1997, being gay in Tasmania was illegal. Now Australians stand on the cusp of marriage equality. The forces of progress seem unstoppable – so why is Tony Abbott in the way? Sarah Hanson-Young theguardian.com, Tuesday 22 October 2013 Marriage equality supporters Samantha Lawson and […]
Syria’s Persecuted Christians
West must act decisively to protect Syria’s persecuted Christians JIM WALLACE THE AUSTRALIAN MAY 28, 2013 THE hardest test of foreign policy is not its intersections at the lofty geopolitical level but where it inevitably affects ordinary people, and nowhere is this test as difficult as in the Middle East. As I visited the area […]
In this Digital Age, Big Brother is watching you!
Be warned, Orwellian logic has come full circle Date October 21, 2013 Joe Nocera Our privacy has slipped away in this digital world. Protesters attend a demonstration against secret monitoring programmes Prism, Tempora, Indect and show solidarity with whistleblowers Edward Snowden, Bradley Manning and others in Berlin. Photo: Reuters In his great and prophetic novel 1984, George […]
Australia’s ties to the U.S…. be *very* cautious… (former PM. Malcolm Fraser)
Can Australia claim to be a sovereign nation? Date October 21, 2013 Malcolm Fraser The increasing American attention to the Pacific is bad news for Australians. Illustration: Jim Pavlidis. Anyone who has a sense of pride in Australia as an independent nation, as a nation that can make up its own mind, whose values are […]
British doctor accuses Syrian snipers of targeting pregnant women
PHOTO: Snipers are accused of playing ‘games’ with their victims. (Reuters: Shaam News Network, file photo) MAP: Syrian Arab Republic Syrian snipers appear to be targeting pregnant women, according to a British surgeon who has just returned from the conflict zone. David Nott, who spent five weeks volunteering at a Syrian hospital, told The Times newspaper the gunshot […]
40% of Australia’s Homeless People Have a Job
Australia’s Kleenex workers – used for dirty jobs then thrown away On Friday in Melbourne, a coalition of activists will be demonstrating in support of the hidden army of workers with desperate lives and no job security Godfrey Moase theguardian.com, Friday 18 October 2013 The crowd at Fluro Fightback in Melbourne, protesting against job insecurity Photograph: […]
First the Islamic car, now you can’t say Allah
Date October 18, 2013 Illustration: Simon Letch. Six years ago, Proton – Malaysia’s national car maker – teamed up with carmakers in Iran and Turkey pledging to develop the world’s first ”Islamic car”. Apparently automobiles had hitherto been non-Muslims. If that’s not absurd enough, this week we learnt it’s a good thing Malaysian cars can’t […]
Australia: economic success, then Labor lost its way…
Taking the prize, losing the plot Date September 4, 2013 Tim Colebatch Tim Colebatch is The Age’s economic editor. The Labor government oversaw one of the world’s best economic performances and then lost its way. Where is Tony Abbott heading? World beaters: Australia v the rest. Around the world, Australia is seen as an economic […]
Indonesia: Maluku Christians slaughtered (1999-2001)
“In May 2000 Islamic extremists sent a 3000-strong militia to Maluku to launch a jihad against the Christian population. Over 1000 people were butchered in a single attack… In another massacre over 200 were slaughtered, their bodies being horribly mutilated. “In one incident three children were tied up and dragged to their deaths behind a […]
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