It has to be one of the most unbelievable stories of the century: New Idea, a magazine that trades on gossip about royals and other celebrities, is blamed for exposing Prince Harry’s deployment in the British military intervention in Afghanistan. It is about as believable as the plot of Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper, in which a young prince swaps places with a street lad to see what life is like in “Paupersville”.
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Any day now the findings of the special Consultative Reference Committee (CRC), set up by the NSW government to test the impacts of its plans to privatise its electricity generation and retailing assets, will become public.
Over 70% of long-day childcare services in Australia are delivered by business, according to Professor Deborah Brennan of the University of NSWs Social Policy Research Centre, writing in the February 29 Melbourne Age.
Venezuela
As an Australian person currently living and working in Venezuela, I feel there are many important aspects to the ExxonMobil issue that have been, perhaps deliberately, ignored by the mainstream media in Australia.
Legalities aside
As the Iraq war approaches its fifth anniversary on March 20th, it is important to remember why the war was started. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 the US has looked to find new ways to justify its military interventions in order to increase economic prosperity and further expand its empire.
Former Democrat senator Sid Spindler died at his home on March 1, aged 75. He had dedicated his life to opposing injustice and campaigning for a more socially just world, even when this might have been unpopular. He was always prepared to stand up and be counted on social justice issues.
Poverty is a dominant feature of life for many university students. Statistics from Melbourne University show that living expenses (excluding course fees) for a student in share accommodation amount annually to around $25,000. Most students must work at least one job to supplement the meagre government-provided youth allowance, which, if paid at the maximum rate of $425 per fortnight, amounts to just $11,050 per annum.
Janet Giles, secretary of SA Unions, South Australias peak trade union body, resigned on February 18 from the board of the state governments WorkCover Corporation, stating that she could not defend the rights of injured workers while remaining on the board.
Well, so much for our new government taking an even-handed position on Israel/Palestine.
The Melbourne Age reported on February 27 that child abuse charges against an Indigenous woman from the NT had finally been dropped after two years. The womans son has still not been returned to her by Family and Childrens Services Northern Territory (FACS), however.
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