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 […]

Another Democrat bill is at the senate inquiry stage and well worth looking at. It proposes a scheme for trading EECs (Energy Efficiency Certificates), and allows even domestic consumers to join in the fun.  So far, it looks like I’ll be putting in a short message of support.  No, not carbon trading, efficiency […]

 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 majority parts of the senate committee report on the NT emergency response (to an opportunity for a land-grab) are scandalous in that they misrepresent almost all the submissions I’ve read.
You’d think the main part of the report (the Committee’s View) would mention something about the contents of Anderson/Wild "Little Children Are Sacred" report, wouldn’t […]

Peter Andren has withdrawn from the NSW senate race for health reasons. You can read the announcement on his MySpace page here.
It is interesting to note one particular concern he notes in the media release:
“I intend keeping a watching brief on electorate matters during my treatment.
“All the various services and duties of my electorate office […]

There are only a few hours left to send your thoughts to the public inquiry (yeah, announced today, report required by Monday) on the Howard NT Land-Grab in response to the Anderson/Wild report on child abuse in NT Aboriginal Communities. No time. Gotta rush.
Send a note to Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee […]

Rudd and the ALP have been unbelievably quiet on many issues.  Is this (disgusting) tacit agreement with Howard on so many issues or is it (dishonest) "non-core silence"?
I’d rather it was a non-core silence in the hope that the ALP would act in government with greater respect for the traditions of the rule of law, […]

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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Johnny has gone and made another policy announcement on YouTube. You can see the vid here, or just read the transcript here.
My response to the first video was to describe it as “Lies Plain and Simple“. This second video is very different, in a very scary way.
It’s effective. I’ll explain why, over the fold.
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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 […]