Australia's PM Gillard & her Labor Party thumb noses at Aussie Voters
Region: AustraliaIn one of the most perceptive reports on the Battle for the Australian Prime Ministership and the future of the Australian Labor Party, the New York Times correspondent Matt Siegel suggests that the battle will be won ultimately by the Australian people - From the last paragraph in a New York Times analysis Feb 28, 2012: Ms. Gillard’s supporters may dismiss Mr. Rudd’s popularity with the electorate at ... more
Views: 932Jealousy at the Heart of Australian Labor Party's Implosion
Region: AustraliaThere are miles of words written these past few days about the battle royal for the Prime Ministership of Australia. Commentators from every angle are parsing every shred of the evidence they have about Kevin Rudd's behavior and Julia Gillard's. And in reading many of them the cynicism about politics is the dominant coloring, and the predictions of outcome are: status quo will win... in less than 2 ho... more
Views: 783Jealousy at the Heart of Australian Labor Party's Implosion
Region: AustraliaThere are miles of words written these past few days about the battle royal for the Prime Ministership of Australia. Commentators from every angle are parsing every shred of the evidence they have about Kevin Rudd's behavior and Julia Gillard's. And in reading many of them the cynicism about politics is the dominant coloring, and the predictions of outcome are: status quo will win... in less than 2 ho... more
Views: 933Australia Day: Fury Follows Aboriginal Tent Embassy Protest
Region: Australia
Written by Kevin Rennie Australia Day ceremonies are usually the dullest of events. But not when Australia’s political leaders are together just walking distance from a gathering at the contentious Aboriginal Tent Embassy. When the crowd there heard a report that earlier in the day Opposition leader Tony Abbott had suggested its removal, a spontaneous protest [1] took place at the Lobby re... more
Views: 1249UNESCO includes Koongarra uranium deposit in Kakadu National Park
Region: Australia
After struggling for more than 30 years to protect the Koongarra region from the threat of uranium mining, Kakadu Traditional owners can finally breathe a sigh of relief. On June 27 the World Heritage Committee announced that it would redraw the borders of the Kakadu National Park to include Koongarra. The 1,228 hectare region was originally excluded from the National Park in 1979, because of the uranium depo... more
Views: 1188Indigenous People want massive uranium deposit included in National Park
Region: Australia
The Mirarr People in Australia's Northern territory have renewed their opposition to the multibillion-dollar Jabiluka uranium deposit, declaring their wish, in solidarity with the people of Japan, to include the deposit as part of the UNESCO world heritage-listed Kakadu National Park. In a recent letter to UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon (PDF), Mirarr Elder Yvonne Margarula lamented the fact that uranium from the ... more
Views: 1504Australian Floods Sweep South into New South Wales
Region: AustraliaAfter six weeks of extraordinary monsoon rains down the east coast of Australia, more than 60 cities and towns have suffered catastrophic flooding, the loss of 32 lives, 51 still missing in the Lockyer Valley, evacuations from tens of thousand of inundated homes, and some of them more than once. As the latest rains swamp the valleys of north western and eastern New South Wales the areas underwater now cover an area ... more
Views: 1371Australian Floods Sweep South into New South Wales
Region: AustraliaAfter six weeks of extraordinary monsoon rains down the east coast of Australia, more than 60 cities and towns have suffered catastrophic flooding, the loss of 32 lives, 51 still missing in the Lockyer Valley, evacuations from tens of thousand of inundated homes, and some of them more than once. As the latest rains swamp the valleys of north western and eastern New South Wales the areas underwater now cover an area ... more
Views: 2308Australian Flood Disaster Intensifies with the Worst to Come
Region: AustraliaFrom the Sunshine Coast 150km north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, an extraordinary week of drenching rains refuses to let up. Thunder and lightning buffet me as I write at 4:30pm on Tuesday January 11. It has been like this all day. The unthinkable is happening. Unprecedented and fatal flash floods at Toowoomba on the top of the mountain range west of Brisbane is like the first ... more
Views: 2046Australian Flood Disaster Intensifies with the Worst to Come
Region: AustraliaFrom the Sunshine Coast 150km north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland an extraordinary week of drenching rains refuses to let up. Thunder and lightning buffet me as I write at 4:30pm on Tuesday January 11. It has been like this all day. The unthinkable is happening. Unprecedented and fatal flash floods in Toowoomba at the top of the mountain range west of Brisbane is like the first... more
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