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Federal police raided the rooms of asylum seekers in the Christmas Island detention centre in the early morning on July 22. Refugee advocates said some refugees "have been beaten" and "dragged out of the compounds".
A group of about 40 protesters chanted 鈥渨e can't eat coal, can鈥檛 drink gas, lock the gates鈥 as they gathered outside Ipswich Civic Centre on July 21 to oppose the coal and coal seam gas industries. Inside, Prime Minister Julia Gillard addressed a business and community breakfast, co-sponsored by the Ipswich City Council.
The headline on the final issue of Rupert Murdoch鈥檚 News Of The World, 鈥淭hank You & Goodbye鈥, provoked speculation of suitable rejoinders like 鈥淧iss Off & Good Riddance!鈥 and more colourful expressions of the same sentiment.
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