Articles tagged ‘Social Justice’.
Global awareness is rising fast about the perils of the fossil fuel industry. It’s no longer ‘fringe’ to protest against new coal or...
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National Reconciliation Week is an annual celebration and a time for all Australians to reflect on our shared histories, contributions and achievement...
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Lachlan Slade, Greens candidate for Bendigo today said we do not need to cut university spending to achieve the measures in the Gonski review. This co...
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The Australian Conservation Foundation acknowledges solid delivery on nature conservation, is concerned with cuts to spending on renewable energy, and...
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Last night’s budget is why we’ve got to keep fighting for what matters. The Labor party had the opportunity to manage the economy in a way tha...
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Forty-three students from Castlemaine Secondary College participated in The Oaktree Foundation’s LIVE BELOW THE LINE- a challenge that involves peop...
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The Age The slaughter embarrassed even the most hard-headed of hunters. More than 800 abandoned duck carcasses that shooters did not bother to pick up...
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Free film screening on Wednesday Castlemaine residents are invited to a free screening of the multi-award winning documentary ‘Life Before Death...
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With Tuesday’s Federal Budget looming, the Government is faced with the challenge of finding money to pay for the various reforms it has announced i...
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So, you want to help ensure a Fair Go for our Firefighters? Almost 2,500 Victorians have signed the Fair go for Firefighters petition. The Gr...
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By Elke Johnson Last July I went to Arnhem Land to do traditional basket weaving workshops with Aboriginal women. The community was called Mapuru. It ...
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HS News Bolivia became the first McDonald’s-free Latin American nation, after struggling for more than a decade to keep their numbers out of the red...
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This Saturday, Castlemaine residents are invited to meet at the top end of Barker Street (out the front of the Northern Hotel) to pose one question to...
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Join with CI and loan to Kiva. CI’s latest loans to an entrepreneur in poor countries are: 1. The communal bank “16 DE JULIO” will begin its 10...
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Greenpeace has been blown away by the response to this new TV ad exposing Coca-Cola’s efforts to crush a national 10 cent recycle refund scheme. It...
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Finding affordable housing is becoming less of an option for low-income earners in Bendigo, Castlemaine and Echuca according to research undertaken by...
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America’s Radiation Victims We all know that America conducted nuclear bomb testing during the Cold War, somewhere out there, far away from us. What...
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Just three weeks after Premier Napthine opened the Macarthur wind farm, a coalition of southwest Victorian and supporting groups have released a joint...
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By Meg Sattler A group of Castlemaine residents yesterday joined hundreds of other communities globally in expressing their support for equality – v...
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Yesterday the following quote from Jung helped me make sense of my personal experiences of the past week: “One does not become enlightened by im...
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By Major General Smedley Butler, US Marine Corps Major Butler joined the Marine Corps when the Spanish American War broke out, earned the Brevette Med...
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By Joyce Sanders We remember the names of a lot of the heroes of the first World War: on 25 April, 1918, the battle at Villiers-Bretonneux gave hero ...
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By Meg Sattler UK Corporate Social Responsibility expert Jeremy Moon is currently in Australia, addressing the questions, ‘can businesses really be ...
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The second of two community buses funded by the Maldon and District Community Bank was launched at the Baringhup Hall on Sunday. Baringhup residents l...
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By Andrew McKenna There are a few people in life who I can say have not just influenced me but been ‘markers’ or milestones in my life. Do...
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Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill – Third Reading – Part 20. MPs burst into the New Zealand love song “Pokarekare An...
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Dear CI It was with dismay that I read the “Open letter to the board of WMAfm” and of the sacking of Martin Myles. I joined WMA back in la...
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Good news! Today the Greens reached another milestone towards passing the Fair go for Firefighters legislation. It feels like it’s going at a sn...
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By Margaret Swieringa Former prime minister John Howard’s justification this week on why we went to war against Iraq in 2003 obfuscates some iss...
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By Meg Sattler Environmental groups continue to celebrate Woodside’s decision not to proceed with a multi-billion dollar Browse gas project at J...
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By Meg Sattler Federal opposition defense spokesman David Johnston has announced plans to deploy unmanned aircraft surveillance to detect and deter as...
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