For those of you interested in my Australian Centre for Democracy and Justice activities, it’s all up and going again in a big way.
Check out our latest newsletter with all the details here: http://democracyandjustice.org/content/view/98/53/

As someone who is just about to start looking for a rental property again thisscares the hell out of me:
MELBOURNE’S rental property drought has hit crisis levels after last month’s vacancy rate fell below 1% for the first time on record. Rental accommodation in the central city has almost dwindled to zero.
For those wishing to [...]

I can’t help but feel that this is, in a sense, a form of activism.

I do love a good prank.

I usually save my political rants for Darkness At Noon but saint’s comment on the previous post has provoked me to do so.
I’m really anxious that Clinton will beat Obama in the candidacy race. Obama really strikes me as a once in a generation leader who has an honesty and an integrity that the world [...]

I’ve been waiting to write those words on this blog for a number of years.
Howard has gone, it looks like he has lost his own seat. Everything is as it should be - particularly if the Greens manage to hold the balance of power in the Senate.
Yeah, yeah, freaken woooooooooo!!!!!!!

In one of my other lives I work for and sit on the board of Global Trade Watch.
We have produced a film about the impacts of “free” trade in the Asia Pacific region which is well worth a watch. So come on down to the launch - it will be a blast!

Details are as follows:
This [...]

The Northern Territory Land Rights Act amendments will be introduced to the House of Representatives today.
Central to this amendment is an abolition of the permit system which forms the basis of land rights for indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory. The 1976 Northern Territory Land Rights Act was a landmark piece of legislation for Aboriginal [...]

I’ll be on 3CR (855 am) tomorrow morning at about 7:15 talking about the next ACDJ forum on Intellectual Property if anyone would like to listen.
Of course you should all come along to the actual forum as well which will be held at the Stork Hotel [504 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne], 7 pm tomorrow (Tue 17th) [...]

We require your urgent action! Below is a letter from the Rirratjingu Clan, Yirrkala in north eastern Arnhem Land, NT asking you to act against the removal of the permit system from the Northern Territory Land Rights Act. Once this is removed, land rights will be diminished for many Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory. [...]

A nice bit of community media: