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Australia Day: Fury Follows Aboriginal Tent Embassy Protest
Australia Day ceremonies are usually the dullest of events. But not when Australia’s political leaders are together just walking distance from a gathering at the contentious Aboriginal Tent Embassy. Kevin Rennie reports.
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Malaysia-Australia Refugee Swap Deal Criticised 15 August 2011
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Australia: Malaysia No Solution to ‘Boat People' Politics 11 August 2011
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Syria: World Cities Rally Against and For Bashar 11 August 2011
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World: Share Your Life With the World on 11-11-11 11 August 2011
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Australia: Regime Change Rupert Murdoch Style 16 July 2011
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11 January 2012
Australia: Politician Sprayed over Migrant Deodorant “Dog-Whistle”
Teresa Gambaro, a Federal Member of the Australian Parliament, called for immigrants on work visas to be taught ‘social norms’ such as the use of deodorants and waiting in orderly queues. Netizens 'sprayed' the web with comments about the issue.
9 January 2012
COP17: Young Trackers Share Final Thoughts on Climate Change Talks
Adopt a Negotiator Project trackers updated their blogs daily during the two weeks of climate change talks at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, COP17, held from November 28 to December 9, 2011, in South Africa. In this post we share some of their conclusions.
18 November 2011
Australia: Obama Charm Offensive Not Everyone's Cup Of Tea
Global Voices author Kevin Rennie gathers news reports, blog reactions, and Twitter comments on the recent visit of United States President Barack Obama to Australia.
14 November 2011
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28 June 2011
Lebanon: Bloggers Fight Negative ‘Looks Like Beirut' Jibe
We've all heard it before. Perhaps at the glance of an untidy bedroom, or even on a television sitcom, the ‘looks like Beirut' jibe has widely become a common phrase to denote a chaotic mess. A Twitter and blogger stir was caused last week when a headline in Australia's The Age newspaper invoked the infamous phrase.
There was the floods of 2009 and I hear lots of donations from Foreign countires and our Fiji Governemnt came..had...
Someone earlier said this rain worst in the 300 years...I woluld like to know who has been keeping a record...