Category Archives: Australia
Hope their loved ones came home safe
Gareth Malone and the Military Wives. Australian military tell what it’s really like.
Filed under Australia, Federal politics, Music, US politics, World politics
Backstage tour at Sydney Opera House
Went to this — which usually costs $150 — but was free because the Sydney Opera House was having an Open Day. Thousands turned up. I stood on the stage and saw the orchestra pits, the rehearsal room and backstage … Continue reading
Filed under Australia, I love Sydney
Sydney ninjas kick ass!
In SMH: http://tiny.cc/tt5tq
Filed under Australia, Crime, I love Sydney, Law
Press Freedom Media dinner
Went to the Press Freedom Media dinner held by the MEAA and Walkley Foundation to mark World Press Freedom Day. We were reminded of the deaths of 32 journalists in the Philippines on November 23 last year (it was pre-meditated … Continue reading
Filed under Activism, Australia, Federal politics, Media
Visit to Villawood Detention Centre
It was a beautiful Sunday arvo. Traipsed out west to support the Refugee Action Coalition in a clash with the right-wing Australian Protectionist Party. The APP had organised the rally because they think Rudd should go back to Howard’s Pacific … Continue reading
Filed under Activism, Australia, Federal politics, World politics
Problems with prisons
Went to see a film, Business Behind Bars, about overcrowding in Australian prisons, and governments turning to the private sector to manage and own correctional facilities. It looked at private prison entrepreneurs and the different approaches in providing correctional systems … Continue reading
Filed under Activism, Australia, Federal politics
Australia and China
Went to this: “Graham Freudenberg will dish the dirt on the machinations behind Australian politics. And he should know – he’s written speeches for Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke and Carr, and a biography of Whitlam. Not to mention his … Continue reading
Filed under Australia, Federal politics, US politics, World politics
Stop the NT intervention rally
Went to Stop the NT Intervention rally at the Block in Redfern today. Good turnout. It has been two years since the Apology to the Stolen Generations. The big news is that the federal government is trying to expand the … Continue reading
Filed under Activism, Australia, Federal politics, Indigenous
Newtown’s soy milk blackmarket
A black market trade is operating in the banned soy milk Bonsoy in Sydney cafes, even though retailers face $500,000 fines if caught.
Filed under Australia, Food, I love Sydney
Amish transcendentalism
Went to an inner-west party recently where late-night discussion turned to Thoreau and Emerson, rebellious utopian 19th-century communes, and Amish transcendentalism. What keeps Amish society together? (from here) Transcendence: making the individual feel like an integral part of the larger … Continue reading
Filed under Activism, Australia, Crime, Food, I love Sydney, Lifestyles, Parties, Queer anarchists
