Wind and solar may be leading the way in Australia鈥檚 renewable energy race, but there鈥檚 another contender lurking in the nation鈥檚 oceans.
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Burma: 鈥楽top violence against the Rohingya鈥
The Rohingya are an ethnic group facing extreme persecution in Burma (Myanmar). Australia has been criticised for failing to accept Rohingya asylum seekers as refugees.
The statement below was released on October 18 by 35 groups in Malaysia and the Asian region, including human rights groups and political parties such as the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM).
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Doctors and health professionals, with community support, have won a significant victory against the government鈥檚 agenda of suppression, fear and secrecy. Health professionals have been made exempt from the secrecy and disclosure provisions of the Border Force Act.
The Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) and Registered Organisations bills passed in the House of Representatives on October 18. These bills, first introduced by the Tony Abbott government in 2013, were twice rejected by the Senate, triggering the double dissolution election earlier this year.听
This is the latest attempt to extend the John Howard era鈥檚 union busting agenda. The ABCC was first established by the Howard government in 2005, targeting the militant unions that covered workers in the construction industry. It was opposed by the union movement.
After the final debate in the US presidential race on October 19, spoke to Dr Jill Stein, the Green Party鈥檚 presidential nominee. Stein and Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson were excluded from the debate under stringent rules set by the Commission on Presidential Debates, which is controlled by the Democratic and Republican parties. The interview is abridged below.
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What is your response to the debate?
As October comes to a close, the feminist 鈥淩eclaim the Night鈥 marches, also known as 鈥淭ake back the night鈥, draw near.
Reclaim the Night is an annual global protest against gendered violence and inequality traditionally held on the last Friday in October.
As is the case with much of women鈥檚 history, the origins of Reclaim the Night are poorly documented and little known.
Clinton Pryor left Matagarup (Heirisson Island) on September 1. It was the start of his long walk to Kalgoorlie, then on to Uluru, south to Adelaide, then Melbourne and Sydney. He plans to finally arrive in Canberra in the second week of January, 2017.
Clinton is a young committed Aboriginal warrior for justice and is a supporter of 91自拍论坛 Weekly.
鈥淭he thing I cherish most in my life was living in community out on country with my mother and my people. My mum was a very happy and lovely lady. She was a person who believed in happiness," he told GLW.
The Productivity Commission鈥檚 main remit seems to be giving advice on cost savings, which is at odds with its annual budget. The upkeep and functioning of the commission costs taxpayers about $33 million a year.
Contractors for the controversial $18 billion WestConnex tollway project dismantled their Sydney Park construction compound on Euston Road, St Peters, on October 14, following a major community campaign to stop the works.
Residents had mounted a 24-hour-a-day camp beside the site from September 19 after receiving notification that construction, including destruction of trees, would start that day.
University of Sydney professor Rick Shine has been awarded the Prime Minister鈥檚 Prize for Science for his work in teaching Australia鈥檚 native animals to give cane toads a wide berth.
This is what things have come to.
The Greatest Democracy In the World鈩 is subjecting its people, and the world, to an election campaign to determine who gets to order new crimes against humanity, in which one candidate is a far-right, racist, woman-hating, tax-avoiding failed property mogul, reality TV star and serial sex offender, and the other is, by all available evidence, a robot built by Goldman Sachs.
In a backdown by the federal government on one of the most contentious elements of the Australian Border Force Act, health professionals have been removed from the definition of 鈥渋mmigration and border protection workers鈥. This leaves them free to speak out about conditions and medical treatment in Australia鈥檚 immigration detention system.
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