Articles tagged ‘Social Justice’.
Liberal MP for Bass, Ken Smith, has become the first MP within the Coalition to break ranks over the government’s relentless push for further develo...
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The fate of Queensland’s Bimblebox Nature Refuge lies with how much power Clive Palmer will have over a Queensland LNP Government, as the mining bil...
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The decision by the Castlemaine Branch of the Greens Party to endorse sitting Councillor Bronwen Machin has triggered the departure of former Calder W...
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MELBOURNE – The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) welcomes today’s Parliamentary motion affirming support for “the goal o...
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By Andrew McKenna The Coalition has called on the Government to distribute Queen Elizabeth’s official portrait in her Diamond Jubilee year. Damn...
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A national campaign to end the immigration detention of children will be launched in Geneva on 21 March. The International Detention Coalition is laun...
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Despondent Riverland citrus growers are bulldozing their crops because juice orange prices are so low the fruit isn’t worth picking. Independent Sen...
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Inniskeen Road: July Evening By Patrick Kavanagh The bicycles go by in twos and threes - There’s a dance in Billy Brennan’s barn to-night,...
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‘Britain’s democratic system is in danger’, warns Peter Kellner, President of YouGov. He is commenting on fresh polling evidence released today ...
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Labor and the Coalition’s about-turn on their support for nuclear submarines is a welcome acknowledgment that they made a mistake yesterday in a...
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The whole thing is regrettable, really. Shocking, truth to tell. And so sad, I’m sure, for those people, those blanket-wearing, beard-growing, false...
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By Peter Hartcher Book Launch – The Sweet Spot: How Australia Made Its Own Luck – And Could Now Throw It All Away by Peter Hartcher Austra...
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Five hundred protesters marched through Melbourne today to mark the first anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and to demand an end to uraniu...
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Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick, said that today, International Women’s Day, was a time to think about the right of all women t...
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By Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden The other week I was extremely excited at the prospect of attending a cider making workshop at a local food a...
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By Andrew McKenna Castlemaine Independent is offering rewards for whoever can conclusively prove who got up to mischief at the Western last Monday nig...
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The Department of Health predicts that 50,000 rural Victorians will travel into Melbourne for medical appointments each year, and a service is availab...
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By Ellen Russell February 28, 2012 “Rabble” – - Capitalism is looking pretty mean these days. No amount of profit is enough, and no ...
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Christopher Scanlon Senior lecturer in Journalism at La Trobe University How would you feel if your local GP or specialist was pocketing money from a ...
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Governments and commentators keen on promoting a war against Iran should be stridently opposed, not so much because of the threat to world peace, but ...
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By Ben Laycock Come to the Free Shop every week at The Wesley Hill Market for a truly unique shopping experience. At our shop absolutely everything is...
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International Women’s Day will be celebrated in Mount Alexander Shire with a breakfast at the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens from 7.30am on Thursday ...
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By Matt Wobbly Mother nature has entered into the aquatic centre debate providing her own flood study of the Western Reserve. The study, which took a ...
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A private intelligence firm in Texas has known of a sealed Grand Jury indictment on Australian citizen Julian Assange for more than one year. When did...
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The Australian Greens have called on the Gillard government to reposition Australia so it is ahead of the OECD average for public investment in higher...
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Gary Bridgland from Harcourt is planning a trip to Laos once his bees settle down for the winter. You can catch him at the Wesley Hill Market on Satur...
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Last year’s collection in Castlemaine has filled a huge shipping container full of bikes, school bags, clothes and books. The container leaves t...
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A massive 939 drivers have been hauled in for illegal mobile phone use during the first three weeks of operation HALO, the police campaign to make the...
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By Dr Richard Dennis, the Executive Director of The Australia Institute, a Canberra-based think tank. The New York Times recently asked its online re...
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On the first national SLAM Day, the Australian Greens joined the Save Live Australian Music campaign in its call for a well-thought-out whole of gover...
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It’s bad enough that the US military burned — it says accidentally — Korans in Afghanistan. But if that symbolism wasn’t already a setback to ...
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The rage displayed in Greek cities against austerity measures inspires all who are suffering for the benefit of banks and the rich By John Holloway, ...
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The Maldon & District Community Bank® Branch will launch its grants program for 2012 in Maldon on February 27, offering an opportunity for your ...
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