Making a mountain out of a molehill

Community condemns 'propaganda' spin on Embassy letter.

The Community says it will not be swayed by what it has called an "act of propaganda" by the Australian Government after the delivery of an alleged 'potentially' hazardous parcel to the Indonesian embassy in Canberra.

Blown out of all proportion

Prime Minister John HoWARd says the substance was not benign and sending it was an act of reckless indifference to human life. He says tests have shown the white powder sent to the embassy is a bacteria belonging to the 'bacillus group', the family which also contains the anthrax bacteria.

Isolated

Staff at the embassy have been isolated, with further tests being done on the powder.

But the ACT's chief health officer, Charles Guest, says it is highly unlikely the substance involved is dangerous.

"The powder has been tested," he said. "It contained some bacteria.

"Now, bacteria are everywhere in the universe so it's not particularly significant.

Which means this could have easily just have been a potentially harmless prank and actually it was more likely than not the later yet John HoWARd, Alexander Downer, and Stupid what's his name? Kim Beazely (the well paid loser) all stood up on their high haunches alarming the general public like it was a terrorist attack?

All three of them seem overwhelmingly all too willing to embrace terror for their political posturing which would validate the cost of the biological equipment and the extreme measures taken by emergency services (at a cost of God knows how much) otherwise that equipment would just sit there in mothballs unless something validates it, even if they have to make it up?

Ignition

This also promotes a fear and additional security measures that impact on our human rights and freedoms like the Anti-Terrorist Act etc.

Blast off

It also promotes HoWARd's War campaign with excuses to spend even more on defence and on military hardware.

Projecting fear into the community

HoWARd has also called on Indonesians not to react to the incident after he reacted to it? The news from Canberra has dominated Indonesian press and television reports?

Parliamentarian Joko Sisilo, who sits on Indonesia's House Foreign Affairs Committee, says Indonesia should now issue travel warnings for Australia.

He says the attack proves Australians are capable of committing their own acts of terrorism.

But he is wrong! Actually it proves the Australian Government and its pro-government media allies are all to willing to blow things out of all proportion making ' Mountains out of Molehills', more like it!

The spokesman for the Indonesian Foreign Ministry in Jakarta, Marty Natalagewa, says the incident underlines the need for responsibility in reaction to the Schapelle Corby case.

"If any good perhaps comes out of this latest sorry incident, it's perhaps it works as some kind of like an alarm bell to those who have been whipping up public emotions," he said.

Mr Natalagewa says the attack would not force changes to Indonesia's presence in Canberra.

Tests propaganda

ABC: "Meanwhile, tests on the white powder sent to the Indonesian embassy in an envelope could be completed by today.

It is already known to be a bacteria that is present in a range of products from snail pellets to anthrax."

[Why not any product from your local pharmacy or hardware store?]

ABC: "Australian officials are waiting for a translation of a note sent with the white powder to determine the motives of the attack.

Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer has said that at this stage the Federal Government cannot confirm if the threat is related to last week's jailing of Schapelle Corby in Bali.

"There was a note in Bahasa ....that's the Indonesian language - we haven't got a translation yet and obviously that will come to us fairly soon," he said.

"We understand that the parcel was sent from Victoria.

"We can't at this stage say if it was directly related to the Schapelle Corby case."

HoWARd says he now wants to wait for the test results.

"The analysis is going on and when we know the outcome of that then something further will be said," he said.

"Plainly it's not just a case of some white powder being sent - whoever sent it had a more evil intent than that."

Mr Howard says the incident will damage relations between the two countries and condemned the action.

Federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley [a well paid loser] has described it as an act by evil cowards.

"If it is connected to debate and the issues around Schapelle Corby's case, it will deal it a body blow," he said."

- Additional reporting by pro-government media sources.

By Australian Correspondent Propaganda Monster 2 June 05

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We ask the question which party will you vote for this Federal Election?

1. THE GREENS, 2 THE DEMOCRATS, 3 THE SOCIALIST ALLIANCE

Oh! Did I forget a party or two? Well perhaps not! If Ch/9's Sunday program can pose the same question asking its viewers to choose between two other parties not listed above then I guess we can do the same? But that wouldn't be fair! So if you get the time here is another party to choose from:

4. LIB/LAB

Ch/7 Sunrise Announces 'No Spin Day'?

This morning I awoke to the news that Ch/7 was having a no spin day! Well that would be a change for the books but I didn't believe them aye. So just to inform you about what is happening 'without the spin' really, then let's start with this news of the day.

The Democrats are to launch an Indigenous policy!

The Australian Democrats will unveil their Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation Policy in Alice Springs this afternoon. Party leader Andrew Bartlett and the only indigenous member of Federal Parliament, Aden Ridgeway, will attend the launch. Mr Ridgeway says the Democrats are travelling to the centre of Australia to highlight a central issue for the country. They will also launch the party's lead Senate candidate for the Territory, Janeen Bulsey.

The Australian Greens have launched their television advertisement, highlighting the minor party's policy of banning corporate donations to political parties. The ad has been posted on a website which allows voters to access details of donations received by political parties over the past four years.

It will also be run in regional and metropolitan areas closer to polling day. Greens Senator Kerry Nettle says the party's ethical stance on political donations is popular with voters. "Every time we raise these issues and as Greens are out campaigning on those issues the response that we get from the community is incredible.. The concern that people have about the sort of influence as well as our concern for democracy, is why we are committed to campaigning on these issues and have been for many years,"she said.

Speaking about democracy, war criminal, Prime Minister 'Scumbo' Howard has used comments by the Greens Leader Bob Brown to claim Labor's policies are heavily influenced by the minor party.

But the Opposition Leader denies he has been swayed by the Greens.

Bob Brown said yesterday he takes some credit for Labor's plan to withdraw Australian troops, [? militants], from Iraq by Christmas. "I think we've had some influence on Labor," he said.

The Prime Minister spent last week warning voters about the Greens describing its policies as "kooky" but that's means "flexible" and a lot better than Scumbo's "fear" and "lies" policies. He seized on Bob Brown's comments to claim Labor is bending to get Green preferences.

"The Greens are not just about warmly and fuzzily hugging trees. We all believe in that but the Greens are about a lot of other things and already they're claiming their first victory in terms of influencing Labor, "he said.

But at least you can believe what the Greens say which is more than anyone can say for the neo-Liberals.

Mark Latham says John Howard's claim is untrue.

Senator Brown says the Greens could influence more policy if it won the balance of power in the Senate.

Mark Latham says the Prime Minister is trying to dodge a proper election debate with his demand for a change in format.

Mark Latham and John Howard continue to disagree over how the debate should be run. Howard has agreed to just one confrontation with Mr Latham during the campaign. It will be held next Sunday night, with a new addition of a panel of press gallery journalists asking questions. "I think it's time for a bit of a change, I think the earlier format was getting a bit...worn out," Howard said.

But the Labor Leader rejects those terms, saying it will turn the event into an "extended media conference". "Why do we need the media moderators and mediators in the middle of it?. "The real debate is one-on-one and that is the thing the Prime Minister is trying to dodge next Sunday nigh,"he said.

And what about the community asking questions? The journalists are naturally bias towards the minor parties and ask dumb questions that feed into the policies of both parties. Prime Minister 'Scumbo' has again rejected Mr Latham's bid for a community forum debate where the public could ask their own questions.

Like the 56 Australian doctors condemning his Government's decision to join the war in Iraq.

The open letter calls Australia's role in Iraq a tragic mistake and accuses the Howard Government of taking Australia to war on false and misleading grounds. Dr Gillian Deakin, from the Medical Association for Prevention of War, says the action stemmed from a collective conscience. "Warfare is no longer, in the 21st Century an acceptable practice. It should be seen that our troops, [? militants], are only used for the defence of Australia and never in acts of aggression,"she said.

War criminal, Alexander Downer has suggested those who signed the document share a minority view. But Greens leader Bob Brown says the Prime Minister must take notice of the doctors' concerns.

He is accusing Howard of not listening widely enough to community groups.

"Unfortunately, I don't think our Prime Minister's got a listening ear. It doesn't matter whether it's the churches, whether it's the unions, whether it's eminent professionals, if Prime Minister Howard thinks he's right and they're wrong, then he does it,"he said.

Labor's health spokesperson, Julia Gillard, says, "The eminent Australians who came out a few weeks ago were quickly dismissed as 'doddery daiquiri diplomats' I would expect something equally stupid and cruel to be said about these doctors, " she said.

The MAPW was founded in 1981 and is the Australian affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985.

So lets knock the journalists asking questions out of the debate and add to it "the 47 eminent Australians" who came out a few weeks ago and the "Medical Association for Prevention of War".

Written and authorised by the community.

By Howard Out 6 September 04

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Satire:

Cocktail anyone? Or would you prefer a reefer?

New research has revealed more evidence of a link between corporate media journalists and schizophrenia. A national conference beginning in Melbourne today will examine international studies about the issue.

Professor David King from the University of Melbourne says there is already evidence showing some readers can become psychotic when they read spin from prominent mainstream corporate media journalist's especially when they blatantly lie.

He says the latest research in Australia shows if people with particular vulnerabilities read the Daily Telegraph, or The Australian Newspaper, it can trigger more serious problems because their corporate journalists spin more lies more often.

"The debate is whether if those people with those vulnerabilities do never read spin from corporate media journalists, who have blatantly lied, they might never become psychotic or never develop schizophrenia, when those readers find out the truth," he said.

"and it's thought that probably from the literature now that maybe about one in 20 people with schizophrenia or about 5 per cent of them, might never become psychotic if they had never read corporate media spin that contained blatant lies."

However, Professor King also believes corporate media journalists who provide open and honest reading material are a valuable resource to the general community.

He warned articles from the Daily Telegraph and the Australian newspapers were potentially dangerous and should not be read because these corporations use spin and blatant lies more often and have the potential to cause psychosis when readers find out the truth.

"From the medical point of view, I believe that it's really important that the potential medicinal value of the truth is not lost through mainstream corporate media journalists who use spin and blatantly lie. There's a real danger for readers becoming 'shocked' when they find out the truth, because lying happens to be an illicit substance," he said.

THE DOG: So don't believe everything you read because there are more mental problems caused by 'alcohol' than any other substance but if the truth be known only '1 per cent' of Marijuana users get psychosis.

The truth about this article is that marijuana is worth destructing more often by corporate media journalists because there's no tax revenue on the 'herb'.

Fact: Alcohol is legal and 100 times more dangerous than marijuana and more likely to cause mental illness including psychosis, that's why they call it 'mad man's broth'.

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By Cheech And Chong 16 August 04

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NSW Ombudsman to probe police 'move-on' powers
Concerns have been raised that police may be unfairly targeting young people. The audit is part of a review of the extra powers officers were given to help tackle the illegal drug trade in Cabramatta in south-west Sydney.

Abra Cadabra
No magic bullet? This is a chronic condition! Government's Legal Drug alcohol is costing Australia billions: study.

Wine glut alert!
Wine glut alerts bank to grape grower debt and we need to be aware there's no magic bullet here either, it is a chronic condition just like the other one?

Drug law blamed for hep C epidemic
THE federal Government's conservative tough-on-drugs policies have triggered an explosion in hepatitis C infections, a secret health department report has found.

Jail trade in 'sex for favours'
Professor Harding found evidence of bullying and standover tactics at the jail, often associated with the distribution of illegal drugs.

Sentencing innovation breaks vicious circle of jail terms
"Three months' jail for one punch in a pub fight is too much," said the victim. The victim's comment counted because he and the offender, Robert Bolt, a Nowra Aborigine, were making history in the first case of circle sentencing, a new way of deciding punishment for indigenous offenders.

CWA wants pot legalised
PERCEIVED as the height of conservatism, the Country Women's Association has had a reputation for baking and handicrafts until now. The organisation yesterday confirmed it is seeking to have cannabis legalised for health reasons. A recommendation to be put forward to the annual meeting in May calls for the legalisation of the drug for the treatment of terminally ill patients.

The Thai Drug Users' Network is a group of individuals who use or have used drugs We have come together to respond to the deplorable health and human rights situation of drug users in our country, and in particular the current climate of fear caused by the extrajudicial killing of people allegedly involved with drugs.

Another lethal party drug article...
This is another lethal party drug article by the Daily Telegraph's (DT)'s Super Crime Buster Division, but I'll try to straighten it out a bit so you can understand it.

Poison Ivy: Drugs and Substances
Everything is a drug love, money, vegemite, and honey so why the hang up on coke? Things go better with Coke. at least that's what we're told each and every day by advertising. [?] So why the big hang up on alcohol, amphetamines, cigarettes, marijuana, speed, ecstasy and cocaine?

Police selling drugs? Bikies selling drugs? Pharmacies prescribing drugs Of course there will be criticism when you cross that thin blue line! You have to realise how the government itself has been corrupted because of the drug scene and the money involved.

MPs told of police corruption
Corruption and mismanagement are still entrenched in the NSW Police, and problems at the highest levels are "whitewashed", according to evidence given yesterday to a federal parliamentary committee.

Drug rehabilitation: Threats, threats and more threats!
But a spokesperson for Citizens Against Being Forced Mr Ihave Amind Ofmyown said, "Major Watters is John Howard's adviser because he's a bully. Citizens make their own decisions about what is best for them and if you don't like that step down."

Alcohol is just the beginning
People who start using alcohol by there mid teens are more than twice as likely as others to experiment with different drugs and to become dependent on drugs a major Australian study has found. The research, which fuels growing concern about alcohol-related harm, is the latest to consider the contentious question of whether alcohol is a "gateway" to hard drug use.

Tobacco, alcohol top the drug abuse toll
Tobacco and alcohol accounted for 83 per cent of the cost of drug abuse in Australia, dwarfing the financial impact of illegal drugs, a Commonwealth Government report has found.

NSW police cracked up on antisocial behaviour
Hundreds of extra police will be on the streets of Sydney from this afternoon as part of a major blitz on crime and activities as "antisocial behaviour" says the ABC online last Fri 24 May 2002.

Alcohol pickles your brain
Pickle point; a leading professor Dr. Bud said after releasing his report on the problems associated with alcohol.

Mahathir offers to go out with a bang

Journalists in Malaysia, soon to be bereft of a prime minister who makes news almost every time he opens his mouth, were apparently disappointed by Mahathir Mohamad's last parliamentary appearance.

At a news conference afterwards, he was asked why his performance had been so "quiet". Always willing to oblige, Dr Mahathir replied: "You can make it loud. I can go out with a bang if you want, I can say nasty things. "Ask me a nasty question, I will give you a nasty answer." Nobody did, presumably having had enough of the international uproar over his recent criticism of Jews.

Instead, the man who has ruled Malaysia for the past 22 years was asked what advice he had for reporters ahead of his retirement tomorrow.

"Report the truth even if it is bad. Don't be a spin doctor, don't distort news, don't have your own agenda," he said.Dr Mahathir has claimed repeatedly that his remark at an Islamic summit in mid-October that Jews rule the world was taken out of context.

By Smoking Gun 30 October 03

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A STRUGGLE ON TWO FRONTS: PRISONS & IMPERIALIST WAR
After a war waged by the U.S. military against Vietnam which took the lives of more than 3 million Vietnamese people and more than 58,000 GIs, the U.S. finally withdrew in 1975. It had suffered its first official major military defeat by a united people struggle led by the Vietnamese, along with a mass U.S. anti-war movement.

US to keep military ties with Indonesia
But America, East Timor, Bali, and Australian complicity have something in common with the 'Indonesian armed forces' and the fallout was the TNI's East Timor's massacre in 1999 and the CIA's false flag, call to arms Bali bombing in 2002, believe it or not.

The Daily Propaganda: Bali bombings could have been worse?
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner, Mick Keelty, says the bombs that killed 88 Australians in Bali could have done a lot more damage if they had been built differently.

JI propaganda expert earns $200,000 a year: GI Joe
Chain of command goes something like this: George Bush, CIA, FBI, Megawati Sukarnoputri, TNI, John Howard, Alexanda Downer, ASIO, Australian army, war, spending, vote Liberal? No Support Groups, No Organisations, No Hospitals, No Education, Excommunication, Lies, Propaganda, and Postcards from Prison, if you don't agree. Oh! Without a lawyer of course.

Signs of the Times: Aggressive Scepticism
If anyone has known a schizophrenic then you may also know that it is because of some sound or picture that invaded their thoughts which sent them mad. So possibly, any invasion of my time with self, a time to integrate past experiences could send someone mad. However if there is no interference with our own thoughts and ideas we sometimes choose to write down our conclusions and share our ideas with others socially.

Pilger said White House knew Saddam was no threat
Australian investigative journalist John Pilger says he has evidence the war against Iraq was based on a lie which could cost George W Bush and Tony Blair their jobs and bring Prime Minister John Howard down with them.

Civil Liabilities: Howard's diversity? I had a dream?
The war criminal, Prime Minister, John Howard, who only yesterday was claiming he was showing diversity has stepped up pressure on the states to support plans to increase the war criminal, Federal Attorney-General's powers to ban terrorist organisations, [scapegoats and patsies for the Coalition of the Killing's illegal and degrading resource wars in the Middle East.]

Megawati has made no effort to explain state terror
While Indonesia has actively allegedly cooperated in the war on terror [the Coalition of the Killing's resource wars in the Middle East], since last October's [CIA, call to arms, false flag], Bali bombings, sceptic propaganda experts have said it needed to go further and tackle the problem of military teachings in Government departments.

Three jailed for robbing jewellery shop! To fund Bali bombings?
Three men who robbed an Indonesian gold shop to help fund last year's Bali bombings have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms. Separate Indonesian courts have found Abdul Rauf, Andi Hidayat and Junaedi guilty of conducting last year's heist, along with two other accomplices.

Infidels! God is great!:Abu Bakar Bashir
[Patsy for the CIA, false flag, call to arms, Bali Bombings, to bolster support and to quell dissent for the Coalition of the Killing's resource wars in the Middle East.]

GI, CIA, TNI, MI6, MOSSAD, AFP, ASIO, Howard, divided: Australian experts GI, CIA, TNI, MI6, MOSSAD, AFP, ASIO, has descended into a disparate collection of cells working at cross-purposes, with deep divisions on strategy and no clear leader except to say the Indonesian Military could be involved, senior Australian counter-propaganda police believe.

False flag Bali bombings: An eye for an eye or blind toothless people?
Terrorists ALLEGED by the Daily Terror, 7 August 03, have claimed responsibility for the Jakarta bombing and are alleged to have sent a chilling warning that they will kill more Westerners if Bali bomber Amrozi is sentenced to death today.

Evidence emerges of proposed Four Corners base in Bali
Parody: More evidence has emerged that the ABC terrorist network believed to have been behind the propaganda in Australia has tried to set up a long-term base in Bali.

Australian Terror cell here long before Bali
The Australian terrorist Captain Cook infiltrated Australia years before the Bali bombings in which 202 people perished. Aboriginal people attempted to remember Captain Cook not as a founding father but as a harbinger of dispossession and death, a sign of white amnesia. Another anniversary year-used to mark two hundred years since Cook had journeyed along the east coast of Australia and, for some people, discovered a continent.

NSW police confirm don't use the phone to talk about terrorism!
The New South Wales Police Service has confirmed it is using phone taps and other forms of electronic surveillance to monitor suspected terrorist activity [ ? To monitor potential scapegoats for the Coalition of the Killing's illegal and degrading resource wars in the Middle East.]

Australia: Terrorising you in secret
Suspected terrorists [scapegoats and patsies for the Coalition of the Killing's resource wars in the Middle East] will be tried in secret under new laws to be introduced by the Federal Government.

NSW Police Force may get 'special powers'
Civil libertarians are questioning the need for further anti-terrorism laws, which will be announced in the New South Wales Parliament on Tuesday.

Evidence that Howard was complicit in CIA, false flag, call to arms, Bali bombings War criminal John Howard was complicit in the call to arms - false flag operation - Bali bombings - instigated by the CIA - and the Coalition of the Killing - to bolster support - and quell dissent for their illegal and degrading resource wars in the Middle East.

War criminal Howard high-jacks HRCA to 'legitimise killing'
The Human Rights Council of Australia (HRCA) says it fears Prime Minister John Howard's comments in support of the execution of [CIA operative] Osama bin Laden show his eagerness to overturn three decades of national opposition to the death penalty.

State terror units caused the terror!
The level of suspicion and surveillance created by the [US false flag operation and call to arms] Bali bombings, created by [ the Coalition of the Killing and Australian's complicity to go to war on Iraq] means that all Australian's suffer the loss of their human rights, civil rights and their democratic rights, as well as those Australian's who lost their life in Bali.

Al-Qa'ida or poor people without hope?
Anyone contemplating war without a UN sanction is nothing more than a common criminal and not acting in accordance with the law. Isn't Richardson the head of ASIO? A law enforcement agency? Al-Qa'ida is a Coalition of the Killing demon made up by the CIA. These people are just scapegoats, patsies, and peasants."

Red paper classes Australia as terrorist suspects
Australia's old foreign policy red paper says Australians have become targets because their own government is being run by war criminals that are complicit in state terror, torture, murder, occupation and genocide.

Australia backs CIA Reichstag, Downer's propaganda
The Foreign Affairs Minister says the latest message from Osama bin Laden is worrying. [Just plain rubbish!]

UK Reid, Blair and the reichstag London threat!
The nature of the [alleged] terrorist threat to London is on the scale of the [USA false flag] September 11 attacks in the United States, the chairman of Britain's governing Labour Party said.

Bin Laden calls? CIA blind man's bluff!
A [US propaganda, fear-mongering] taped message purportedly from Osama bin Laden has warned Arab nations against supporting a war against Iraq but has branded Saddam Hussein an infidel.

Middle Eastern: Specific Legislation
"If there is a target person the police would have powers in relation to that type of person," Mr Costa said. Asked what he meant by "type of person", Mr Costa said: "The example that's been given is if there's a description of somebody, an identikit photograph released by Interpol or other agencies ... these powers may well be exercised on that type of person."

Howard defends terror alert
Prime Minister John Howard says the Federal Government would not have issued a terror alert if it had not come from a credible source. (America?) Speaking for the first time since the Government revealed the warning, Mr Howard says he wants people to be more careful, but not to stop living. [As long as they don't go dancing in Bali? And sure we'll all be depressed for as long as John Howard and Bob Carr say so.]

Carr backs Fed Govt's terror alert
New South Wales Premier Bob Carr has defended the Federal Government's decision to issue a warning to Australians about a possible terrorist attack in Australia.

NSW Police Force may get 'special powers'
Civil libertarians are questioning the need for further anti-terrorism laws, which will be announced in the New South Wales Parliament on Tuesday.

When Johnny comes marching home again: 'hoorah hoorah'
Posted on the Resistance web page Bronwyn Powell, an organiser of the youth-led mobilisation told Green Left weekly that "in the face of attacks on civil liberties, it is unfortunate that some union officials have felt they need to submit. It could set a negative precedent for upholding the hard-won right to demonstrate in the street."

Give peace a chance
PIERS AKERMAN DT 28 Nov 02: JUSTICE John Dowd should be removed from the bench. His crime? Stupidity. In a breath-taking display of hand-wringing sanctimonious morality, Dowd has condemned the State and Federal Governments' anti-terrorism measures, claiming they erode rights and give encouragement to oppressive regimes.

The scavengers of terror
The NSW Government is to introduce increased police powers bill. Legislation giving New South Wales police special powers to deal with an emergency terrorist situation [emergency scapegoat situation] will be introduced into the New South Wales Parliament today.

Australia: Public Right to Know Conference

PUBLIC RIGHT TO KNOW CONFERENCE 2003 SESSIONAL PLAN AT OCTOBER 9th, 2003 OPENING NIGHT Friday 17 October, 2003

Venue : The Guthrie Lecture Theatre, University of Technology, Sydney Level 3, Building 6 "Peter Johnson Building" (next to ABC Sydney) 702-730 Harris St, Ultimo 6:30 pm: Welcome drinks & Conference Registrations

7:30 pm: Opening Night Presentations

THE SECRET LIFE OF THEM:
Government Secrets and the Breakdown of The Public Right to Know Chair: Associate Professor Chris Nash, Director of the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism Speakers:

Julian Burnside, QC Ministerial responsibility what happened to the Westminster tradition of responsible government? Would a Bill of Rights make a difference?

Andrew Hewett, Executive Director of Oxfam Community Aid Abroad Tying funding to "good behaviour": threats against NGOs and community organisations that speak critically of government policy

Margo Kingston, Journalist, Sydney Morning Herald
Getting information from government: negotiating the Spin maze

Quentin Dempster, Journalist, ABC Bullying the Public broadcaster: threatening the ABCs role of providing information and promoting debate on matters of public importance

The panel pesentations will be followed by questions and comments from the audience.

CONFERENCE PAPERS Saturday 18 October Venue : Lecture Theatre 3-510, University of Technology, Sydney Building 3 (Bon Marche Building) Level 5, Cnr Harris St & Broadway(enter from 755 Harris St Ultimo)

9:00 10:30am SCANDAL & CELEBRITY

Jennifer Wilkinson Celebrity Gossip, Sexuality and the Perversion of Private life Virginia Small Representing power through the prism of values: A critical discourse analysis of Asian and Western print news reporting of two sex scandals involving respective heads of state Marcus O'Donnell Intimate Citizenship : press reports of the gay marriage debate

Chair: Diana Simmonds
15 min break

10:45 12:00 SPIN & CENSORSHIP

Paul Jones (UNSW) Talkback Radio : Class & Media influence in Australia Brian Martin (UWgong) Backfire dynamics in Free Speech Struggles Chris Nash (UTS) Media representation as a site of struggle

Chair: Peter Manning
1 h lunch

1:00 2.30pm AT THE COALFACE

Marion Le Dare to Question? Beyond the Demonising: the transfer of prisoners to Goulburn High Risk Management Unit from Lithgow in June 2003 Jo Gow and Dr Mary Quilty Advocacy in the Dark Seeking Justice for Asylum Seekers in Australia

Wendy Bacon Victims of legal injustice a case for the too hard basket?

Chair: Eva Cox
15 min break

2:45 4:00pm NARRATIVE STRUGGLES

Dr David Butt, Dr Annabelle Lukin & Prof Christian Matthiessen Reporting war: grammar as 'covert operation' Prof Jock Collins Truth Overboard: Media and Public Discourses about ethnic crime and boat people in Australia

Chair: Professor Joyce Kirk

4:00 5:00pm MEDIA OWNERSHIP

Chris Warren, Australian Journalists Association Cross Media Ownership panel discussion panellists to be confirmed) Chair: Liz Fell Sunday 19 September Venue : Lecture Theatre 3-510, University of Technology, Sydney Building 3 (Bon Marche Building) Level 5, Cnr Harris St & Broadway enter from 755 Harris St Ultimo)

10:00 11.30am INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & FOI

James Arvanitakis "I have a patent lawyer on retainer!" Intellect v. Intellectual Property a battle over the cultural commons?

Rosslyn Reed The Public Right to Know about Science

Anne Fordham The Public's right to know sensitive government information

Chair: Katrina Lee
15 min break

11:45 1:00pm FREE SPEECH

David Robie The sword of Damocles in the Pacific: Two media regulatory case studies Mark Pearson Press Freedom and the High Court in the Callinan era: rethinking the rhetoric.

Patrick Keyzer When Freedom of the Press Clashes with Aboriginal Land Rights: The Difficult Intersection That Occurred in Toohey v Peach

Chair: Penny O'Donnell

1 hour lunch

2:00pm 3:40pm RADICAL PRESS & STUDENT PRESS

Alan Knight Ratbags, revolutionaries and free speech: The Queensland radical press in 1968 Independent & student press panel Charles Gregory & Anna Hustler the Vertigo anti-war 'adbust' Melita Rogowsky the article 'The Art of Shoplifting' in the July 1995 edition of Rabelais

Stacy Scheff Sydney Indymedia Editor 2SER speaker to be confirmed

Chair: Wendy Bacon

20 min break

4:00 5:00pm PLANNING SESSION

PUBLIC FORUM PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS REQUESTED

Issues raised in the conference have included:

Government secrecy Press freedom Victims of legal injustice refugees, journalists, and "ordinary Australians" Tying government funding to community groups' silence Cutting down the power of the public broadcaster Corporate control over media organisations

How do we progress the resolution of these issues around the Public Right to Know? Chair : Chris Nash

Conference closes at 5pm

By Wendy Bacon posted 13 October 03

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Guantanamo Bay treatment: Limbo
Former federal judges, diplomats, military officials and human rights advocates in the United States have urged the Supreme Court to review the cases of detainees [scapegoats for the Coalition of the Killing's resource wars in the Middle East], being held without charge at Guantanamo Bay in the name of terrorism.

Australia: Justice for Hicks & Habib
The public forum Justice for Hicks & Habib was quite a success. Approximately 130 people attended the event, a big number for a Saturday eve!

Judge renews child detainee release call
A Family Court judge, for a second time, has appealed to Immigration Minister, war criminal, Philip Ruddock to address the issue of children in detention.

Terry Hicks Odyssey for Justice for his Imprisoned Son
Terry Hicks, David Hicks father, one of two Australian [scapegoats] held imprisoned [and tortured] at Guantanamo Bay, arrives tomorrow Saturday 20 September in Sydney. He will hold a Press Conference at 2pm at Breakout, 65 Bellevue St. Glebe.

Civil Liabilities: Howard's diversity? I had a dream?
The war criminal, Prime Minister, John Howard, who only yesterday was claiming he was showing diversity has stepped up pressure on the states to support plans to increase the war criminal, Federal Attorney-General's powers to ban terrorist organisations, [scapegoats and patsies for the Coalition of the Killing's illegal and degrading resource wars in the Middle East.]

Keep the bastards honest: Publicity keeps an eye on ethics?
The Australian Federal Police commissioner says investigations into terrorist links [scapegoat and patsy links] to Australia are being made more difficult by public debate about the progress of inquiries.

Howard, Ellison, Williams, Australian terrorists, Muslim bashing! Brothers sacrificed! [War criminal], Attorney-General Daryl Williams said the Australian Federal Police and ASIO, [Australian state-terrorists], had been in contact with Lebanese authorities over the Khazal brothers. "The Australian authorities are well aware of the fact that a warrant was issued for the arrest of Mr Khazal and his brother in June," [war criminal], Williams said yesterday.

Qantas handler handcuffed to al-Qa'ida
War criminal, Attorney-General Daryl Williams who? Daryl Williams who? Oh you mean that Daryl Williams, would you believe him? You say he what? Confirmed last night the Government was aware of claims that Sydney man Bilal Khazal and Melbourne cleric Sheikh Mohammed Omran were linked to an al-Qa'ida detainee known as Abu Dahdah.

Islamic movement denies links to Al Qaeda
The Islamic Youth Movement has denied having any links to Al Qaeda and says it is considering legal action against the Four Corners [Walls] program. In a statement released early this morning, the group rejects allegations it is helping coordinate any kind of terrorist network inside Australia and says it is being unfairly targeted.

Former Qantas worker denies Al Qaeda link
Four Corners [Walls] has [allegedly] cited a CIA document alleging Bilal Khazal was not only an Al Qaeda operative but was planning attacks on US interests in Venezuela and the Philippines, but Mr Khazal has denied the claims.

Woman linked to Four Corners worked at Sydney Airport: JI
Parody: New airport security concerns have been raised by reports that a woman believed by JI to be associated with Four Corners worked as a baggage handler at Sydney's international terminal.

Evidence emerges of proposed Four Corners base in Bali
Parody: More evidence has emerged that the ABC terrorist network believed to have been behind the propaganda in Australia has tried to set up a long-term base in Bali.

Australian Terror cell here long before Bali
The Australian terrorist Captain Cook infiltrated Australia years before the Bali bombings in which 202 people perished. Aboriginal people attempted to remember Captain Cook not as a founding father but as a harbinger of dispossession and death, a sign of white amnesia. Another anniversary year-used to mark two hundred years since Cook had journeyed along the east coast of Australia and, for some people, discovered a continent.

NSW police confirm don't use the phone to talk about terrorism!
The New South Wales Police Service has confirmed it is using phone taps and other forms of electronic surveillance to monitor suspected terrorist activity [ ? To monitor potential scapegoats for the Coalition of the Killing's illegal and degrading resource wars in the Middle East.]

Australia: Terrorising you in secret
Suspected terrorists [scapegoats and patsies for the Coalition of the Killing's resource wars in the Middle East] will be tried in secret under new laws to be introduced by the Federal Government.

NSW Police Force may get 'special powers'
Civil libertarians are questioning the need for further anti-terrorism laws, which will be announced in the New South Wales Parliament on Tuesday.

Evidence that Howard was complicit in CIA, false flag, call to arms, Bali bombings War criminal John Howard was complicit in the call to arms - false flag operation - Bali bombings - instigated by the CIA - and the Coalition of the Killing - to bolster support - and quell dissent for their illegal and degrading resource wars in the Middle East.

War criminal Howard high-jacks HRCA to 'legitimise killing'
The Human Rights Council of Australia (HRCA) says it fears Prime Minister John Howard's comments in support of the execution of [CIA operative] Osama bin Laden show his eagerness to overturn three decades of national opposition to the death penalty.

State terror units caused the terror!
The level of suspicion and surveillance created by the [US false flag operation and call to arms] Bali bombings, created by [ the Coalition of the Killing and Australian's complicity to go to war on Iraq] means that all Australian's suffer the loss of their human rights, civil rights and their democratic rights, as well as those Australian's who lost their life in Bali.

Al-Qa'ida or poor people without hope?
Anyone contemplating war without a UN sanction is nothing more than a common criminal and not acting in accordance with the law. Isn't Richardson the head of ASIO? A law enforcement agency? Al-Qa'ida is a Coalition of the Killing demon made up by the CIA. These people are just scapegoats, patsies, and peasants."

Red paper classes Australia as terrorist suspects
Australia's old foreign policy red paper says Australians have become targets because their own government is being run by war criminals that are complicit in state terror, torture, murder, occupation and genocide.

Australia backs CIA Reichstag, Downer's propaganda
The Foreign Affairs Minister says the latest message from Osama bin Laden is worrying. [Just plain rubbish!]

UK Reid, Blair and the reichstag London threat!
The nature of the [alleged] terrorist threat to London is on the scale of the [USA false flag] September 11 attacks in the United States, the chairman of Britain's governing Labour Party said.

Bin Laden calls? CIA blind man's bluff!
A [US propaganda, fear-mongering] taped message purportedly from Osama bin Laden has warned Arab nations against supporting a war against Iraq but has branded Saddam Hussein an infidel.

Middle Eastern: Specific Legislation
"If there is a target person the police would have powers in relation to that type of person," Mr Costa said. Asked what he meant by "type of person", Mr Costa said: "The example that's been given is if there's a description of somebody, an identikit photograph released by Interpol or other agencies ... these powers may well be exercised on that type of person."

Howard defends terror alert
Prime Minister John Howard says the Federal Government would not have issued a terror alert if it had not come from a credible source. (America?) Speaking for the first time since the Government revealed the warning, Mr Howard says he wants people to be more careful, but not to stop living. [As long as they don't go dancing in Bali? And sure we'll all be depressed for as long as John Howard and Bob Carr say so.]

Carr backs Fed Govt's terror alert
New South Wales Premier Bob Carr has defended the Federal Government's decision to issue a warning to Australians about a possible terrorist attack in Australia.

NSW Police Force may get 'special powers'
Civil libertarians are questioning the need for further anti-terrorism laws, which will be announced in the New South Wales Parliament on Tuesday.

When Johnny comes marching home again: 'hoorah hoorah'
Posted on the Resistance web page Bronwyn Powell, an organiser of the youth-led mobilisation told Green Left weekly that "in the face of attacks on civil liberties, it is unfortunate that some union officials have felt they need to submit. It could set a negative precedent for upholding the hard-won right to demonstrate in the street."

Give peace a chance
PIERS AKERMAN DT 28 Nov 02: JUSTICE John Dowd should be removed from the bench. His crime? Stupidity. In a breath-taking display of hand-wringing sanctimonious morality, Dowd has condemned the State and Federal Governments' anti-terrorism measures, claiming they erode rights and give encouragement to oppressive regimes.

The scavengers of terror
The NSW Government is to introduce increased police powers bill. Legislation giving New South Wales police special powers to deal with an emergency terrorist situation [emergency scapegoat situation] will be introduced into the New South Wales Parliament today.

Greens move to end prayers in NSW Parliament but do they just need confession?

The New South Wales Greens are seeking to remove Christian prayers [religious bondage] from being read at the beginning of each day the state's Parliament sits.

In any case Parliament just needs a confessional box. What is politically correct for confession? At the moment, spin. Perhaps what we need is to spin a winner?

Perhaps leaders who are sincere, and prepared to lead by example, instead of telling lies would be a great start?

The motion will be introduced and debated today at the start of this year's final session, which could be this years final confession.

Greens MP Lee Rhiannon says there are increasing numbers of New South Wales residents who do not support the Christian faith, and Parliament should reflect it.

Updated Links 2009

THE EMPIRE OF "THE CITY" (World Superstate) part 1

THE EMPIRE OF "THE CITY" (World Superstate) part 2

Instead Parliament reflects lies and that's the devil talking to our children and what's worse, they expect our children to believe them, and because no one does anything, then they continually allow them to lie, not just to us but to our children.

So what are the children going to do now? Lie because it is politically correct?

Ms Riannon says a non-denominational prayer would be more appropriate. "Parliament should represent all the people of New South Wales and that cannot be achieved while we have a narrow-based Christian prayer," she said.

"All people, irrespective of their belief system, have a right to be recognised and included in the parliamentary processes."

[Actually we'd all be better off without religious bondage. Having a mentor that leads by some form of example is fine but the 'Universe' is the highest power because mentors can be changed from time to time depending on how they lead.]

Friedrich Nietzsche and his philosophy of the Superman "When God died he left a little bit of himself in everybody." Now what do you want to be?

In essence the prayer is actually the same for everyone reaching for a higher power. Yes higher than Bob Carr, John Howard or George Bush.

The thought that Bob Carr, John Howard or George Bush are the highest power is overwhelming to most New South Wales residents. So if it is not God we prayed to then who? The Universe the highest power.

The Greeks say if you don't tell the truth you just disappear. Or do the liars just disappear? How can we get parliaments in Australia to tell the truth, and go to confession?

NSW Parliament Bitter Pills To Swallow?

One delusion pill: So people who investigate their own mistakes make sure there was no mistake or someone else made the mistake. Perhaps you're not biased and you will be honest about it.

By The Universe 2 September 03

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Watchdogs slaughtered in NSW
On Tuesday the Carr Government reduced transparency and accountability yet again and New South Wales is in danger of becoming entrenched with cronyism and intimidations with the Carr Labor Government that continues to slaughter the watchdogs.

Australia: The ruling class, capitalism and de-valuing the scholar
Ruling class "values" are different from working class "values" even more so now we are into full-blown capitalism where the wealthy multinationals influence the ruling class to the detriment of the general community. Zero Tolerance is an example.

NSW PRISON CORRUPTION AT THE HRMU
Just lies! Powerful prisoners don't exist at the HRMU because of the security of the prison. [A Powerful prisoner in a box withing a box with no fresh air or sunlight?]

Weak NSW Government suspends Innocence Panel
The DNA evidence panel is under investigation and the New South Wales Innocence Panel's operations have been suspended and a review of how it works ordered.

Children in Baxter Detention Centre: Tell me a fable...
Opponents vow to fight yesterday's Family Court ruling against the release of five children from South Australia's Baxter detention centre has strengthened the resolve of groups fighting the Federal Government's policy of detaining child asylum seekers.

O'Shane blasts constitution
Controversial New South Wales magistrate Pat O'shane has described the Australian Constitution as flawed and grossly inappropriate.

When the towns criers rang the bell!
THEY scaled the walls of the Sydney Opera House, sent a strong message to the people of Australia, with their "No War" message and reinforced the will of the people.

School Curriculum needs balance? Life Skills and Academic Skills go hand in hand man Colin you need to be the students friends not their judge. Only when you can invite the students into the decision making process will you get an obligation by them to change their behaviour, because you Colin could lead by example and not by power.

Innocent until proven guilty
Presumption of innocence. A hallowed principle of criminal law to the effect that the government has the burden of proving every element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt and that the defendant has no burden to prove his innocence. It arises at the first stage of the criminal process but it is not a true presumption because the defendant is not required to come forward with proof of his innocence once evidence of guilt is introduced to avoid a directed verdict of guilty.

Retrospective Laws: Mesmerised like a chook syndrome
What is it? This chook syndrome. Perhaps it is when we allow 800-year-old rule of law to diminish for a dictator like Bob Carr.

Australia: Terrorising you in secret
Suspected terrorists [scapegoats and patsies for the Coalition of the Killing's resource wars in the Middle East] will be tried in secret under new laws to be introduced by the Federal Government.

Evidence that Howard was complicit in CIA, false flag, call to arms, Bali bombings War criminal John Howard was complicit in the call to arms - false flag operation - Bali bombings - instigated by the CIA - and the Coalition of the Killing - to bolster support - and quell dissent for their illegal and degrading resource wars in the Middle East.

Civil Liberties Council slams NSW law and order fight
The Civil Liberties Council says the law and order fight in New South Wales is an indictment on both the major parties. Spokesman Cameron Murphy says the State is already one of the toughest in the area of criminal justice in the world. He says the tightening of bail laws will only add to the number of people in jail.

War criminal Howard high-jacks HRCA to 'legitimise killing'
The Human Rights Council of Australia (HRCA) says it fears Prime Minister John Howard's comments in support of the execution of [CIA operative] Osama bin Laden show his eagerness to overturn three decades of national opposition to the death penalty.

Red paper classes Australia as terrorist suspects
Australia's old foreign policy red paper says Australians have become targets because their own government is being run by war criminals that are complicit in state terror, torture, murder, occupation and genocide.

Abolition of 800 year old double jeopardy law a crime
The New South Wales Opposition has described a decision by the State Government to abolish the double jeopardy law as a political stunt.

NSW education professor warns further commitment needed
The author of a report on the New South Wales education system has urged the major political parties to do more for education in the election campaign.

NSW A-G moves to stop criminals and ex-criminals selling stories
From next month criminals or ex-criminals who try to profit (earn a living for paid work, like writing a book etc..) from their crimes in New South Wales will have the proceeds confiscated.

Fiona Stanley, the children's crusader
It is all about prevention. As Fiona Stanley sees it, with one in five Australian teenagers experiencing significant mental health problems, there are just not enough treatment services to cope with the demand.

Parents call for feedback on social skills
Parents are calling for the same level of feedback on their children's social development as on their academic progress, according to a national survey.

RESTORING TRUE JUSTICE:
Australian prisons are fast becoming the new asylums of the third millennium. The prison industry is booming, while Australia spends far less on mental health services than similar countries.

The scavengers of terror
The NSW Government is to introduce increased police powers bill. Legislation giving New South Wales police special powers to deal with an emergency terrorist situation [emergency scapegoat situation] will be introduced into the New South Wales Parliament today.

Middle Eastern: Specific Legislation
"If there is a target person the police would have powers in relation to that type of person," Mr Costa said. Asked what he meant by "type of person", Mr Costa said: "The example that's been given is if there's a description of somebody, an identikit photograph released by Interpol or other agencies ... these powers may well be exercised on that type of person."

NSW Police Force may get 'special powers'
Civil libertarians are questioning the need for further anti-terrorism laws, which will be announced in the New South Wales Parliament on Tuesday.

The punishment: Is the 'crime'
The punishment is the crime according to retired chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia Justice Alistair Nicholson. "Smacking a child ought to be seen as assault".

The Seed
Respect, you only get out what you have put in. What about Life Skills, Communication and Conflict Resolution. Evolution, perhaps some children and adults miss the whole or part of the course. I did, and so how surprised do you think I was when I realised my parents missed the course as well. Things like Compromise, Win Win, Empathy, and Love. Invisible energy and other skills like public speaking, how to Relate, Assuming, Blaming, Forgiveness, Freedom and Discrimination. This is how I learned respect. If you don't know what it is then how do you relate?