April 9, 2012
Gareth Evans, former attorney-general and foreign minister in Australia. Photo Credit: London School of Economics Library/Wikimedia Commons Despite being ‘idolised’ as some sort of peace advocate Gareth Evans was a long way from anything like that description. The Australian support for the murderer Suharto is a matter of national disgrace, the stealing or at least [...]
Tags: Australia, East Timor, Evans, Gareth Evans, Indonesia, International Crisis Group, Libya, Sydney Morning Herald
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March 23, 2012
Up, Up And Away: How Money Power Works Down Under By John Pilger March 22, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — One of my first jobs as a junior reporter was to meet flights bringing famous people to Australia. Growing up in a country far from everywhere (except, as my father would [...]
Tags: Alan Joyce, Australia, Fair Work Australia, Julia Gillard, Qantas, Sydney, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Morning Herald
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March 9, 2012
Julia Gillard’s rise marks the triumph of machine politics over feminism 8 March 2012 In 1963, a senior Australian government official, A.R. Taysom, deliberated on the wisdom of deploying women as trade representatives. “Such an appointee would not stay young and attractive forever [because] a spinster lady can, and very often [...]
Tags: Australia, Germaine Greer, Gillard, International Women's Day, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Margaret Thatcher, Sydney Morning Herald
Posted in Australia, Australia and Abu Grahib, Australia and crimes against the indigenous, Australia and support it gives to Afghan war crimes, Australia and the imperial project, Australia Politics, Australian complicity in US warmongering policies and war crimes, Australian Politics, Gillard, Women and discrimination, Women and revolution, Womens' views and action | No Comments »
March 8, 2012
Remember that China fills a curious role in Australian politics. As a country with a long history of racism particularly directed at the Chinese, Australia is trying to play on both sides of the net. On the one hand we are trying to say they as [...]
Tags: Australia, China, Economic growth, Gross domestic product, India, Kevin Rudd, Sydney Morning Herald, United State
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June 18, 2011
Gillard now ‘most unpopular Australian leader in past 40 years’ A year after she ousted previous Labor leader Kevin Rudd, only one in four Australians say they would vote for her Share154 Alison Rourke in Sydney and agencies guardian.co.uk, Saturday 18 June 2011 12.01 BST Article history Julia Gillard: ‘What I’ve done as prime minister [...]
Tags: Australia, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Monash University, Nick Economou, Prime Minister of Australia, Sydney Morning Herald, Trade union
Posted in Australia, Australia and crimes against the indigenous, Australia and support it gives to Afghan war crimes, Australia and the imperial project, Australia Coal Country and Uranium and metals, Australia Politics, Australian complicity in international war crimes, Australian complicity in US warmongering policies and war crimes, Australian economy, Australian Foreign Policy, Australian Politics, Australian presence is the the Rudd dream, Australian support for Zionism | No Comments »
May 18, 2011
Australia: Iran ‘not rogue state‘ Secret US cables reveal Australia sees Iran’s nuclear programme as a ‘deterrent’. Last Modified: 13 Dec 2010 05:49 GMT Australian fears are revealed in the latest WikiLeaks cables [AFP] Leaked US cables show that Australia sees the Iranian nuclear programme as a “deterrent,” a sharply contrary view to that of most Western [...]
Tags: Iran, Israel, middle east, Nuclear program of Iran, Sydney Morning Herald, United States, United States diplomatic cables leak, WikiLeaks
Posted in Ahmadinejad, anti zion protests, Arab Jews, Arab Spring, Art and general issues, Asia Times, Assange, Australia, Australia and support it gives to Afghan war crimes, Australia Politics, Australian complicity in US warmongering policies and war crimes, Australian economy, Australian Foreign Policy, Australian Politics, Australian presence is the the Rudd dream | No Comments »
May 8, 2011
What follows is a headline from today’s Sydney Morning Herald: Don’t short- change the poor: Gates Should that read 
on’t short-change the poor Gates Related articles The world’s highest rural poverty area (iipalbanjary.net) Child Poverty Increased under SNP (brslabourparty.wordpress.com) Low pay linked to poverty rates (dispatch.com) RESULTS – dedicated to ending poverty [...]
Tags: Australia, End-of-Life, New South Wales, Oceania, People, Poverty, Right to Die, Sydney Morning Herald
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April 27, 2011
Turkey: Israel shouldn’t repeat its Gaza flotilla mistake Speaking with the Sydney Morning Herald earlier this week, Turkish FM says it is Israel’s responsibility to lift its blockade on the Strip, saying no one nation owned the Mediterranean. By Haaretz ServiceTags: Israel news Turkey Gaza Gaza flotilla Israel mustn’t attempt to stop a planned aid [...]
Tags: Ankara, Gaza flotilla raid, Gaza Strip, Israel, List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey), MV Mavi Marmara, Sydney Morning Herald, Turkey
Posted in Gaza, Israel, Israel and diaspora forces of crime, Israel and force, Israel and the settlers, Israel and zionist moral crimes, Israel death and destruction, Israel expulsion | No Comments »
