For myself, earth-bound and fettered to the scene of my activities, I confess that I do feel the differences of mankind, national and individual…I am, in plainer words, a ...
January 28, 2012
On the request of a friend, this post offers some insights as to why someone would wish to burn the Australian flag as an act of protest. The events in Canberra on the day commemorating the arrival of the first European settlers in Australia widely known as Australia Day have provided the media with no end of racial and political fodder. I spent some time reading comments on Yahoo!7, including: ...
January 28, 2012
“She said Tony Abbott is over at the coffee shop making statements to press, about closing down the embassy – the aboriginal tent embassy.” Alice Springs based indigenous activist, Barbara Shaw on the events of Australia Day. When Ms Shaw’s revelation first became known, her credibility was unashamedly attacked by the Government. Twenty-four hours later one of Prime Minister Gillard’s media advisors, Tony Hodges resigned after Ms Gillard acknowledged that ...
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