The Rudd ALP government was elected on a promise to take serious action on climate change. Yet it hasn鈥檛 acted and Australia鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions 鈥 already the developed world鈥檚 worst per person 鈥 are on the rise again.
In late May, the Department of Climate Change announced emissions had risen in the December 2009 quarter, rebounding from a dip caused by the global economic crisis. Most of the rise came from the energy sector, said the May 28 Sydney Morning Herald.
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The world was shocked by Israel鈥檚 latest act of barbarism 鈥 an act of high-seas piracy that ended in slaughter. Israel鈥檚 excuse of 鈥渟elf-defence鈥 is so ludicrous it is hard to believe anyone is expected to take it seriously.
On May 31, Israel raided the six boats of the Freedom Flotilla bringing humanitarian aid to the Palestinian Gaza Strip. The Gaza Strip has been subjected to a siege of growing intensity by Israel since 2006. The flotilla contained people from more than 37 nations.
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BRISBANE 鈥 "You know that we are rising, our day is surely coming鈥, were the words of a new song featured in Lebanese-Australian activist and musician Phil Monsour's benefit concert for Palestine on May 29.
Monsour, who recently returned from a trip to Palestine and Lebanon, recounted his experiences with songs and video images taken during his participation in the Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA Middle East study tour in March.
In July 2009, members of the Alyawarr people in the township of Ampilatwatja, approx 350 kls north east of Alice Springs in Central Australia, after sewerage flowed into their backyards, walked out of the government proscribed area into the desert and set up a protest camp.
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