Today, Australia made me proud. More than a thousand people turned up to Gosford’s March in March. A thousand people who, like me, have had enough of lies and secrecy. Of successive governments waging war on single mothers, refugees, the unemployed, the disabled, penalty rates, unions, conservationists, Muslims and all those ‘bleeding hearts’ who support […]
Society & Politics
Now you can be arrested just for peacefully protesting
Victoria just passed a new law HOLY SHIT! Victoria has just passed a law that will allow police to legally ‘move on’ peaceful protesters, and to arrest them if they fail to comply. i.e. If you’re a protester, you could be arrested if you are: causing, or likely to cause, an undue obstruction to another […]
Will clean energy cost Australia jobs?
Our government is spreading lies about clean energy Yesterday I shared an article on Google+ about how the NSW Coalition Government forced Origin Energy to spread false anti-carbon price propaganda on their power bills: One of my Google+ friends defended them If society wants clean energy, it should not punish the government at the election booth […]
Why do Australian governments ignore clean energy & the environment?
While Abbott is steadily slashing clean energy and environmental groups, and opening up our national parks to polluters, the rest of the world is really starting to get on board with clean energy and energy efficiency. And with good reason… It’s cost effective The (quite conservative) International Energy Agency (IEA) says introducing solar and wind […]
Australia’s Guantanamo Bay – 50+ refugees imprisoned by Australia, with no hope of release
Locked up, no hope of release Over the last 6 years or so, ASIO has flagged approximately 50 asylum seekers (including children) as a security risk. They’re not accused of any crime, and they haven’t been tried. They’re just locked up – some for more than 5 years already. They’re not even told why! Most are Tamils […]
This is why Abbott wants the TPP – So our corporations can bully for profit
An Australian company is bullying El Salvador Australian-owned Pacific Rim Mining is currently suing El Salvador for saying no to an open pit, cyanide-leach gold mine in the middle of one of its most pristine forests. The law-suit started in 2009, before Australia’s OceanaGold bought Pacific Rim from its original Canadian owners. But when OceanaGold took […]
Don’t read this if you want big business to control what you see on the Internet
American ISPs can now cripple data from certain sites America recently overturned its Net Neutrality laws. Now their ISPs are allowed to de-prioritise or cripple the flow of data from certain sites. For example, Comcast (America’s biggest ISP) could choose to slow down shows from Netflix (the world’s biggest streaming TV/movies provider). This would make Netflix shows unwatchable. […]
I sent a letter to my local MP. She called me a conspiracy theorist!
Last week, I sent the following letter to my local MP, Karen McNamara, Federal Member for Dobell Dear Karen, I’m appalled by the Liberal government’s treatment of asylum seekers coming to Australia by boat. I’ve detailed my concerns in this article (which has been read by more than 27,000 people in the last month): http://www.glennmurray.com.au/australia-boat-people-illegal-policy. You’ll note […]
Labor, stop mimicking Liberal. Give us a viable alternative!
Labor published this misleading infographic This morning, the Australian Labor party just published a misleading infographic on Facebook, comparing healthcare expenditure in Australia vs the US, France and Sweden: Why is it misleading? They compare the 2011-12 US figures with the 2001-2011 figures for Australia. So Australia’s figure was 0.4% lower than it should have […]
Abbott wants foreign corporations to control our laws
Do you think a foreign food corporation should be allowed to sue Australia if we label unhealthy food with its actual ingredients? Or if we ban an imported food because it contains a dangerous pesticide? Tony Abbott does. He also thinks it’s OK for foreign pharmaceutical companies to sue us if we don’t let them […]