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Saturday’s Age revealed that hundreds of people living in remote Aboriginal communities in the
Northern Territory may have been exposed to potentially carcinogenic formaldehyde from the converted shipping containers which are used for accommodation in some of these locations.
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Indigenous Affairs Minister, Jenny Macklin, in an heroic display of understatement has apparently described the matter as […]
Formaldehyde anyone?
‘No-mates’ Nelson on the ropes
There is a rumour circulating to the effect that Brendan Nelson is now getting about the place with a chop tied around his neck so that at least the dogs will give him some attention.
And yes, this gag was doing the rounds way before Nelson arrived, and will still be trotted out long after his […]
Indigenous justice champion, Sid Spindler, goes to his dreaming
- Sid Spindler
The battle for Indigenous justice in Australia lost a great warrior with the recent passing of Sid Spindler, who died of cancer in Melbourne at the age of 75.
Spindler was born to German parents in Poland and knew something of the way racism can damage a community. He arrived in Australia as a […]
A little bit of bigotry never hurt anyone.
Why is everybody carrying on about the Racial Discrimination Act?Sure it might be Australia’s legislative commitment to the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. But, let’s face it, the do-gooders at the UN tend to get out of hand pretty easily.So let’s not start getting all squeamish about a […]
Socialists to power in Canberra - What are we in for?
Greetings Comrades,
Today Australia begins its descent into creeping socialism.
With the radicals ruling coast-to-coast, we might be in for some big changes. Will the value of the dollar be fixed? Tariffs introduced? Union membership made compulsory? A republic declared unilaterally? All industry nationalised? Organised religion banned as an ‘opiate of the people’?
Maybe.
But despite the dire warnings […]
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