鈥淧oker machine playing is a repetitive and insidious form of gambling which has many undesirable features. It requires no thought, no skill or social contact. The odds are never about winning 鈥 the machines 鈥 are addictive to many people. Historically poker machines have been banned 鈥 in the public interest, they should stay banned.鈥
This quote is not from independent MP Andrew Wilkie, or 鈥淣o Pokies鈥 Nick Xenophon.
It is from the 1974 Royal Commission into Gambling, Western Australia.
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The real story of the powerful march celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was ignored by the mainstream media in favour of misleading and charged accounts of a confrontation of Australia's racist opposition leader Tony Abbott and PM Julia Gillard by protesters later in the day.聽
The eighth national conference of the Socialist Alliance in Australia decided to take a draft document titled 鈥淭owards a socialist Australia鈥 through a nationwide public discussion and consultation process to promote a wide discussion about socialism in the 21st century.
WTF happened? People gathered in front of Old Parliament House to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. The peaceful day was suddenly interrupted when someone announced that Tony Abbott was speaking to the press only meters away from the site.
The Sixth Congress of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), held in April, 鈥渆ndorsed for the first time a fundamental change in the political and economic model鈥, said Cuban political scientist and Temas editor Rafael Hernandez.
This does not mean abandoning Cuba鈥檚 socialist project, but renewing this project after two decades of the post-Soviet 鈥淪pecial Period鈥. This is a deep structural crisis in Cuba鈥檚 post-capitalist, centrally-planned economy and an ideological and ethical crisis of the nation鈥檚 socialist vocation.
Historically, racism has given rise to the belief that different human populations possess different capacities, some superior and some inferior, based on aspects such as cultural traits and genetic makeup.
At its crudest, racist views often hold that genetic makeup can imply specific traits and
characteristics, and has been used as a tool to separate people in our society.
This kind of view became widespread across the world, justifying crimes such as the mass enslavement of Africans, the genocide committed by the Nazis, and the 鈥渨hite Australia鈥 policy, initiated in 1901.
Mark McGowan stepped into the leadership of the Western Australia Labor Party on January 23 promising to support uranium mining in WA and deregulation of shopping hours. Together, these decisions signal a significant shift to the right by WA Labor.
Previous leader Eric Ripper had promised that an incoming ALP government would close down any uranium mining in the state, even if the current Liberal government has granted full approvals.
That position was at odds with national Labor鈥檚 pro-uranium policy, but is popular in WA.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has criticised the US State Department鈥檚 鈥渁bsurd鈥 decision to threaten Latin American countries with sanctions should they engage in trade with Iran.
Chavez made the comments on the state VTV channel after State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland warned Latin American countries they would be liable to US sanctions if they were to use Iranian banks or purchase Iranian oil.
It was standing room only at the Port Dock Hotel on January 21 as Communist Party of Australia members and friends gathered to CPA secretary Bob Briton鈥檚 campaign for the state seat of Port Adelaide.
The seat, formerly held by South Australian treasurer Kevin Foley, is being contested in a by-election to be held on February 11.
Opposition leader Tony Abbott and his co-thinkers are dead wrong. The Aboriginal Tent Embassy, established by activists 40 years ago, is as relevant as it was then. Early on January 26, Abbott he understood why the embassy was set up 鈥渁ll those years ago鈥, but said it was not relevant today.
In Hobart鈥檚 Pontville detention centre, 35 Afghan refugees had been on hunger strike for a week, putting three of them in hospital, when they were joined by more than 100 others. It meant almost half the centre鈥檚 detainees were refusing food by January 24.
The actions were in protest against the government鈥檚 failure to deliver its promise to release more refugees from detention to live in the community on bridging visas while their claims are assessed.
Thousands of children starting preschool in NSW this week will be charged fees of up to $40 a day for the first time at government-run preschools.
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Last year, Premier Barry O鈥橣arrell鈥檚 government introduced fees without consultation for the 100 preschools run by the Department of Education and Community Services (DEC). Most are attached to public schools.
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Many parents had already accepted a preschool place for 2012, or even enrolled their child, before learning that the previously free classes would attract daily fees.
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