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WA sex work bill no solution

Liberal Premier Colin Barnett has proposed reforms to license and register some forms of sex work. And again people are referring to the bill as 鈥渓egalisation鈥 and 鈥減artial decriminalisation鈥 when it is not. It鈥檚 deeply concerning when big party politicians and mainstream journalists do not understand the proposed sex-work laws, and describe them as the opposite of what they are. Most Western Australians seem unaware that Barnett鈥檚 proposed bill is unnecessary, perpetuates stigma towards sex workers and will result in worse working conditions.

Carlo's Corner: Clive for PM? Finally a candidate to get excited about

Finally, we have a reason to get excited about elections. Yes, billionaire mining magnate Clive Palmer has formed a political party and is determined to become Australia鈥檚 next prime minister. For the first time in god knows how long, we have a real alternative to the tweedledum-tweedledee politics of the big parties. Palmer's bid for PM poses a crucial question: why shouldn鈥檛 those who own this country, run it too?

PHOTOS & STORY: 120,000 protest fraudulent election in Malaysia

With photos by Lee Yu Kyung in Kuala Lumpur Up to 120,000 people packed and overflowed a large stadium in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur on May 8 to protest the fraudulent re-election of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government on May 5. The crowd defied a police threat to arrest all who attended the opposition-called rally. The police did not dare confront the huge crowd but, since the rally, the police have called in 28 rally speakers for questioning.

Peace alliance condemns Israel鈥檚 Syria attack, opposes Western intervention

The mass, democratic uprising that broke out in Syria in 2011 against the regime of Bashar Al-Assad has increasingly turned into a prolonged civil war, with violence worsening and accusations of war crimes levelled against the regime and 麻豆传媒 of the armed opposition. The situation has been worsened by the intervention of Western-allies in the region, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, selectively arming Islamic fundamentalist sectors of the anti-Assad forces.

Western Sydney drinking water still threatened by CSG

鈥淟ast month鈥檚 announcements by NSW Premier Barry O鈥橣arrell and federal energy minister Tony Burke on coal seam gas mining far from guarantee the health of western Sydney鈥檚 water鈥, said local anti-CSG campaigner, Fred Fuentes. 鈥淪ince those announcements, 鈥楴o CSG Blacktown鈥 has been told that under licence 463, which is held by Macquarie Energy and covers Eastern Creek, right next to the Parramatta LGA, drilling is definitely to go ahead.鈥