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RDT changes are imminent
Since the Legalise Cannabis Party got members of parliament elected, I have to say it’s been a crash course in political reality for me. It’s an incredibly conservative world we sent those MPs into – another planet almost for Jeremy Buckingham, compared to his piece of hippy paradise near Bellingen where he was living. His…
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Report slams performance of post-flood programs
The NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) has begun rolling out a new series of targeted information and industry sessions to help flood-impacted residents in the Northern Rivers move from the planning phase into active construction and relocation. This comes in the wake of the NSW Auditor-General’s scathing report on the performance of the $880 million Resilient…
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Locals walk for stolen children, land and lives
Disappointed by the result of the voice to parliament, Geoff Reid decided to do something to draw attention to a sad part of indigenous history. He set out on a ‘Walk 4 Stolen Children Land and Lives’ from Ballina to Myall Creek, stopping at several massacre sites along the way. His intention was to walk…
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Labour’s fracking plans
The Minns Labor Government pressed go on their plan to bring gas fracking back to NSW at the end of April, and to try and attract Santos and friends to the table. Labor decided to reduce the cost of gas exploration licences by 98% – another government hand out to the corporate fossil fuel industry.…
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Flotilla prevented from delivering life-saving aid to Gaza
“When governments fail, we set sail” is the mantra of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which may as well also read: “When we set sail, governments fail.” Under International Humanitarian Law the Australian Government are committed to “allowing and facilitating full, safe, rapid and unhindered humanitarian access for the delivery of humanitarian assistance in accordance with…
