Afghan asylum seekers break out of Darwin detention centre

Wed 01 Sep 2010
By Flowerpower

The second protest by inmates at the Darwin Detention Centre this week has seen 92 rejected Afghani asylum seekers break out and hold a peaceful protest along the Sturt Highway before being forced back to the camp by police after seven hours. One of the protestors told the press that he feared he would be killed if he returned to Afghanistan "If Afghanistan is safe what are the Australian soldiers doing there?

Stand Up For Refugees - rally 13 August 2010

Sat 14 Aug 2010
By peter

NZ Green Party MP Keith Locke was one of those who addressed a 500-600 strong gathering outside the Melbourne Town Hall last night at the end of a rally called by the Refugee Action Collective under the banner "Stand Up For Refugees".

Is Australian Wikileaks founder at risk of rendition?

Thu 05 Aug 2010
By Flowerpower

Julian Assange has revealed in an interview on SBS Dateline program that he fled Australia after the arrest of Private Manning over the release of the Collateral Murder video of civilians being killed by the U.S. in Iraq. Sources indicated the U.S. had requested his detention and interogation as a "counter esponiage" request. This fear of reprisal from the U.S. has greatly increased since the release of the Afghan Diaries, over 90,000 secret U.S. documents on the Afghan War recently.

Cyclists upstage Alan Jones anti-cycling rally

Thu 05 Aug 2010
By Anonymous

Tuesday evening was supposed to be a rally with 2GB conservative radio shock jock Alan Jones railing against Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moores plans for expanding cycling infrastructure and the recently completed Bourke Road Cycleway. However, cyclists from Bikesydney organised a counter event at the Sydney Town Hall in support of cycleways which drew up to 300 people. Alan Jones was nowhere to be seen.

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Pioneering solar photovoltaic centre of excellence loses research funding

Fri 30 Jul 2010
By takver

Why is a ground breaking solar research facility losing research funding at such a crucial time for transitioning from coal fired power stations to renewable energy? On Monday 26 July Greens staffer Tim Hollo revealed on Twitter that research funding had not been renewed for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics based at the University of NSW.

Related: Call for Gillard to install solar panels on the Lodge

Conservationists halt logging in Tasmania's Weld Valley

Mon 26 Jul 2010
By Anonymous

On sunday night fourteen forest activists walked into the Barnback Creek area in Tasmania's Weld Valley to protest continued logging of threatened old growth forests. At least one person is pole sitting locked on to forestry equipment.

Climate activists protest Julia Gillard over ALP climate change policy

Sat 24 Jul 2010
By takver

ALP policy on climate change action has been strongly criticised by environment and climate action groups with protests at Julia Gillard's climate change policy launch in Brisbane, and protests at Julia Gillard's Werribee electoral office and her Melbourne Treasury Place office.

Related: Climate activists lock on at Gillard's office to protest pathetic ALP policy | Photos at Treasury Place protest | Environmentalists: Fuel Emission reduction policy well behind world's best practice

Genocide of Aborigines since invasion, international conference told

Fri 23 Jul 2010
By Diet Simon

Melbourne, 13 July 2010 - - An Aboriginal leader has told about 500 international psychologists and psychiatrists meeting here that Australia has perpetrated genocide on Aboriginal people since the white invasion and continues to do so.

Michael Anderson, leader of the 3,000 Euahlayi, whose lands straddle the border between northwest New South Wales and southwest Queensland, made the accusation to a genocide section of the 27th conference of the International Association of Applied Psychology, running from 12 to 16 July in the Melbourne Convention Centre.

Australia 'a crime scene' and 'undeclared war zone' since white invasion

Thu 22 Jul 2010
By Diet Simon

Australia remains an 'undeclared war zone' and has been 'one big hell of a crime scene' since the white invasion and needs a treaty between the colonisers and the Aborigines, a recent Aboriginal summit in Melbourne heard. Robbie Thorpe, committed activist on issues relating to Australian history, Indigenous sovereignty, lack of treaty, land-rights justice, genocide and national denial made the allegation.

Victoria targets solar energy as new report shows renewable energy potential

Wed 21 Jul 2010
By takver

Victorian Premier John Brumby has announced a feed in tariff for large scale solar thermal power plants to start the transition from coal-fired power to renewables as part of its forthcoming policies for action on climate change. The target of 5 per cent of the state's electricity from solar by 2020 is in addition to the 20 per cent power from wind by 2020. The announcement comes as a new report confirms that Victoria could supply more than 100 percent of it's electricity from renewables. Friends of the Earth, Environment Victoria and the Greens have all welcomed the changes.