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An Australian and New Zealand union delegation heads to Fiji next week to investigate first hand abuses of workplace rights within the island nation. The delegation comes on the back of moves this week by the International Labour Organisation to intervene to safeguard human and labour rights in Fiji. > read more

Guitar Ace Nicholas Ogburn Launches New Album

Published on 2011-11-20 15:02:05

Fresh from a solid live-to-air on 3CR, local guitar-artist Nicholas Ogburn launched his new album – a fifth – with great aplomb last Friday night at the Acoustic Café in Collingwood. > read more

Occupy Sydney and the Graveyard Shift

Published on 2011-11-15 22:25:59

"Embedded" Occupy Sydney reporter John O' Driscoll describes the movement that has caught the world's attention — from the inside. > read more

Some Impressions of the Occupy Sydney Movement

Published on 2011-11-07 23:47:30

The small group who gathered on (2 Nov) at my first Occupy Sydney GA (General Assembly) at Town Hall, maybe 50 people, was dwarfed by the attendance at the Noam Chomsky screening inside, let alone the crush of commuters and shoppers. > read more

Chomsky Takes Thunder Down Under

Published on 2011-11-06 14:00:43

Myths about the benevolence of Anglo-American foreign policy were utterly exploded last Friday night in Melbourne, as Chomsky thundered out his latest critique of the changing contours of global order. > read more

Radically Designed Whisper-Quiet Wind Turbine Targets Small Scale Production

Published on 2011-10-30 02:01:28

A radically new Australian design called the Eco Whisper Turbine has been developed with increased efficiency and reduced noise in mind. Rated at a 20kW capacity, the turbine is 23 metres high with 30 blades extending out from a 6.5 metre radius from the hub. > read more

Soft Treatment Of IPA Lightweight Shames Melbourne Uni Panel

Published on 2011-10-24 01:51:56

The IPA’s Tim Wilson was allowed to dominate on a Q&A panel including the Green’s Adam Bandt, shaming the Humanities & Social Sciences department of Melbourne relative to the intellectual standards properly required of the Tertiary sector. > read more

Some Thoughts on Occupy Melbourne

Published on 2011-10-22 23:14:22

On Friday morning the police moved in to remove the Occupy Melbourne protesters that had been occupying Melbourne's Town Square. Unfortunately as those assembled at Town Square quickly found out, no-one was really paying much attention in the first place. That can be the only description given the calls for support fell on mostly deaf ears. > read more

Water Goals Remain Elusive Says Report

Published on 2011-10-06 15:15:33

The debate over water reform has received less scrutiny of late with the drought broken in much of the country and national attention turning to matters such as the carbon tax debate, the bankrupted Malaysian refugee solution and of course the coverage of the footy finals. > read more

ŽIŽEK ROCKS THE ABC’S Q&A

Published on 2011-10-03 23:27:41

US hegemony, hypocrisy, and capitalist imperialism in the Middle East finally came under fire last night on the ABC's Q&A. > read more

Review: Jeff Duff – Fragile Spaceman

Published on 2011-07-04 04:05:43

Australia isn’t known for being generous to eccentrics, especially in the music industry. That’s one of the reasons Jeff Duff isn’t popular. > read more

Our Civilisation at Risk from Institutions

Published on 2011-07-02 20:25:03

In recent times we have seen the debauch of the welfare state, the expansion of cartels, extortionate rent-taking from the financial sector, and the wholesale capture of regulators, the executive and most of parliament by an unholy marriage of corpor > read more

How the Vast Conservative Network in Australia Works

Published on 2011-06-28 04:28:37

The Australian conservative movement was extremely busy during the Howard era. > read more

Carbon Pollution Naysayers Drowned Out

Published on 2011-06-10 03:32:09

The Australian environment movement along with the union movement organised some of the biggest rallies Australia has seen in some time last weekend. > read more

Something is Wrong

Published on 2011-05-29 16:50:44

For those who arrived on the last train from the Herald Sun building, there's something wrong with society today. > read more

Arab Spring, European Summer, Australian ??

Published on 2011-05-25 03:45:53

Spain, like many European countries, has been looted by the powerful, who now seek to foist their losses onto the public purse, and thereby onto the public. > read more

Computer Says Lies (Part Two)

Published on 2011-05-23 22:02:13

The second in the two-part series from Kim Sauberg on allowing citizens to better use technology to uncover truth. > read more

Computer Says Lies (Part One)

Published on 2011-05-22 21:40:39

When I was a child, and the internet was just a bizarre U.S. military experiment, I looked hopefully to computers as a possible future solver of all things factual. > read more

Bin Laden, Bashir and Indonesia

Published on 2011-05-18 02:50:10

� Indonesian terrorist networks are often cited as likely to bring terrorism to our region through the links they have with organisations such as Al-Qaeda and those in the Philippines and throughout south-east Asia. And there have been a couple > read more

Jobs, Jobs and Jobs: My Take on Budget 2011

Published on 2011-05-15 20:33:36

Many commentators have pointed out how "soft" the Budget was compared to all the "tough" hype however despite this, it still failed to add additional funds into key areas. > read more

Budget Austerity and Small Government not the Answer: A response to Wayne Swan

Published on 2011-05-03 17:18:15

The following essay (first published in Tristan's blog Left Focus) is a response to Australian Treasurer, Wayne Swan - who has recently written a Fabian Essay - whose obvious significance concerns the coming Australian Federal Budget for 2011-12. > read more

Is Senator Barnett Playing to the Gallery over Art Censorship?

Published on 2011-04-20 17:24:10

Outgoing senator Guy Barnett chairs an inquiry into film and literature classification, and hopes to extend the scheme to all "artwork". > read more

Deadly Funny 2011: Finals Review

Published on 2011-04-19 16:39:33

Saturday last saw the finals of Deadly Funny for 2011 which saw more amazing comedic talent emerge from Australia's Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander communities. > read more

Gone Fission

Published on 2011-04-18 17:46:39

It is testament to man's tremendous ingenuity that we can harness forces of nature so mighty and terrible they threaten not only humanity, but the very survival of every organism on this earth. > read more

UK Phone Hacking Scandal: Is Australia at Risk?

Published on 2011-04-17 16:48:59

The News of the World phonehacking scandal is going ballistic in the UK. In 2006 a private investigator and a 'rogue journalist' from the paper (as NoW and News Ltd -and implicitly the police - insisted at the time) were jailed for hacking into the v > read more

The Australian Climate Action Summit 2011

Published on 2011-04-13 16:57:25

Alex Schlotzer spent the weekend at the Climate Action Summit as someone committed to seeing political action taken on climate change. More specifically he was there in his voluntary role as coordinator of the Brimbank Climate Action Network (Brimban > read more

NZ Government Decisions on Aid Become Ever More Murky

Published on 2011-04-12 16:42:26

The recently appointed panel to determine how grassroots aid funding will be spent in New Zealand is being criticised as poorly qualified and politically driven. > read more

Youth ‘Bail Hostels’ Proposal for Victoria

Published on 2011-04-11 17:37:42

Bail hostels should be set up in Victoria to stem the high number of juveniles remanded in adult prisons before facing court, according to a Melbourne social services group. > read more

The Parlous State of the Art Gallery of NSW

Published on 2011-04-10 16:35:41

For me what most illustrates the moribund nature of Sydney's administration is not the public transport(try Melbourne's). > read more

Thorium Power: the World has a Dorrie Evans Moment

Published on 2011-04-04 20:51:41

There is, however, another feasible nuclear fuel that has been studied in prototype reactors but never used commercially: uranium-233 (U233), which is derived from naturally occurring thorium. > read more

Abbott’s Welfare Crackdown ‘Classic Bully Behaviour’

Published on 2011-03-31 15:29:46

In a cynical yet unsurprising move, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has decided that the time is right to play the ‘crackdown on welfare recipients’ card. > read more

Sense of Community ‘Secondary to Private Aspiration’

Published on 2011-03-28 21:15:02

A report from Roy Morgan Research recently pointed out that Australian society has become more individualistic and “less available”. > read more

Australia, NZ Support Flawed U.S. Policy in Middle East

Published on 2011-03-20 15:50:11

While Japan is visited by cruel calamity(and the consequences of disastrous nuclear planning), in geopolitics too a great earthquake is underway. American, or western, hegemony, backed by Australia and New Zealand, is shaking. > read more

Election, What Election??

Published on 2011-03-17 15:42:26

...or I’m Interested in Apathy. Politics North Coast-style. > read more

Gillard’s Failure to Inspire Confidence her Achilles Heel

Published on 2011-03-16 16:16:24

Despite having ironed out some significant flaws of late, it seems that the PM's leadership is in terminal decline. > read more

Q and A: Janet Mays, Independent Candidate for the Blue Mountains

Published on 2011-03-15 15:45:21

As part of theangle.org's "Independent Voices" series for the NSW election, we bring you a question and answer session with Janet Mays, Independent Candidate for the Blue Mountains. Passionate about the community, preserving the environment and healt > read more

Keneally Brands Hanson ‘Racist’ as Tempers Flare Over Nomination

Published on 2011-03-09 01:15:14

NSW Premier Kristina Keneally has called Pauline Hanson "a racist" after the announcement of the controversial former One Nation leader's decision to contest a seat in the NSW Upper House. > read more

Victorian Labor Ignored Drug, Alcohol Treatment Advice

Published on 2011-03-07 15:00:47

Victoria’s alcohol and drugs treatment services are failing to keep pace with the growing substance abuse epidemic after a decade of neglect, a report released by the auditor-general has revealed. > read more

Australia’s Vital Step on Climate Change Important for the Region

Published on 2011-03-02 14:36:06

The recent announcement from the Multi-Party Climate Change Committee on a carbon price and mechanism, is avital step forward. > read more

Abbott’s Attempts to Capitalise on Natural Disasters Has Failed

Published on 2011-02-17 14:52:42

By Alex Schlotzer: There can be little doubt that Tony Abbott has stumbled into a wasps’ nest over his party’s opposition to a flood levy. Unfortunately for him, and his beleaguered colleagues, instead of compromising, he’s decided to try t > read more

Abbott’s Attempts to Capitalise on Natural Disasters Has Failed

Published on 2011-02-17 14:52:42

Three Predictions About Social Media in Australia

Published on 2011-02-15 14:37:35

By Alex Schlotzer: Social media is the new political battle ground. We saw it during the federal election and the recent Victorian state election. Political parties around the world have quickly jumped on the band-wagon, especially after Obama’s > read more

Three Predictions About Social Media in Australia

Published on 2011-02-15 14:37:35

The 2011 Political Landscape

Published on 2011-01-30 18:14:45

Well, another year recedes and we all know what happened last year. There's been much commentary and analysis of the past year's events, however, little has been said of the year ahead. And yep, you guessed it, this piece is a look at the political l > read more

The 2011 Political Landscape

Published on 2011-01-30 18:14:45

Queensland Flood Devastation Carried Out To Sea

Published on 2011-01-28 01:58:48

Queenslanders have already lost homes and livelihoods to floodwaters, now they could be faced with huge impacts to biodiversity in beautiful Moreton Bay. > read more

Queensland Flood Devastation Carried Out To Sea

Published on 2011-01-28 01:58:48

Queenslanders have already lost homes and livelihoods to floodwaters, now they could be faced with huge impacts to biodiversity in beautiful Moreton Bay. > read more

A Look at Victorian Politics; One Month On

Published on 2010-12-21 19:38:22

A month since the Victorian election,the dust has settled and the victorious Liberal/National Coalition led by Ted Baillieu has won control of both houses. Time enough to consider in more depth the outcomes and the rhetoric spun by the parties and pl > read more

A Look at Victorian Politics; One Month On

Published on 2010-12-21 19:38:22

Compromising the Labor Party: WikiLeaks, the US Alliance and Mark Arbib

Published on 2010-12-11 01:23:47

Senator Mark Arbib of NSW (as well as Michael Danby, MP for Melbourne Ports, and the retiring Senator Bob McMullan) has been exposed as a ‘protected source’ of the US embassy. > read more

Compromising the Labor Party: WikiLeaks, the US Alliance and Mark Arbib

Published on 2010-12-11 01:23:47

Senator Mark Arbib of NSW (as well as Michael Danby, MP for Melbourne Ports, and the retiring Senator Bob McMullan) has been exposed as a ‘protected source’ of the US embassy. > read more

War as a Diplomatic Aphrodisiac or Does Kevin Rudd Wear Cowboy Boots?

Published on 2010-12-08 22:45:30

John O'Driscoll examines the recently-revealed dangers of having a US-centric control freak recommending war against the Chinese. > read more

War as a Diplomatic Aphrodisiac or Does Kevin Rudd Wear Cowboy Boots?

Published on 2010-12-08 22:45:30

John O'Driscoll examines the recently-revealed dangers of having a US-centric control freak recommending war against the Chinese. > read more

Will Cancun Do What Copenhagen Didn’t for the Pacific Nations?

Published on 2010-12-04 20:40:54

This time last year Copenhagen was being hailed as the last great chance for the Earth and that an agreement on a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol was imminent. > read more

Will Cancun Do What Copenhagen Didn’t for the Pacific Nations?

Published on 2010-12-04 20:40:54

This time last year Copenhagen was being hailed as the last great chance for the Earth and that an agreement on a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol was imminent. > read more

Thoughts on the 2010 Victorian Election

Published on 2010-11-30 23:17:54

Much will be said over the coming days and weeks about the campaigns run by the parties and different high profile independents during the Victorian state election. > read more

Thoughts on the 2010 Victorian Election

Published on 2010-11-30 23:17:54

Much will be said over the coming days and weeks about the campaigns run by the parties and different high profile independents during the Victorian state election. > read more

Rejection of Tillegra Dam ‘Massive Victory’ for Hunter: Greens

Published on 2010-11-28 19:05:39

The NSW Government's decision to end its support for the Hunter's unpopular Tillegra dam has been described as a major victory for the community by the NSW Greens. > read more

The Victorian Election: A Boorish Month of ‘Campaigning’

Published on 2010-11-25 22:39:56

The Victorian election campaign has been both puerile and ridiculous. > read more

Labour Induction Devices

Published on 2010-11-24 22:34:45

As a child, in the 70s, I remember reading about the labour-saving devices that would make drudgery a historical curiosity. Whether in Omni magazine, or Sunday newspaper liftouts, robots and mechanisation promised that we all could join the chatterin > read more

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