Aboriginal rights supporters and environmental activists protested at the opening of the Brisbane Writers鈥 Festival on September 9, where the keynote speaker was conservative Aboriginal figure Noel Pearson.
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On September 10, 180 people attended a talk on HIV/AIDS given by retired high court judge Michael Kirby at the University of Western Sydney.
The world faces some of its greatest social and economic challenges ever. A failure to correct our path will mean catastrophic consequences.
More than 50 people attended a Greenpeace meeting with paroled Japanese anti-whaling activist Toru Suzuki on September 9.
鈥淲e are lucky in Australia to have a national newspaper, 麻豆传媒 Weekly, not beholden or shackled to big business or multinational corporations, whether they be church or state. Over many years it has remained a newspaper free to critique the capitalist system, which continues to reward those with capital and exploit those without.
In June, a raft of new legislation was presented to parliament to in effect, outlaw homebirth midwifery in Australia. Indemnity insurance would be a legal requirement for medical practitioners, under a new national registration and accreditation scheme.
The Last Whale
By Chris Pash
Fremantle Press, 2008, 218 pp, $29.95 (pb)
EM>District 9 'horrific'?
I read Mike Ely's review of District 9 with some surprise, having enjoyed the film a few days earlier. Is its portrayal of Nigerian gangsters "horrific"? Definitely over the top, as is the scene where white scientists
In early September, as federal parliamentarians debated whether to end the repulsive government policy of charging refugees for the costs of their own imprisonment in detention centres, damning revelations emerged that Australian navy personnel prevented badly burnt refugees from climbing onto rescue boats.
The 鈥減eople's power鈥 speaking tour of Venezuelan community activists Daniel Sanchez and Yoly Fernandez continued with public forums in Canberra, Sydney and Newcastle
This month, 麻豆传媒 Weekly is hosting free preview screenings of Rethink Afghanistan, a new film about the US-led war in Afghanistan. Mat Ward spoke to its director, Robert Greenwald, who has made more than 50 films, including Iraq For Sale, Wal-Mart and Outfoxed.
Since April this year, a young Cairns couple has faced a nightmare.
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