Hello all. Well the roll out of the Australian Centre for Democracy and Justice continues, this time with the launch of our blog. please take the time to have a look at the newest MobBlog on the web - the Australian Centre for Democracy and Justice’s Blog:
http://www.democracyandjustice.org/blog
Any links from other sites are quite welcome […]

It’s finally upon us - the launch of Australia’s newest global justice organisation: The Australian Centre for Democracy and Justice.
Please join myself and my fellow directors at our launch party, and don’t forget our web page: democracyandjustice.org

Today it’s my best friend’s birthday. So I’d like to take the opportunity to say: Happy Birthday Theo!!!
We’ve been best friends since we were 4 and I love him just as much as ever - hell, maybe even more.
I’d also like to wish my parents a very happy wedding anniversary. I love you […]

Over at George Monbiot’s site he makes a few very interesting comments. The one I most enjoyed was:
Climate change reverses [Adam] Smith’s central dictum: that “by pursuing his own interest [a man] frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it.” Now the interests of global society […]

Today is the National Day of Healing. I’d like to take this opportunity to pay my respects to the traditional owners of this land and their ancestors, particularly the Wurundjeri people, whose land I live on.
Today is a day to reflect on the injustices non-indigenous Australians have caused indigenous Australians, particularly with regards to […]

Ok, so I come accross Time magazine’s 100 best films of all time. So I send my favorite film buff, Avi, this list expecting some wanky, “I’m a great film lover so all films are crap except for Reservoir Dogs and some obscure French film that most French people don’t even know about.”
At first […]

Victoria’s Alpine National Park will soon be free of cattle grazers.
The case for this is quite straight forward. It creates an unacceptable level of environmental degradation. Case closed. I do wonder if it is an unsustainable level of environmental harm. However this is one for the experts and the Victorian Government […]

Bolt is an easy target. Still BoltWatch is making me chuckle.

Also in The Age today, Peter Cullen has come out and said that we have to stop just “throwing money” at farmers who are farming in regions that are unsustainable.
I though Cullen’s comment that “We need to work out how to get them off the land with dignity” showed an unusual level of sensitivity for […]

The Age today reported:
Vital information on corruption in the Victoria Police is being withheld from investigators because of a Federal Government ruling restricting the use of phone taps.
Senior police have decided not to pass on any intelligence to Victoria’s recently created independent Office of Police Integrity if the information has been gathered through phone taps.
The […]