Australia: Nobody gains ground in latest poll
votenobody | 03.06.2007 23:16 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | London | World
"There is a momentum now heading in the direction of Nobody because Nobody does it better, sometimes I wish someone could," he said.
Nobody does it better
Nobody's lead over the Lib/Lab has widened significantly in a new opinion poll out today.
Today's Indy poll on Indymedia shows support for Nobody has risen to 67 per cent of the no-party preferred vote.
That result is a seven-point jump since last month, and is maintaining momentum as I type...and gaining strong ground.
The survey, conducted over the weekend, shows Nobody remains in an election-winning position on 53 per cent.
Indymedia Research pollster David Triggs says Nobody's primary vote is at 53 per cent.
"That is up one percentage point since May."
"So it's a very positive outcome for Nobody."
Mr Triggs says it is a catastrophe for the war criminal John Howard and his government and Labor has also been floundering.
"There is a momentum now heading in the direction of Nobody because Nobody does it better, sometimes, I wish someone could," he said.
Source:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200706/s1941178.htm
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Democratic Lost Property?
So far I've managed to note that these things are missing in our so-called "democracy." The democracy you may think you have doesn't exist in Australia today!!! We are calling for an abundance of people who don't believe in the official truth, which is a MONSTER and a lie all the days of your life, to vote for Nobody.
So Just Vote for Nobody This Federal Election. You don't live in a democracy you live in a pseudo democracy. The democracy you have when you don't have a democracy. Which is a dictatorship! You don't need a dictatorship! You're not a sheeple.
If John Howard and Kevin Rudd are a democracy then where is the Senate? COAG is not a Senate! If every time you vote you get a Labor State or Territory and a Liberal Coalition National Govt then you live in a dictatorship.
By the way what would happen with COAG if one party ruled both the National and State and Territory affairs? DICTATORSHIP. But if you consider that being a well-paid loser isn't a bad job and pays well then also consider the handshake between Lib/Lab that is a virtual one party.
If Rudd does get in because he is somehow portrayed as an alternative then I don't see it here? Bummer!
For instance:
Where is the opposition to WAR?
Where is the opposition to WAR Crimes?
Where is the opposition to Military Spending?
Where is the opposition to Draconian Laws?
Where is the opposition to Refugee Detainment?
Where is the opposition to David Hicks 5 year detention?
Where is the opposition to the AWB scandal?
Where is the opposition to Islamophobia?
Where is the opposition to Political Scapegoating?
Where is the opposition to Political Fearmongering?
Where is the opposition to Neo-Colonialism?
Where is the opposition to False Flag Operations by the CIA?
Where is the opposition to the FTA 'Investors Rights Agreement'?
Where is the opposition to HIV Discrimination?
Where is the opposition to the Privatisation of Health?
Where is the opposition to Desecrating and Ignoring Aboriginal Affairs?
Where is the opposition to Subordinating Scientific and Medical Research?
Where is the opposition to Uranium Mining?
Where is the opposition to No WorkChoices?
Where is the opposition to Not Enough Public Housing?
Where is the opposition to Not Enough Public Education Funding?
Where is the opposition to Social Services Reform?
Where is the opposition to Desperate and Disabled to Work?
Where is the opposition to 6 weeks Social Security Payments Cut Off's?
Where is the opposition to Work for the Dole instead of Getting Better Education and Skills for Better Employment Opportunities?
Where is the opposition to Rorting the Social Security System by Corporate Greed?
Vote Nobody Next Federal Election
People want things to change but when ask what they think will change it they ask for more of the same? If things are going to change then they're never going to change whilst people give validity and credibility to a totally flawed system. Federal elections are coming up and it's the same old joke as usual - a "choice" that isn't one! Instead of not voting, how about voting for Nobody?
You should vote for Nobody, because:
- Nobody keeps election promises.
- Nobody has all the answers.
- Nobody will represent you.
- Nobody will improve your community.
- Nobody has your best interests at heart.
- Nobody will make a real difference!
- A vote for Nobody is a vote for Everybody!
OK, seriously now...
It's not just about making a mockery of the farce that is "representative" democracy. It's also about producing more spoiled ballot papers with "Nobody" scrawled across them than the official winning candidate, thus undermining their "legitimacy" (as if they ever had any) to push the same old business-friendly, community-trashing policies that they always do, regardless of who gets in. But whoever wins, ordinary people always lose! Nobody will change that, so vote for Nobody next Federal Election.
VOTE NOBODY!
[VOTING IS NOT AN EXPRESSION OF POWER, BUT AN ADMISSION OF POWERLESSNESS.
WHOEVER YOU VOTE FOR, THE GOVERNMENT ALWAYS WINS. ]
NEVER MIND THE BALLOTS!
Instead of the current system of pseudo-democracy we believe in Direct democracy which is based on equal participation. In order to be free & happy, we need to run our communities, our workplaces & our own lives. Freedom is a way of organising society in which everyone has an equal say on how things are run. Freedom is about standing up for ourselves and resisting unfairness; it is about sharing resource so everyone has what they need and it’s about creating a more peaceful world where we are free from poverty, violence and war. Free people believe there are alternatives to the current political system where a minority force their decisions on a majority and where a few people hold all the power and wealth. We want accountable delegates rather than careerist politicians, shared ownership rather than private profit, human need rather than economic growth, & mutual aid rather than Investors Rights Agreements. Politicians say “vote for me!” We say VOTE NOBODY!
And start organising for ourselves!
WE’RE VOTING NOBODY BECAUSE...
”Choosing between politicians in our fake democracy is like choosing between Coke and Pepsi – they’re all the same, just with slightly different packaging” “Putting an ‘X’ in a box every 4 or 5 years is not real democracy. I’m fed up of seeing politicians forgetting about the promises they made to improve our lives once they’re in power.”
“I’m sick of accepting the least worst candidate. Every one of us deserves to have a say in the way our own lives are run. I’m voting nobody and starting to represent myself!”
“Nobody on the ballot represents me, and the very nature of the system means Nobody ever will. Nobody cares about the things we’re really passionate about, and nobody will fight for them except us”
“All politicians are liars - they’ll all keep privatizing everything and crapping on ordinary people”
Vote for Nobody for Victory and remember the Ants.....
Show them that we're not happy with the current system of unfairness this Federal Election. Help get the word out and pass this on to all your networks.
1 Ant can't act alone but in Australia 16 Million Ants can..........!
Don't Vote! It only encourages them.
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/node/50808
http://www.myspace.com/votenobody
http://www.ANARCHISMFAQ.ORG
http://www.SOUTHWALESANARCHISTS.ORG
Written and authorised by Adam Ant for the Ants...
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A vote for Nobody is a Vote for Everybody. Boycott the election because Nobody represents you! Adam Ant!
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Today's Indy poll on Indymedia shows support for Nobody has risen to 67 per cent of the no-party preferred vote.
That result is a seven-point jump since last month, and is maintaining momentum as I type...and gaining strong ground.
The survey, conducted over the weekend, shows Nobody remains in an election-winning position on 53 per cent.
Indymedia Research pollster David Triggs says Nobody's primary vote is at 53 per cent.
"That is up one percentage point since May."
"So it's a very positive outcome for Nobody."
Mr Triggs says it is a catastrophe for the war criminal John Howard and his government and Labor has also been floundering.
"There is a momentum now heading in the direction of Nobody because Nobody does it better, sometimes, I wish someone could," he said.
Source:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200706/s1941178.htm ===========================
Democratic Lost Property?
So far I've managed to note that these things are missing in our so-called "democracy." The democracy you may think you have doesn't exist in Australia today!!! We are calling for an abundance of people who don't believe in the official truth, which is a MONSTER and a lie all the days of your life, to vote for Nobody.
So Just Vote for Nobody This Federal Election. You don't live in a democracy you live in a pseudo democracy. The democracy you have when you don't have a democracy. Which is a dictatorship! You don't need a dictatorship! You're not a sheeple.
If John Howard and Kevin Rudd are a democracy then where is the Senate? COAG is not a Senate! If every time you vote you get a Labor State or Territory and a Liberal Coalition National Govt then you live in a dictatorship.
By the way what would happen with COAG if one party ruled both the National and State and Territory affairs? DICTATORSHIP. But if you consider that being a well-paid loser isn't a bad job and pays well then also consider the handshake between Lib/Lab that is a virtual one party.
If Rudd does get in because he is somehow portrayed as an alternative then I don't see it here? Bummer!
For instance:
Where is the opposition to WAR?
Where is the opposition to WAR Crimes?
Where is the opposition to Military Spending?
Where is the opposition to Draconian Laws?
Where is the opposition to Refugee Detainment?
Where is the opposition to David Hicks 5 year detention?
Where is the opposition to the AWB scandal?
Where is the opposition to Islamophobia?
Where is the opposition to Political Scapegoating?
Where is the opposition to Political Fearmongering?
Where is the opposition to Neo-Colonialism?
Where is the opposition to False Flag Operations by the CIA?
Where is the opposition to the FTA 'Investors Rights Agreement'?
Where is the opposition to HIV Discrimination?
Where is the opposition to the Privatisation of Health?
Where is the opposition to Desecrating and Ignoring Aboriginal Affairs?
Where is the opposition to Subordinating Scientific and Medical Research?
Where is the opposition to Uranium Mining?
Where is the opposition to No WorkChoices?
Where is the opposition to Not Enough Public Housing?
Where is the opposition to Not Enough Public Education Funding?
Where is the opposition to Social Services Reform?
Where is the opposition to Desperate and Disabled to Work?
Where is the opposition to 6 weeks Social Security Payments Cut Off's?
Where is the opposition to Work for the Dole instead of Getting Better Education and Skills for Better Employment Opportunities?
Where is the opposition to Rorting the Social Security System by Corporate Greed?
Vote Nobody Next Federal Election
People want things to change but when ask what they think will change it they ask for more of the same? If things are going to change then they're never going to change whilst people give validity and credibility to a totally flawed system. Federal elections are coming up and it's the same old joke as usual - a "choice" that isn't one! Instead of not voting, how about voting for Nobody?
You should vote for Nobody, because:
- Nobody keeps election promises.
- Nobody has all the answers.
- Nobody will represent you.
- Nobody will improve your community.
- Nobody has your best interests at heart.
- Nobody will make a real difference!
- A vote for Nobody is a vote for Everybody!
OK, seriously now...
It's not just about making a mockery of the farce that is "representative" democracy. It's also about producing more spoiled ballot papers with "Nobody" scrawled across them than the official winning candidate, thus undermining their "legitimacy" (as if they ever had any) to push the same old business-friendly, community-trashing policies that they always do, regardless of who gets in. But whoever wins, ordinary people always lose! Nobody will change that, so vote for Nobody next Federal Election.
VOTE NOBODY!
[VOTING IS NOT AN EXPRESSION OF POWER, BUT AN ADMISSION OF POWERLESSNESS.
WHOEVER YOU VOTE FOR, THE GOVERNMENT ALWAYS WINS. ]
NEVER MIND THE BALLOTS!
Instead of the current system of pseudo-democracy we believe in Direct democracy which is based on equal participation. In order to be free & happy, we need to run our communities, our workplaces & our own lives. Freedom is a way of organising society in which everyone has an equal say on how things are run. Freedom is about standing up for ourselves and resisting unfairness; it is about sharing resource so everyone has what they need and it’s about creating a more peaceful world where we are free from poverty, violence and war. Free people believe there are alternatives to the current political system where a minority force their decisions on a majority and where a few people hold all the power and wealth. We want accountable delegates rather than careerist politicians, shared ownership rather than private profit, human need rather than economic growth, & mutual aid rather than Investors Rights Agreements. Politicians say “vote for me!” We say VOTE NOBODY!
And start organising for ourselves!
WE’RE VOTING NOBODY BECAUSE...
”Choosing between politicians in our fake democracy is like choosing between Coke and Pepsi – they’re all the same, just with slightly different packaging” “Putting an ‘X’ in a box every 4 or 5 years is not real democracy. I’m fed up of seeing politicians forgetting about the promises they made to improve our lives once they’re in power.”
“I’m sick of accepting the least worst candidate. Every one of us deserves to have a say in the way our own lives are run. I’m voting nobody and starting to represent myself!”
“Nobody on the ballot represents me, and the very nature of the system means Nobody ever will. Nobody cares about the things we’re really passionate about, and nobody will fight for them except us”
“All politicians are liars - they’ll all keep privatizing everything and crapping on ordinary people”
Vote for Nobody for Victory and remember the Ants.....
Show them that we're not happy with the current system of unfairness this Federal Election. Help get the word out and pass this on to all your networks.
1 Ant can't act alone but in Australia 16 Million Ants can..........!
Don't Vote! It only encourages them.
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/node/50808 http://www.myspace.com/votenobody http://www.ANARCHISMFAQ.ORG http://www.SOUTHWALESANARCHISTS.ORG Written and authorised by Adam Ant for the Ants...
Related:
Community urges Howard to leave the Murray-Darling issue to the people of Australia
In just four short months after Howard announced his $10 billion water package, he is still trying to pressure Victoria to agree to the plan.
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display/58519/index.php Greens hanging on to ETU money
Federal Greens Leader Bob Brown says he will not reject a $50,000 donation offer from the Victorian branch of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU).
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/06/145783_comment.php#145827 AMA flags 'vote-changing' health issues
The new president of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) has accused Health Minister Tony Abbott of watering down serious health issues.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/06/145783_comment.php#145820 Howard warns against 'change for change's sake'?
Now if we get these decisions wrong about you and your party, and you burden the Australian community with no place to live, nothing, than ought otherwise be the case, you via us will inflict life threatening damage to all Australians and inflict great pain on all Australian lifestyles and future. So we're not going to get it wrong are we!!!
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display/58509/index.php Let's be alert about campaigns that alarm us
NOTICED anything suspicious lately? Just in time for the upcoming federal election, Help Protect Australian from Terrorism ads are reappearing on television screens and bus stops in cities all over Australia.
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/index.php Three detainees convicted over Baxter rampage
Three immigration detainees have been found guilty of charges over a rampage at Baxter detention centre in South Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1936395.htm Property investment collapse leaves $300m debt
Real estate industry watchdog Neil Jenman says "mum and dad" investors did not realise how risky the securities were.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145569_comment.php#145578 Lib/Lab might 'lose support' amid opinion poll slump
Nobody is playing down its big lead over the Lib/Lab war criminal government in the latest Indypoll.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145569_comment.php#145577 Nobody scores 20pc lead: poll
"On all the future challenges, illegal and degrading wars, crimes against humanity, torture, kidnapping, political scapegoating, draconian laws, nuclear issues, climate change, housing, education, health, skills, no work choices, ensuring our future, environment sustainability by using renewable energy, the government is really looking backwards rather than looking forwards for Australia's future," he said.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145569.php Pine Gap Trial Begins: Prosecutor Moves for House Arrest of Defendants
A politically sensitive Supreme Court trial begins this week with an extraordinary move by a Crown prosector to place four peace activists under house arrest.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145516.php Constitution doesn't guarantee justice for Indigenous people
A High Court judge has warned the Constitution does not guarantee justice and equality for Indigenous people in Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1934704.htm Nor does it for anyone else!
Ad campaign aims to attract all voters
The message from the $0 cent campaign will also be reinforced through a campaign in 1,700 social justice centres, as part of Boycott the Vote week and pass it on.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145500.php Amnesty hits Aust on refugees, women's rights, Aboriginal, Hicks, WOT
"We've seen a wave of xenophobia and racism against groups like Roma, we've seen a rise of Islamophobia and anti-semitism on the back of fear about security, about terrorism," she said.
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/index.php Poll shows 'mood for change'
A vote for Nobody is a Vote for Everybody. Boycott the election because Nobody represents you! Adam Ant!
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145276.php Australian nursing home deaths reveal chronic under-funding
One of the principal reasons for the lack of qualified or trained nursing home staff, however, is the chronic underfunding imposed by the federal government and the lack of any legislated minimum staffing requirements.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145352.php Govt ad spending to top $100m
It has been revealed the Federal Government will spend more than $100 million on the 18 advertising campaigns it is currently running.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145306_comment.php#145312 Australia: Police-state measures for APEC summit in Sydney
The APEC operation is part of a wider assault on basic democratic rights under the guise of combatting terrorism. Since 2002, the federal and state governments have combined to impose a raft of measures that would have been previously unimaginable, such as detention without trial, the outlawing of selected political groups, semi-secret trials and far-reaching sedition laws.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145289.php $33m spent on staffing immigration test
The Federal Government has spent an extra $33 million on extra staff to introduce a citizenship test and implement changes to skilled migration visas.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1928633.htm Crackdown on 'nasty' summit protesters
DEMONSTRATORS and anyone under suspicion can be arrested and held without bail under unprecedented police powers being brought in for the APEC summit in Sydney.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145231_comment.php#145252 Defence greenwash on war games a toxic lie
In 2005 the Australian Defence Force commissioned an environmental report into the effects of military training exercises in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA) just north of Yeppoon. While that report gave the military the greenwash they were probably looking for, it overlooked issues of the known toxicity of military chemicals and important social justice issues not addressed anywhere else. For the more cautious of us it also provided a valuable insight into the natural values at risk by war games in that area.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145133.php WWII bombs dispute headed for High Court
A long-running dispute over who is responsible for clearing World War II bombs from Albany's harbour is headed for the High Court.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145133_comment.php#145152 Migrant truck drivers will put jobs in jeopardy
The government is about to allow foreign workers into Australia to become truck drivers. The so-called 457 Visa is intended to allow skilled overseas workers to fill labour shortages in Australia.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145094_comment.php#145143 Hospitality industry urges expansion of 457 visas
The hospitality industry says the Federal Government's visa program should be expanded to include 'non-skilled' overseas workers.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145094_comment.php#145144 Somerton workers defeat AWAs & Yallourn's stuggle on
Workers in Somerton (a northern suburb of Melbourne) have proved that it's possible to get off an AWA and onto award rates and an EBA. How did they do it? By resigning en masse and setting up a community assembly out the front of the work site.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145094.php Direct Action Beats AWAs In Somerton
Workers in Somerton (a northern suburb of Melbourne) have proved that it's possible to get off an AWA and onto award rates and an EBA. How did they do it? By resigning en masse and setting up a community assembly out the front of the work site.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145085.php Labor on AWAs
The Federal Opposition says if elected this year, it will allow Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) to stay in operation until as late as 2013.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145097_comment.php#145118 Budget: War is good for Business
The working poor in debt bondage continue to hve their faces at the grind stone smeared while ex Pollies like Peter Reith now at Tenix military tech are profiting from war. Injustice - you bet your cadet kids life ! "Since the coalition government came to power in 1996 the defence budget has increased from $10.6 billion in 1995-96 to $22 billion on 2007-8, which represents a real increase of about 47 per cent during this time," Dr Nelson said.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/144791.php Commonwealth urged to act on NSW homeless crisis
The New South Wales Government says the Commonwealth must take more responsibility for the state's emergency accommodation crisis for homeless people.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1921635.htm Look at this sucker
Election ploy, going for the kids...
Costello sells early childcare rebates
Federal Treasurer Peter Costello says many low income families will now be eligible to receive childcare rebates for the first time.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1915485.htm http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/144552_comment.php#144603 The Real Dole Bludgers
Unemployment figures scandal story (longish)
The important thing is that the only concern anyone in the media appears to have in all of this is the potential of a conflict of interest – not the more basic question of what this means for the labour movement. Will our new leader restore the CES? Does he give a flying fuck about the unemployed? He slept in a car a few times. That gave him “labour values”. We are expected to accept that as a consolation and a proof that he is a lesser evil than John Howard – which is like being called a lesser evil than Dracula. - R.B.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/03/142867.php Australian government cuts thousands of welfare recipients off benefits
This relentless assault on the most vulnerable sections of society has proceeded without a murmur of opposition from the official political establishment. In fact, the groundwork for it was laid by the Labor Party during its 13 years in office between 1983 and 1996. It is therefore not surprising that Labor has dropped its previous criticisms about sole parents and the disabled being incorporated into the new regime.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/01/136564.php Conference told distressed workers costing economy millions
A survey of nearly 90,000 Australian workers has found 5 per cent are showing signs of stress, depression or anxiety.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1911091.htm Nobody will change that!
In the recent NSW Election a definite chain of command was in evidence: Socialist Alliance functioned as cheerleaders for the Greens, and the Greens supported Labor. Both organisations promoted illusions that Labor could be pressured at the ballot box, and that it represented a “lesser evil” to the Liberals. In line with this, the Greens concluded a preference deal with Labor’s state executive, while Socialist Alliance allocated first preferences to the Greens and second preferences to Labor.
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/node/50784 ALP and uranium
Oh, what a surprise. The Labor Party are a pack of untrustworthy BASTARDS who will force uranium mining onto us. OK. A question for Labor hacks. In which year did I first say the quote above?
Answer:
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/144166_comment.php#144236 If anyone seriously believes that the ALP is anti-nuclear, I have a jar of specks of light I can sell you, for any offers over $100. For another $100 I'll throw in a progressive ALP policy that has actually been carried out since 1972.
Lockdown over radioactive future
Activists this morning locked down Victorian headquarters of the ALP headquarters to voice their disgust that each party is locking Australia into a dangerous nuclear future.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/144242.php The Environment
All the parties go on about the environment but Nobody is actually protecting it. Global Warming is a proven fact just look around you. We must reduce our consumption of coal, oil and gas and so what does the government do? It wants to build Nuclear power stations across Australia. to PRETEND that nuclear energy and the uranium fuel cycle is:
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/144166_comment.php#144211 Coal subsidies far outweigh funding for renewables
Greenpeace has accused the Federal Government of spending billions of dollars on the coal industry and failing to subsidise cleaner energy sources.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/144242_comment.php#144256 Scrap Growing Esteem Say NO to cuts in education
In reality the university has decided to go down this road not because of the educational merits but for reasons of status and profit. In 2005, when the model was first proposed, the Vice Chancellor highlighted that over the past 25 years guaranteed federal funding has gone from 90% to 23% of university revenue. Therefore the university perceived two choices, continue to grow at the current rate or opt for a radical rethink.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/143707.php Time to go to war with your country?
Unemployed to be offered jobs in war forces. She says the scheme will provide opportunities to unemployed people who would not otherwise have considered a job in the ADF?
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/143481.php HOUSING - A HUMAN RIGHT
The news that the French government has drafted a law to give everyone a legally enforceable right to housing should be of interest to the 100,000 homeless people in Australia.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/143481_comment.php#143484 Interest rates to blame for house repossessions: Minister
New South Wales Minister for Housing, Matt Brown, has blamed rising interest rates for the number of house repossessions in Sydney.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1910325.htm Youth homelessness inquiry head tells of 'crisis point'
A national inquiry into youth homelessness has been told an accommodation shortage is one of the main reasons the problem is getting worse. It is estimated there are about 35,000 young homeless people in Australia and the number is rising.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1898291.htm 'participatory democracy'
Firstly, I do not see a single candidate I want to speak on behalf of me. Why should I 'participate' in a system which does not represent me? Secondly, our only option to 'participate' is limited to once every three years or so. Ticking a box in secret is hardly 'participatory'. Thirdly, if we DO 'participate' our voices are nothing, when the elected few make decisions which we have NO say whatsoever. For example, despite 90% opposition to Iraq invasion - our leaders took us there. Stop putting fuel in a car that has no wheels. Abstain.
Bradbury-Garrett-Rudd; Hidden Agendas and Allegiances
The choreography was near Stalinist in its execution. Peter Garrett "the legitimate voice of anti-uranium dissent" does his token tantrum Saturday morning. It's all handshakes by the evening and Rudd and Garrett
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/144323.php Govt closing in on Labor's lead???
The Government has again closed the gap on the ALP in the latest Newspoll out today but Labor still holds an election-winning lead.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/144323_comment.php#144337 Possible Torres Strait survivor sightings ignored, inquest hears
The coronial inquest into the sinking of an Immigration Department boat in 2005 in the Torres Strait, in far north Queensland, has heard survivors may have been spotted alive in the water during the rescue search.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1898834.htm Rescue expert blasts efforts to find Immigration boat
One of Australia's top search and rescue experts has compiled a damning report about efforts to find an Immigration Department boat that went missing in the Torres Strait more than a year ago.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/143792_comment.php#143831 US/Australia: Refugee Deal Trades in Human Lives
(New York, April 18, 2007) – A deal between the United States and Australia to trade refugees housed at Guantanamo Bay for those held on the island nation of Nauru upends international refugee standards, Human Rights Watch said today.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/143799.php Australian governments covered up 1975 execution of “Balibo Five” newsmen
A coronial inquest, due to resume in Sydney next month, has produced telling new evidence of a cover-up, orchestrated by every Australian government since 1975, of the facts surrounding the execution of five Australian-based newsmen in the lead-up to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/apr2007/balib-a21.shtml John Howard's Terror Tactics
Minister denies Adelaide using last 40 days of water
The South Australian Government says claims that Adelaide has only 40 days of water supply left are incorrect.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/143857_comment.php#143878 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1903562.htm Anyone interested in war criminal John Howard's vision for 2020?
War criminal John Howard outlines vision for 2020?
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/143935_comment.php#143945 Australian government argues for mass detention power in “war on terror”
The solicitor-general specifically cited the September 2005 Council of Australian Governments communiqué, in which Prime Minister John Howard and the state and territory leaders declared: “A terrorist attack in Australia continue to be feasible and could occur.” The communiqué unveiled draconian new “counter-terrorism” laws, including control orders and “preventative detention”.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/143981.php 'X marks the spot': ICANW launch in Melbourne
The Australian branch of the International Campaign against Nuclear Weapons announced its official launch today at Parliament House in Melbourne...
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/143939.php British Lancet medical journal calls for defeat of Australian government
The editorial condemned “Prime Minister John Howard’s indifference to the academic medical community and his profound intolerance to those less secure than himself and his administration”. As the latest example, it cited Howard’s comment on a Melbourne radio station last week, declaring that people living with HIV should not be allowed to enter and live in Australia.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/144115.php Politics of fear damaging traditional values: Fraser
Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser says the Federal Government has used the politics of fear to damage traditional Australian values.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/144264_comment.php#144271 Australia: Labor conference outlines pro-war agenda
The 2007 Labor conference again demonstrated that the anti-war and anti-militarist sentiments of millions of working class Australians find no expression within the official two-party system. While the Howard government is rightfully despised for its criminal foreign policy record alongside the Bush administration, a Rudd Labor government will be no less ruthless in pursuing the international agenda of Australian imperialism.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/144455.php for the lack of a heart
The man from DFAT and a Christian to boot; surely that should be enough to identify a conservative, liar and hypocrite – our Kevin from Qld.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/144455_comment.php#144467 David Hicks very lucky to be tortured, isolated for 5.5 years for nothing?
John Howard must repudiate the deal as it was illegal - done under duress and with an illegally constituted tribunal which didn’t conform to Australian standards of justice. Any confession is obviously worthless. That on the same basis that having David Hicks meant they could do whatever they wanted to him – and did, now that Australia has him we will treat me with the dignity and respect for legal institutions that we should always do.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145083.php The US war and occupation of Iraq—the murder of a society
According to this report, Iraq recorded a staggering 150 percent increase in the rate of infant deaths between 1990 and 2005. In raw figures, 122,000 Iraqi children died in 2005, half of them newborn babies. The rate was 125 deaths of children under five for every 1,000 live births, compared to 50 in 1990. According to the Iraqi health ministry, conditions have only worsened since, with the ratio climbing to 130 deaths for every 1,000 births in 2006.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145195.php The US war and occupation of Iraq—the murder of a society—Part two
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145305.php The US war and occupation of Iraq—the murder of a society—Part three
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145305_comment.php#145321 Iraq: it's worse than you imagine, and than we know..
Iraq: it's worse than you can possibly imagine, and worse than we can possibly know. That was the message when the brilliant Middle East reporter, Patrick Cockburn, spoke on stage today at Hay, NSW publicising his book about the British and American occupation of Iraq.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145740.php Afghanistan: war crimes amnesty prepares further atrocities
US forces continued to deny basic rights to some of around 500 detainees at its Bagram base accused of links with the Taliban and Al Qaeda, Amnesty noted, and the Afghan security forces—to whom US/NATO forces routinely hand over detainees—were “accused of illegal detentions and torture and other ill-treatment.” Meanwhile local officials/commanders, some of whom ran their own prisons, were never held accountable for their actions, Amnesty said.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/145678.php A vote for Nobody is a Vote for Everybody. Boycott the election because Nobody represents you! Adam Ant!
ALP to vote on uranium mines policy
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/144166.php VOTE NOBODY!
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/144149.php Vote Nobody Next Federal Election
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/04/144122.php Nobody wins Welsh election!
As a result of yesterday's Welsh election results nobody did win!
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/05/144552.php
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