The Dead Roo

Yesterday John Howard announced that he will, if re-elected, hold a referendum to amend the preamble of the Australian constitution to include a “statement of reconciliation” and to “recognise indigenous Australians”
The first thing to note about the proposed change to the constitution is that it is legally meaningless. The preamble of the constitution contains no specifics […]

“Our purpose is represent, raise and monitor issues affecting unpaid family Carers through the representative participation of Carers as candidates in Federal and State parliaments. The Carers Alliance will represent the rights of unpaid Carers of people with disabilities, mental illness, chronic illness or issues of frail age who need assistance at differing times in […]

                                              click here to see cartoonist Peter Nicholson’s animation of “Beds are Burning”
“Whatever happened to the revolution?    We all got stoned and it drifted away”    So sang Skyhooks in the 1970’s about the demise of the anti Vietnam war movement.
The 70’s revolution may seem to have disappeared in a puff of strange smelling smoke but it […]

Michael Noonan’s controversial and until now secret film footage that caused an international stir about the rights of people with disabilities has now been released to the public.  Noonan has given the footage to Brisbane’s Courier Mail who have put it on their website for all to see - “Film full of fuss goes online”
 
Here are […]

 Whoops! - the picket was previously advertised as “next Wednesday” which is incorrect.  The date 29/8 is correct. - sorry.
 Please pass this link to friends and networks in Brisbane.
There will be a picket on Wednesday, the 29 August 2007 at 9.00 am. outside the Brisbane Magistrate’s Court, 240 Roma St. Brisbane to demand reform of […]

The controversial movie “Unlikely Travellers” by Brisbane film maker Michael Noonan had its world premier on Sunday (Aug 12) as part of the Brisbane International Film Festival. The documentary features the lives of a group of people with intellectual disabilities who travel to Egypt as well as their families and support workers.
Up until Sunday’s screening “Unlikely […]

This is an old piece that some may have already seen at Larvatus Prodeo  last year.   As a new Roo-er, I notice a definite “Green” perspective here, and also perhaps a very different readership to L.P. So I offer it again to the bloggosphere for consideration. It is an excerpt from a longer essay entitled […]

The Arena, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane August 11   8p.m.
Featuring Kev Carmody and The Beasts of Bourbon
 
also…..  *the Palm Island Dancers  *Banawurun  *Indigenous Intrudaz  *Lola the Vamp   *Dick Desert & The Shotgun Country Club
* Alex Doomadgee will MC proceedings.
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The Palm Island store is currently owned by the Queensland Government. It charges inflated prices to subsidise the transport of goods to other Aboriginal communities in Queensland. The government has recently announced that the store is to […]

This is an article about covert biological warfare, Captain Cook and Joseph Banks, about the deliberate infection of disease which spread like wildfire across the nation.
The historical context for the discovery of Australia was the defeat and withdrawal of the British forces from America after a protracted war with the French, the indigenous and the […]

In Queensland, any one of us can have our rights of freedom of movement and association taken off us for a period of 6 months at a tribunal hearing where we or our representative are not present. There is no capacity to appeal or object to this and not even the Attorney General can demand […]

See also Dead Roo April 12 2007 Laughing at the disabled 
 This article is longer than what some in the blogosphere would consider “normal”.  However it is about a significant issue that has gained much publicity because of the suspension without  pay of two academics from the Queensland University of Technology for publically criticising the university.   […]

I can take no credit for the following story, I found it on a discussion forum attributed to an anonymous poster known as “supreme being”.  However I found the  story so uplifting I just had to share it here.
John Howard & Hell by “Supreme Being”
While on his morning walk, Prime Minister John Howard falls over, […]

In the light of the incarceration of Dr. Haneef there are many commentators lamenting the end of some of the basic principles of our legal system such as the presumption of innocence and the separation of powers. I write the following from within the ranks of this commentariate.
In Queensland however there is another refraction […]

“The kidnapping of Brenton Gregory”  
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This  video on You-tube is of an incident at the Doomadgee Aboriginal community in North Queensland. It indicates a clear lack of respect by police for Aboriginal residents of the community. As the video shows the police just marched into a private home and grabbed someone, not bothering to state their […]