Powerful words from David McBride at Hyde Park Protest: Julian Assange will be revered for generations to come as Albanese is forgotten
At the Sydney protest for Julian Assange last Thursday 25 May, David McBride, the former SAS officer who exposed the murder of unarmed Afghans by Australian troops, spoke alongside Stella Assange and Scott Ludlum. McBride's speech is included immediately below, whilst Stella Assange's speech is included further below.
Albanese and Dutton grudgingly admit that Assange should be freed
Albanese and Dutton finally publicly agree that Assange’s imprisonment should end, but slur his efforts for peace and press freedom.
Multinational business does not want contraception to be easy
Twenty-four years ago I thought oral contraceptives should be cheaper and more available to reduce the pain and suffering of 100,000 abortions per year. ("Public hospital abortions and cheaper contraceptives needed, inquiry finds", Age 26/5). My wife had an expensive Little Collins St abortion with a previous boyfriend.
The Quad is a US-led grouping of countries promoting war, not peace
The Quad summit scheduled in Sydney on 24 May was cancelled due to the last minute announcement that US President Biden will not be doing a stopover in Australia from the G7 talks in Hiroshima, Japan, 19-22 May. No US replacement for Biden was announced. Instead, the Quad war summit of 4 heads of states and governments – US President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese – was moved to the sidelin
Mass migration isn’t good for Australia, and it’s never “properly planned and well managed”
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has questioned the claim by the Business Council of Australia (BCA) that ‘two thirds of Australians believe that properly planned and well managed migration is good for Australia’. BCA has asked a loaded question, to get the answer they wanted. Their result is directly contradicted by the more reliable Australia Population Research Institute survey. Here, 70% want net migration at somewhat or much lower levels than the pre-COVID 240,000.
Complaint to SMH re errors in Assange editorial
I have sent the following complaint to the Sydney Morning Herald and I hope others will do the same. Was unable to use the SMH's "feedback" page, so I sent an email to [email protected]. I complained that their editorial of May 12, 2023, based on their Assange poll and his Kafkaesque incarceration, while widely welcomed, nonetheless contained errors too often repeated which I requested the SMH correct publicly or by publishing my comments.
Text and video of Former Frankston Mayor Glenn Aitken speaking at the Stop the Great Wall of Frankston Rally 13 May 2023
Grasslands Audit - "It's like a doctor giving you a check-up but failing to report that you have a missing hand" - VNPA
“Yes, the audit is harsh in some of its detail, but it could have gone much further if it wasn’t so heavily constrained by its scope," say the Victorian National Parks Association, adding that, “It’s like a doctor giving you a check-up but failing to report that you have a missing hand." Candobetter Ed: Well, what else would be expect of a Victorian Government biodiversity audit, when high-rise developers have overtaken the state government? The bastards don't even want us to retain 1% of our grasslands, whilst they already have 90% of the nation's wealth!
Text and video of Rob Thurley speech at the Stop the Great Wall of Frankston Rally 13 May 2023
Note. The text has not yet been transcribed.
Text & Video Prof Michael Buxton's speech at the Stop the Great Wall of Frankston Rally 13 May 2023
Text & Video Kelvin Thomson's speech at the Stop the Great Wall of Frankston Rally 13 May 2023
Text & Video of Sheila Newman's speech at the Stop the Great Wall of Frankston Rally 13 May 2023
Treasury is gaslighting the Australian people on population
The Australian people, and most journalists, are being gaslighted by the Treasury budget papers’ superficial analysis of Australia’s immigration and population growth. That this is being let go to the keeper by virtually all media commentary is extraordinary, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA).
Australia’s housing crisis is deepening - Nothing new from Doriana Pojani in the face of a manufactured crisis
Dr Dorina Pojani is Associate in urban planning at the University of Queensland, Australia, with a degree in Urban Planning from Albania.
ABC Australia bashing elderly again and encouraging social conflict - Article by Sally Pepper
ABC again - interest rates now. After multiple interest rate rises from the Reserve Bank, the effects are biting into the living standards of ordinary Australians trying to pay off their housing mortgages. The banks pass on the rises very rapidly to mortgage holders who are impelled to find the extra money. There is no mercy as far as I know . Those with bank deposits gain a little as their interest earnings increase.
Planning Democracy Convenor's Report No. 25 - April 29, 2023
Click on the image to read Report No. 24. which is linked in pdf form
Help America put another Kennedy in the White House to free Julian Assange
(See also RFK Junior Twitter posts (4/5/23) and US Action 4 Assange) In stark contrast to the Australian government and all but a handful of MPs and Senators, Robert F Kennedy Junior, son of Senator Robert F Kennedy (3/1/1925 - 6/6/1988), has, since he announced, on 19 April 2023, that he was seeking the nomination to be the Democratic Party's candidate for President of the United States, repeatedly condemned both current President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump for their efforts to illegally extradite Julian Assange from London to the United States. In the US, Assange will almost certainly be made to face 175 years in prison in solitary confinement. This penalty is for Assange's supposed breach of the US 1917 Espionage Act when he is not even a US citizen!
Ozempic, obesity, and the modern food trap
Ozempic is the new "miracle" drug on the market, although it's not a new drug, it's just a successful drug used for diabetes control that has been re-purposed for weight loss.
Biden money laundering Scheme exposed by whistleblower
This news is from Forbes News via Redacted. The fact that it has taken so long for an investigation is shocking.
Rally to stop the Great Wall of Frankston Saturday 13 May 10.30am
Rally to “Stop the Great Wall of Frankston,” Saturday 13th May at 10.30 AM, Corner Wells St. and Kananook Creek Frankston. Planning Applications are at Frankston City Council for 14, 15 and 16 storey apartment blocks of up to 60 metres height on the beachside of Nepean Hwy, and only 200 metres from Frankston’s scenic beach. The towers would overshadow Kananook Creek, the beach, nearby homes, exacerbate wind tunnel effects and change the face of Frankston forever.
Oxfam calls for tax reform as analysis shows Australian workers took 4.6% pay cut in 2022
Workers in Australia took a 4.6% real term pay cut in 2022, losing on average AUD $4,163 and working almost 10 days effectively unpaid because wages did not keep up with inflation, reveals new analysis from Oxfam ahead of International Workers Day.
The total losses for workers in Australia was AUD $58 billion, while the increase to the minimum wage was 1.3% below inflation.
178th Week, Julian Assange Sydney Town Hall Gatherings, 2023-04-21
More terrific impromptu speeches by members of the public in defense of Julian Assange, and a slice of Sydney.
David Hicks and Julian Assange – Similarities and differences in legal, public, and private life
Why did the David Hicks case attract so much public support in Australia, when Julian Assange’s apparently does not? The establishment press was still a lot freer in Australia then. It still covered anti-war protests, protest against the introduction of new terrorism laws, and even Hicks’s scandalous treatment by the Australian government. It’s not doing that for Assange.
Independent and Peaceful Australia Network ANZAC Day statement
On this ANZAC Day we remember all Australians who were killed in war, those who were incarcerated and abused as prisoners of war and those who sustained physical and psychological injuries as a result of war. We remember the many millions of civilian victims of war who have been killed, injured, raped and tortured. We remember the tens of millions of people internally displaced and forced to flee their countries of origin and seek asylum elsewhere.
How should ANZAC Day be commemorated?
In the First World War, a total of 16 million died of which 62,149 were Australians. In addition, from March 1918 until February 1919, in the pandemic of the (misnamed) Spanish Flu, which was brought to Europe by American soldiers, 21 million died.
How I view China after 12 years Living Here - by Trip Bitten
With the atrocious China-bashing going on in Australia at the moment, mirroring US policy, we decided to republish the concisely expressed views of an American living in China. The comments under the video indicate a general approval of his appraisal by people who are familiar with Chinese life. His main criticism of China is the media censorship, which commenters suggest has worsened along with US China-bashing.
US Presidential Candidate RFK Junior to Trump Supporters: Why did your candidate imprison Julian Assange?
Update 28 Apr: Follow RFK Junior's campaign on Twitter. Less than 3 days ago there was a surprising and welcome development in the unfolding contest for the Presidential election to be held on 5 November 2024. On the morning of Friday 21 April, less than three days ago, Robert F Kennedy Junior (RJK Junior) the nephew of President John F Kennedy (JFK), asked of Republican supporters of former President Donald Trump, why he "imprison[ed] Julian Assange" and of Democrat Supporters of sitting President Joe Biden why "your candidate persist[s] in Trump's prosecution of the most consequential journalist of the 21st century? " He did so in the tweet embedded below:
Two days left to get your submission in to the Consultation to Amend the Defence Act
The consultation is tagging amendments which may: impede or prevent public protest against war activity or contractors involved in production of war materials ; result in greater integration of the ADF with foreign forces (U.S.) ; enable the U.S.
Fewer people, living better - new Low Migration for Australia movement
There is a new policy blog or political movement called Low Migration Australia. It is very well written and explains the relevant concepts succinctly. The movement was started by Edward Smith. Well worth a look.
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