If you want to meet the best Australians, meet Indigenous men and women who understand this extraordinary country and have fought for the rights of the world's oldest culture. Theirs is a struggle more selfless, heroic and enduring than any historical adventure non-Indigenous Australians are required incessantly to celebrate.
I know this to be true, because I have been reporting from and filming in Indigenous communities for most of my life. In 1984, I met one of the best Australians, Kwementyaye Randall.
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You would not have thought it possible, but Tony Abbott appears to be degenerating 鈥 in literacy skills as well as morality. Having campaigned on a simplistic three word slogan, in office, he's that's two too many, and has cut 鈥淪top the boats鈥 to 鈥淣ope, nope, nope.鈥
BRISBANE
Watch a film: Roque Dalton 鈥 Let鈥檚 Shoot the Night on Saturday May 30 at 12.30pm. Hosted by Latin American Community Association. Marooka Community Centre, 40 Gainsborough St, Brisbane.
GEELONG
Come to a film: Ivory Tower on Thursday Jun 4 at 5.30pm. The film examines the recent student debt crisis through a broad spectrum of institutions and startling statistics that directly address concerns for the future of higher education. Geelong Trades Hall, 127 Myers Street. Bookings visit eventbrite.com.au. Presented by the NTEU.
In its latest federal budget, the Tony Abbott Liberal-National government announced the setting up of a $5 billion 鈥渃oncessional loan facility鈥 called the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility. The proposal has been condemned by environmental and Aboriginal rights groups.
The May 2015 budget was framed by the Abbott government with one issue in mind 鈥 winning the next federal election. Although there are some members of the Coalition keen on an early election, it seems unlikely to be called until sometime next year.
Tasmanian Greens leader Kim Booth quits parliament
Kim Booth has announced he is stepping down as Tasmanian Greens leader and resigning from State Parliament, effective immediately. His seat will be filled on countback by another Greens candidate.
He cited family reasons and the need for renewal in the Greens as the reasons for his shock resignation.
Pensioners rallied in Melbourne on May 20 to protest against the federal government's budget. The rally was organised by the Fair Go for Pensioners Coalition.
A Friday night march through Sydney city streets marked the 67th anniversary of Al Nakba, 鈥渢he catastrophe鈥, the beginning of the violent dispossession of the Palestinian people.
NETHERLANDS鈥 SOLAR BIKE PATHS
A Dutch project to turn has just cleared its first major test.
Who the hell cares how old Rebel Wilson is?
In recent days, online media began running strange stories 鈥 the exact relevance of which was unclear to anything but these site's Google analytics 鈥 claiming that Australian comic and actor Rebel Wilson was really in her mid-30s, not 29 as officially claimed.
This is how Tony Abbott explained the new work-for-the-dole measures in the latest federal budget to the Queensland Chamber of Commerce: 鈥淭hat person can do up to four weeks of work experience with your business, with a private sector business, without losing unemployment benefits so it gives you a chance to have a kind of try-before-you-buy look at unemployed people.鈥
In January this year, the Prime Minister Tony Abbott drew attention to the 鈥渦nfolding tragedy鈥 of violence against women and vowed to put the issue of what he misleadingly calls 鈥渄omestic violence鈥 on the national agenda.
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