Nuclear dump no different to a mine: Ferguson

Nuclear dump no different to a mine: Ferguson

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Friday, July 10, 2009

The federal Resources Minister, Martin Ferguson, says the Commonwealth will not be rushed into choosing a site for a low level nuclear waste storage facility.

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Murdoch press ‘hacked phones, paid victims’ ABC News Article link.

Murdoch press ‘hacked phones, paid victims’

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Britain’s Guardian newspaper says it has uncovered a trail of so-called phone hacks done by or on behalf of Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid The News of the World, involving the phones of up to 3,000 people.

Former deputy prime minister John Prescott was one of those whose phones were reportedly hacked, and he is furious.
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Join Greenpeace as we let the G8 Summit know that peace, social justice and the planet are more important than Governments or Corporations

I struggled to get the hyperlink here so I’ve pasted the full message below to allow you to be heard at G8 and help other bloggers do the same.

Hello bloggers! As the leaders of the world’s most powerful nations arrived at the G8 Summit today, over 100 Greenpeace activists from around the world have occupied four coal-fired power stations across Italy, demanding the G8 Heads of State take leadership on climate change. You can follow all the action here. We need your help to get the story out! 1) Please post about our actions on your blog adding a hyperlink towww.greenpeace.org/G8action 2) Add the twitter feed in your blog using this code (you can adjust the size easily to fit your blog): <iframe src='http://embed.scribblelive.com/5/6/4/2/' width='430' height='850' frameborder='0' style='border: 1px solid #000'></iframe> 3) Tweet using these tags #G8 #climateaction and this short URL http://bit.ly/zjJqL Thanks! Giona and Lisa @Greenpeace P.S Don’t forgot to tag your blog with our usual tag: greenpeacebuzz, you

Domain bids start internet porn row | Australian IT

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Domain bids start internet porn row

Andrew Colley | July 07, 2009 |from The Australian

A BIDDING war for the rights to operate adult-theme generic top-level domains (GTLDs) is expected to stir debate over internet red light districts.

The world’s peak internet regulator rejected a US internet name registry’s proposal to establish one such district under the top-level domain .xxx in May 2006 after it attracted protests by both porn industry groups and Christian lobbyists.

But Australia’s top-level-domain registry operator AusRegistry has confirmed it has been approached by several parties seeking support for bids to register several adult-themed GTLDs, including .xxx, when the peak names regulator starts accepting them next February.

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Dead twins’ mother depressed ABC News Article link.

Dead twins’ mother depressed: reports

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Police investigating the murder of twin babies in Perth have been told their mother suffered from postnatal depression.

Rita Ariyaratnam was found unconscious alongside her seven-month-old twins, Sophie and Lachlan, in the family’s home at Cloverdale, in Perth’s east, yesterday afternoon.

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PWC Mental Health Survey

The two further workshops are as follows.
CAMHS Consumers and Carers on Monday 20/7/09 Citywest Lotteries House, 2 Delhi St West Perth. 10-12.00
CALD Consumers and Carers Tuesday 21/7/09 Same address. 13.00-15.00

Register at mentalhealthsurvey@au.pwc.com or call 9238 3126.

Cheers
Ken Steele

Major mental health survey in Perth, join us on 6PR.com.au

Mental health advocate Carolyn Fisher will take your questions live as a survey is taken on what to do about the crisis in mental health services in Western Australia.

From  Midnight local time( 1600 UTC/GMT ) join us by calling (8) 92211 882 or tweet/email your number and we’ll call back twitter @perthtones, email serve.tony@gmail.com

click the link below to have your say in the official survey.

HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE FUTURE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN WA * DEADLINE * 24 July 2009.

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Good news Video/TV from Israel and Palestine – Australian football turns enemies & strangers into team-mates and friends

I just caught the end of this Doco in today’s broadcast and am pleased to say it will air again on July 7 on Channel Ten.

I know 6PR fiends, Tony, Toni, Vincent and Joel will be interested – hi

visit the movie’s page at screenaustralia, click here

Channel Ten will air the doco again on July 7,

see here for details.

done

This is the inspirational story of Israeli and Palestinian youths who unite over the game of Australian football.

Tackling Peace goes behind the scenes as young men from different sides of a bloody political war set aside a lifetime of prejudice and hostility to compete as a team in the Australian Football League’s International Cup.

Few of the aspirant players had ever heard of the game and none imagined befriending teammates from across the political divide.

The brainchild of Sydney-based footy mum Tanya Oziel, the Peace Team is an initiative of the not-for-profit Peres Center for Peace, which works towards peace in the Middle East.

http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/showcases/tacklingpeace/

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Facebook, Twitter in new bushfire policy

Friday, July 3, 2009

By Simon Lauder for PM

The Victorian Government has jumped the gun on recommendations from the Bushfires Royal Commission and announced what it says are key changes to improve bushfire safety.

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This weekend on 6pr.com.au overnight July 4,5 2009 noon New York time, midnight in Perth. 6 hrs of live talk

My Twitter is @perthtones follow me for links to amazing folk and info

I’m looking forward to the show ( click here to listen and click “listen live” button), with listener Bev coming to help with the phones and Peta                              ( @miss_peetie on twitter ) as our live guest.

Our good friends in Kansas City Amy ( @abeeliever on twitter ) will be listening in and mayjoin in by phone after her epic walk in Chicago last weekend to raise awareness of suicide prevention. ( see Amy’s blog  unavitabella.wordpress.com )

Randy ( @scooprandell ) and Susanne ( @bydezin ) are likely to be listening in from Independence VA and Phoenix Az.

A shoutout too to activist friends like Susanne @susanneure of Amnesty in Canada.

A special hello too, to friends in the Middle East, more than 70 followers form Iran. My message remains the same, lift the voices of the moderates on all sides and deny oxygen the extremists on all sides. If the peaceful majority stay silent the angry men of all races hold the field.

I’ve had several people here in Perth and in the US contact me recently with loved ones close to the end of their tether because of mentall inllness, poverty and loneliness.

Having been in the state nine years ago, I know there’s no magic pill, no wand to wave and no affirmation strong enough  to make it all better.

here’s some very helpful (free) audio that can help calm and resettle the troubled mind

Relax and destress with Guided imagery meditation – it’s free, it works and it’s fun to make your own

But we CAN SURVIVE, I have, Amy has and you or your loved one can too. Join me here in fututre and on air as we collect tips from people who’ve battled illness on how they got through and how to navigate the health system, bureacracy and legal problems.

My first tip for those in mental ( and often with accompanying physical ) pain is to use breathing and mind calming for panic and re-centring to just get through.

When you get through use at least some of your “well” time to do things that sustain you in terms of social contact, physical exercise, sunshine and decent food.

Relax and destress with Guided imagery meditation – it’s free, it works and it’s fun to make your own

When you do hit speed bumps in future, the seemingly unnecessary meditation or other good things you’ve done will reduce the severity and duration of future illnesses.

There are major challenges for us all in reducing the suicide rate and the suffering from mental illness.

Step 1 support those who are very ill as they just get through the day/night

Step 2 check with peers and support groups for first hand advice on the best help available.

Please join me on air by calling +61 8 92211882 or tweet me at @perthtones with your number so I can call you back.

Please check back here and at mentalmedia.wordpress.com as I and others build resourcress and an advocacy base that is by and for ” mental health consumers”  ( I hate that term – the real consumers are the so-called health service providors who actuall get the tax money )

Tomorrow’s show is important, Mental health advocate Carolyn Fisher will take your questions live as a survey is taken on what to do about the crisis in mental health services in Western Australia.

click the link below before July 7 to have your say.

HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE FUTURE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN WA * DEADLINE * 10 July 2009.

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NYTimes: Journalism Rules Are Bent in News Coverage From Iran

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Journalism Rules Are Bent in News Coverage From Iran

By BRIAN STELTER NYTimes

Published: 29 June 2009

“Check the source” may be the first rule of journalism.

But in the coverage of the protests in Iran this month, some news organizations have adopted a different stance: publish first, ask questions later.

If you still don’t know the answer, ask your readers.

News organizations that would reject using cellphone videos or Twitter reports are forced to rely on them as an information source….

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/media/29coverage.html

Get The New York Times on your iPhone for free by visiting http://nytimes.com/iphoneinstaller

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I’m interested in hearing from twitter people who’ve seen, posted, RTd material for and from Iran – what’s been effective, what’s been dangerous.

You may also wish to comment on plans to sanction nokia-siemens over supplying specialised web monitoring software to Iranian authorities.

I’m not sure about that one.

If it’s OK for western Governments to monitor and filter, why not Iran’s “elected” officials.

Please leave a comment

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Tehran orders probe of ’suspicious’ Neda death ABC News Article link.

Tehran orders probe of ’suspicious’ Neda death

Monday, June 29, 2009

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for a judicial probe into the “suspicious” death of a young Iranian woman who has become an icon of opposition protests against his re-election.

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Mr Ahmadinejad sent a letter to judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi requesting a serious investigation to help identify “the elements” behind this month’s killing of Neda Agha-Soltan.

The president accused foreign media of using the case for propaganda purposes.

He also suggested that the opposition and Iran’s enemies abroad aimed to misuse it “for their own political aims and also to distort the pure and clean image of the Islamic Republic in the world”.

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The Technology Keeping Information Flowing in Iran

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Australia wimps out on Plastic bags ABC News Article link.

Cleanup Australia chief laments lack of action on banning deadly bags, especially when voters clearly support bans.


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French Polynesia court dismisses nuclear compensation claims ABC News Article link.

French Polynesia court dismisses nuclear compensation claims

Friday, June 26, 2009

By Pacific correspondent Campbell Cooney

A court in French Polynesia has dismissed nearly half the nuclear compensation claims it is hearing from former workers on Mururoa Atoll.

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for Amy, Nora and all who’ll be in Chicago this weekend in the Overnight Walk for suicide prevention – see theovernight.org and support these people please

http://www.theovernight.org/

Gerry & The Pacemakers – You’ll Never Walk Alone

click here for an interview with Amy Kiel on surviving clinical depression and living with chronic pain – Amy is amazing.

Please follow Amy on twitter @abeeliever and fellow walker Nora @noralmt as they walk to remember those who died and reduce the death toll from PREVENTABLE/TREATABLE mental illness.

Amy Kiel @Abeeliever

A major way we can all help is to reduce the deadly stigma surrounding mental illness – you can do that by supporting brave people like Amy who take huge risks to speak up about their experence.

Bush Adviser: Twitter Deserves Nobel Peace Prize For Iran. Huffington video

Via TVNewser comes this video of President George W. Bush’s former deputy national security adviser, Mark Pfeifle, offering his opinion on matters pertaining to the aftermath of the Iranian election. In general, Pfeifle gives a great overview and seems generally to support the notion that the administration needs to avoid having “the U.S. or the West become the talking point for the Iranian regime, saying they are trying to do a coup.” But his next point was, to my mind, a stretch:

Bush Adviser: Twitter Deserves Nobel Peace Prize For Iran

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A third of whales slaughtered by Japanese whalers last year were pregnant

By Malcolm Holland

A THIRD of the whales harpooned by Japan in the Antarctic last summer were pregnant, it was claimed yesterday.
click here for the full story from The Daily Telegraph
Conservation group Humane Society International (HSI) said Japan’s own figures, revealed in secret documents discovered at the International Whaling Commission meeting being held this week, showed the “true, disgusting nature” of the country’s whale hunting.

Japan’s annual hunt, which it claims is a scientific study, took a horrific toll on female whales, the HSI said.

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Australians are racist, say Australians | News.com.au

Racism … youths bash a man in a train during the Cronulla riots / Craig Greenhill

• 16,000 Australians surveyed
• 85 per cent acknowledge racism exists
• One in five victim of racist abuse
• The Punch: Burqa is misogynist

AUSTRALIANS are in two minds about multiculturalism, a long-term survey has found.

They believe cultural diversity is good for the country but they’re worried that cultural differences will stop everyone from getting along.

An 11-year study by a collaboration of Australian universities has found 85 per cent of Australians acknowledge racial prejudice occurs in the nation and one in five has been a victim of racist verbal abuse.

The study found that 6.5 per cent of the 16,000 Australians surveyed were against multiculturalism.

FULL ARTICLE here http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25683575-2,00.html?from=public_rss

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Warning of ‘many deaths’ from swine flu in Indigenous communities ABC News Article link.

Warning of ‘many deaths’ in Indigenous communities

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The Australian Medical Association is warning there will be “many deaths” in remote Indigenous communities if governments do not take a more proactive approach to dealing with swine flu.

Concerns have been raised as the number of cases in the Northern Territory jumped to 78 overnight – the highest rate per capita of any state or territory in Australia.

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Australian Greens push for review of anti-terrorism laws

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Greens move to dump extreme Anti-Terrorism laws

Media Release | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam

Tuesday 23rd June 2009, 11:41am

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Greens Senator Scott Ludlam will move to repeal the most extreme aspects of Australia’s anti-terrorism laws, when he introduces a Private Senators Bill today.

“Australia’s Anti-Terrorism laws were rammed through Parliament in haste, by former Prime Minister John Howard. As a result mistakes were made – some aspects of the laws are extreme and undermine the human rights of all Australians,” said the Greens’ Attorneys General Spokesperson, Senator Scott Ludlam.

“Definitions within Australia’s anti-terrorism laws are so vague we all have cause for alarm and innocents can be caught in the cross-fire. For instance, you can be convicted for “recklessly possessing a thing” whatever that may be, or expressing political dissent. You can be questioned and detained for prolonged periods without charge and your right to a lawyer is compromised by complicated security clearances. My Anti-Terrorism Laws Reform Bill 2009 will repeal these anti-democratic measures.”

“My Bill provides Prime Minister Kevin Rudd with a historic opportunity to break with the past and follow US President Barrack Obama’s lead in rejecting what he calls ‘the false choice between our democratic values and our security.’ Mr Rudd should follow President Obama’s lead in showing we don’t need to trash democratic principles, in order to save them.”

The Government will announce an independent review of the anti-terrorism laws later this week, but Senator Ludlam says there are some aspects of the laws that should be repealed straight away:

“We don’t need an independent reviewer to tell us that some of our anti-terrorism laws are anti-democratic and need to be repealed. In this Bill, the Greens have identified laws that are so out of step with Australia’s democratic principles that they should be repealed at once. There’s no need to waste the Reviewer’s time on measurers that we know have no place in a democracy,” said Senator Ludlam.

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ABC news coverage Greens push for review of anti-terrorism laws

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Greens Senator Scott Ludlam is pushing for a change to Australia’s anti-terrorism legislation introduced by the Howard government.

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Europe to ‘hunt more whales than Japan’. ABC News Article link.

Europe to ‘hunt more whales than Japan’

Monday, June 22, 2009

By Meredith Griffiths for The World Today

Japan’s so-called scientific whaling program is again expected to be the focus of the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) that starts today in Portugal.

But it appears that this year European countries may end up killing more whales than Japan.

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Voices from Iran – ABC News Article link.,

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Monday, June 22, 2009

By Alec Robinson

In October 2008 ABC News reporter Alec Robinson travelled around Iran as a tourist.

Young Iranians told stories of their friends ‘disappearing’ for trying to organise protests against the Government, and of family members being jailed or tortured to death for expressing a political opinion.

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Sea Shepherd captain arrested in Portugal – ABCnews

Sea Shepherd captain arrested in Portugal

Monday, June 22, 2009

The captain of the anti-whaling ship, the Steve Irwin, has been arrested in Portugal on an outstanding 30-year-old arrest warrant.

Paul Watson was arrested at Madiera airport as he arrived for this week’s meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Portugal.

The Australian director of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Jeff Hansen, says Mr Watson was released after four hours of questioning.

“This warrant was actually issued back in 1980, which was in response to Sea Shepherd ramming and later scuttling the pirate whaler the Sierra,” he said.

“Then Paul had lengthy discussions with the police in northern Portugal and they determined that the warrant had actually expired in 2008 so there was no valid reason for them to hold him.”

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Iran conflict dominates twitter – tweeters send advice and warnings to protestors

The coverage of the Iran conflict has been dominating twitter overnight in some amazing ways.

The symbolic help to the opposition comes in a green tinge appearing in avatars/icons to focus attention on Iran.

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There are tweets that show a range of coverage from east and west, warnings from the west on activities of Iran’s secret police, the Basij and more…  a sample of those is posted below. Tweeters are also sharing information on how to avoid exposing people inside Iran as they support and inform them.

See also the “related stories” list below.

Show support for democracy in Iran add green overlay to your Twitter avatar with 1-click – http://helpiranelection.com/

RT : FIRST AID INFO IN FARSI : مشکل پزشکي http://gr88.tumblr.com/ #IranElection #GR88 #iranelections #iranelection #tehran

Basij are marking doors to attack later. Use petrol to remove marks. RT! #IranElection #tehran #gr88

CNN’s Don Lemon showing video of helicopters dropping “liquids” on HUMANS in Iran. #iranelctions @iran9 #gr88

iran police beating woman (and car). why does their gear say ‘police’ in english??? http://bit.ly/XZTuZ

MANY RT The Iran army has put their Tanks into Azadi Square!! Please share the news!! #Tehran #iranelection #IranFreedom

Mashable: Iran Election Crisis: 10 Incredible YouTube Videos http://twurl.nl/sk0b5d #IranElection

I wish freedom for the people of Iran and support free and fair elections.

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HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE FUTURE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN WA * DEADLINE EXTENDED * 24 July 2009.

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HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE

FUTURE OF MENTAL HEALTH

SERVICES IN WA

Price Waterhouse Cooper is preparing a strategic plan for improving the future delivery of mental health services across the continuum of care, fromprevention and promotion through to acute and recovery services.

This project will provide an agreed overarching policy framework to
guide mental health service reform in Western Australia.

As outlined in the Government’s election commitment, this project
will undertake a comprehensive review of services; develop the State
Mental Health Policy; and develop the State Mental Health Strategic
Plan 2010-2020.

How can we improve mental health services?

Individuals and organisations are invited to provide input into the development of the State Mental Health Strategic Plan 2010-2020 by completing an online submission at www.pwc.com/au/mentalhealthsurvey

The purpose is to find out the priority areas to improve future services for people with mental health problems and promote the mental health of all West Australians.

Are you a mental health consumer or carer?

We would like to find out how well the service meets the needs of
mental health consumers, and their families and carers through an
online survey and a number of consumer and carer workshops.
Please visit www.pwc.com/au/mentalhealthsurvey to complete
the survey.

To register your interest in the consumer and carer workshops, email
your name and contact details to mentalhealthsurvey@au.pwc.com
The online submissions and consumer and carer feedback will be open until 10 July 2009.

More details about the project are at
www.pwc.com/au/mentalhealthsurvey
For any inquiries, please contact
mentalhealthsurvey@au.pwc.com

We look forward to your participation in
this important project.   © Department of Health 2009

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From TED: Making history on Twitter – tweets from Iran

Week of June 19, 2009 This week: Making history on Twitter While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). This is the first talk from TED@State, produced in cooperation with the US State Department. Watch this talk >> PLUS: Read Chris Anderson’s Q&A with Clay Shirky about Twitter in Iran >> Jane Poynter tells her story of living two years and 20 minutes in Biosphere 2

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Heads of state agree climate saving deal

Greetings! Have you read the the International Herald Tribune? I wanted to make sure that you took a look at this very special edition – even if you aren’t a regular reader. It has some great headlines, including: ‘Sarkozy: Nuclear is dead‘, ‘Heads of state agree historic climate-saving deal‘, and the one that really caught my eye: ‘Atmosphere named World Heritage Site‘. About bloody time!

14,000 clean, green jobs not backwards-looking buffoonery

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