By the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN)
The largest contingent of US marines yet, 2,500, have started to arrive in Darwin. Continue reading Call on government to terminate the Force Posture Agreement and stationing of US troops in Darwin
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By Adam Carlton
Greece’s SYRIZA government led by Alexis Tsipras has moved to recover damages for the German Nazi occupation during the Second World War. This was adopted by a vote of the parliament and although no figure was given in the motion, it is understood to involve more than 300 billion Euros. Continue reading Greece demands Germany pay up for the damage and suffering caused by the Nazi occupation
By Jim Hayes
The latest news on Julian Assange is that he has been holed up at Belmarsh Prison in the United Kingdom in isolation since his arrest on 11 April. Continue reading Julian Assange is being treated with little regard to acceptable legal process and rights
This is a disturbing article by Christiane Barro (The New Daily 22 April 2019), which tells of staff shortages and risks imposed on patients by the cost cutting private operator of the Mildura Base Hospital, Ramsay Health Care. Continue reading Staff raise alarm bells about patient safety at Mildura Base Hospital
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Castlemaine resident David Wybar had been on Newstart for three years. He was unemployed, and Castlemaine is not exactly thriving with job opportunities. Continue reading Another cancer patient denied by Centrelink
By Joe Montero
We are Hearing quite lot about the new ecological movement known as Extinction Rebellion. But what is this movement, which first emerged in the united kingdom, began to spread around the world, and is now to emerging in Australia? Continue reading The rise of Extinction Rebellion is a very positive development in battle to end global warming
A range of Philippine community and other organisations in Australia, concerned about the growing violation of human rights in the Philippines and the role of Australia in aiding the militarisation of this country, have endorsed the following letter. It has been sent to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marise Pine, to bring public awareness to what is going on, and in the hope that this will lead to a change. Continue reading An open letter to the Australian Government from the Philippine community and supporters in Australia
By Ben Wilson
There’s something really rotten about the way the water buyback deal is being run through the Federal Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. Continue reading Water buyback scandal indicates corruption and warrants action against those responsible
Wikileaks released Manning’s leaked documents and exposed multiple crimes committed by the U.S. government and armed forces – Jay says this is getting lost in the corporate media coverage of Assange’s arrest; when he was arrested, Assange carried a copy of TRNN’s book “Gore Vidal on the History of the National Security State,” which was based on a series of interviews conducted by Paul Jay between 2005 to 2007; the premise of the book is the American state and its loyal media use patriotism to lie to the American people about U.S. foreign policy and militarism Continue reading Video: Assange arrested for exposing U.S. war crimes – with Paul Jay
