In the lead up to the September 8 council elections across NSW, candidates in the City of Sydney have been finalised and several candidates forums have already been held.
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In the lead up to its first budget next month, Queensland鈥檚 Liberal National Party (LNP) government has intensified its slash-and-burn approach to public and community services. In its first 100 days in office, it axed 7000 public service jobs. Premier Campbell Newman says a further 13,000 job cuts are to come.
Newman has wielded his axe indiscriminately. School cleaners, teachers鈥 aides, child safety, paramedics, firefighters, local courts, QBuild tradesmen and apprentices are all in the firing line.
In Australia, Treasurer Wayne Swan made headlines by saying he was a huge fan of Bruce Springsteen 鈥 despite implementing neoliberal economic policies of the sort Springsteen rails against. Mining billionaire and wannabe Liberal politician Clive Palmer jumped up to respond that his favourite band was Redgum 鈥 despite the famously left-wing folk band, active in the 1970s and '80s, representing politics that are the exact opposite politics to Palmer's.
The spectacle of the 2012 London Olympics should be subtitled 鈥淭he Bashing of the Chinese Athlete鈥.
On August 8, Andrew Jacobs of the New York Times published a much-discussed piece called 鈥淗eavy burden on athletes takes joy away from China's Olympic success鈥.
All kinds of 鈥渃oncerns鈥 were raised about the toll 鈥渢he nation's draconian sports system鈥 is taking on the country's athletes.
After an armed attack killed 16 Egyptian guards on the border with Israel in the Sinai Peninsula, President Mohammed Morsi sacked defence minister and head of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) Mohammed Tantawi, and his second in command, Sami Anan.
The move is part of an ongoing battle that has taken place between the Muslim Brotherhood 鈥 main political force that emerged after the overthrow of former dictator Hosni Mubarak 鈥 and SCAF, which took governmental power after Mubarak stepped down.
On August 16, around 4000 people rallied in Melbourne to Save TAFE in Victoria. Staff, students and supporters mobilised from around Melbourne as well as from regional centres such as Ballarat and Geelong.
Two Israeli peace activists, Sahar Vardi and Micha Kurz, described their political awakening at a public forum at the Uniting Church, Balmain, on August 15. Vardi and Kurz explained their gradual realisation of the truth about Israel's oppression of the Palestinians and their determination to take action against it to an audience of about 60 people.
The Front Line Socialist Party of Sri Lanka held a protest to defend equality in education with an August 15 demonstration in front of the Fort Railway station in Colombo in support of a mass campaign student and teacher organisations, Premakumar Gunaratnam told 91自拍论坛 Weekly.
鈥淓ver since 1977, various Sri Lankan governments have being trying to privatise the education system,鈥 Gunaratnam explained. 鈥淭he first attempts were blocked by a strong student movement led by the Inter University Students Federation (IUFS).鈥
The text below is translated from the official Spanish transcript of the press statement issued by Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino on August 16, explaining Ecuador鈥檚 decision to grant asylum to Julian Assange.
Supporters of WikiLeaks are planning
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The Sydney Peace Foundation thanks the government of Ecuador for giving asylum to Julian Assange.
Up to 200 Bagot community residents and supporters rallied outside Country-Liberal Party MLA Dave Tollner鈥檚 office on August 16, angry over his plans to 鈥渘ormalise鈥 their home.
Bagot was a reserve established in 1938 and included a residential facility for Stolen Generations children.
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