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In June 2008 Penrith council proudly declared the Penrith LGA would become a “refugee welcome zone”. In 2010 the council is building upon this by their decision1 to allow household rubbish to fester in 'slop ...
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Welcome to Penrith, Australia’s new ‘Third World welcome zone’
29 January 2010 28 Comments
Tony Abbott: Meet new boss, same as old boss
26 January 2010 127 Comments
After the defeat of the Howard government, the newly installed Rudd government managed to co-opt the gutted liberal party then lead by Brendan Nelson. Who could forget the “sorry day” farce where we saw Kevin Rudd and Brendan Nelson with a fatuous ...
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Rudd’s hyprocrisy on homelessness in Australia.
4 January 2010 99 Comments
In 2008 Rudd stated he was 'declaring war' on homelessness, “We can do better; we must do better” he declared and at the time there were 105,000 homeless Australians. He claimed that he would halve the homeless rate by 2020 and offer crises ...
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Straight talking on boat people
16 November 2009 23 Comments
John Styles writes
When 774 ABC Melbourne’s Jon Faine took a call from “Dave of Woodend” this morning, he got the the kind of straight talking on boat people that many Australians have been waiting to hear from their elected ...
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No room for the facts on ABC’s Lateline
27 October 2009 18 Comments
Mark Henderson writes-
Two of the biggest criticisms of the ABC and its cohorts in the Canberra press gallery are that they are consumed by group think, and that they will only take up the cudgels on behalf of one side of an argument – the ...
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Are you prepared for the challenge?
2 July 2009 11 Comments
The "challenge" was set forth by the Rudd government when it said in a recent newspaper article [1] that "There's no end in sight when it comes to asylum seekers". Immigration Minister Senator Chris Evans said that it will be a "challenge" to keep ...
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Activists’ showdown at Villawood’s gates
AT ONE entrance to Villawood Detention Centre stood a coalition of refugee rights activists and anti-racism groups. At another, flying the flag and carrying signs about ''bogus refugees'' were members of the Australian Protectionist ...
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