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鈥淐ivilians were the overwhelming majority of the more than 1400 people Israel killed in it鈥檚 2009 assault on Gaza. Today, Israel is beginning another assault. A quarter of the Palestinians killed so far are children, including babies,鈥 Sue Bolton, newly elected Socialist Alliance member of the Moreland City Council said.
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A global survey of 27 of the most important cities in the world has ranked Sydney as fourth-worst for public transport. Sydneysiders also pay more for public transport than anywhere else.
The study was carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
If this was not bad enough, the situation is set to worsen. The November 16 Sydney Morning Herald said .
A one month occupation has ended, but community commitment to resist the building of a McDonald's restaurant in Tecoma remains strong.
Residents of the town in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges have fought against McDonald's for several years, but activity has intensified after the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) approved the outlet against the wishes of locals and council.
鈥淭he explosion of the rig was a disaster that resulted from BP鈥檚 culture of privileging profit over prudence,鈥 said US federal assistant attorney general Lanny A. Breuer at a recent press conference. He was announcing that the company had agreed to pay $4.5 billion to settle criminal charges from the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. BP also plead guilty to 11 counts of manslaughter and three other lesser charges.
The Iranian asylum seeker who has maintained a 36-day hunger strike was admitted to hospital last night after he began excreting blood, the Refugee Action Coalition said.
Ian Rintoul from RAC said: 鈥淭he Minister says he opened Nauru because he was concerned about the loss of life at sea. He literally holds the power of life or death of at least one asylum seeker on Nauru. Is he going to turn a blind eye to one life that he could save?鈥
A community protest and picket has been set up for a second time outside the Little Creatures Brewing factory under construction in Geelong. The picket began on October 22 but was lifted after 7 days so that negotiations could take place. The talks broke down and the picket has been reimposed since November 14.
Up to 50 Geelong workers have protested every weekday about the use of 鈥渟ham contracting鈥.
Pro-choice activist will be rallying outside the East Melbourne fertility control clinic on November 24, under the slogan 鈥淥ur Clinic, Our Bodies, Our Choice鈥.
The rally is organised by Melbourne Feminist Action (MFA), an exciting new women鈥檚 rights collective.
MFA was initiated by Jacinda Woodhead and Stephanie Convery who work for literary journal Overland. They were motivated by what seems to be a growing and renewed public interest in women鈥檚 rights in Melbourne.
Reporting on the release of the mid-year budget update in the Canberra Times on October 22, Peter Martin wrote that 鈥淭ax collections from both wages and the GST are running ahead of projections. Dramatically lower company tax collections account for most of the $21 billion write-down.鈥
Included in that $21 billion is a revenue downgrade of $4.3 billion dollars over four years in resource rent tax from petroleum and mineral extraction from a projected $13.4 billion.
鈥淵ou know how they say Lee Rhiannon is a watermelon,鈥 newly elected Greens councillor Michelle Tormey tells 麻豆传媒 Weekly, 鈥淚 could probably relate to being a bit of a watermelon myself.鈥
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think capitalism is good and I probably lean more towards socialism. I believe that, at the very least, key public services like water, electricity, health care, dental care, are things that everyone should have access to.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 what I think and I don鈥檛 care if anyone judges me on that.鈥
鈥淭he time has come for judgment to begin in the house of the Lord,鈥 said the Apostle Peter to the early Christian Church (1 Peter 4:17). Very different issues were being faced then, but not too different. The church was facing intense public scrutiny and Peter said that the suffering would be a cleansing experience. Those who were guilty (murderers, thieves and criminals, v. 15) would be exposed for what they are, and the innocent (v. 16) would be vindicated.
Israel has launched a fresh full-scale war on the besieged people of Gaza. The Palestine In My Eyes website is detailed the names and ages of those killed in Israel's latest bombardment. As of the morning of November 20, 108 Palestinians were listed as killed.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced a federal royal commission into child abuse in Australian institutions on November 12. The announcement came after growing scandals about paedophilia within the Catholic Church had reached the point where it was politically untenable for the government to continue with inaction.
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