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Since 1972, Aboriginal resistance has taken the form of tent embassies. In the early years, aboriginal activists gained support from the Whitlam Government and a variety of different independent voices. Out of those struggles came the health services Aboriginal legal aid, Aboriginal hostels, and the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action FAIRA. Protest encampment was a big part…

After bad weather forced us to cancel our May Foco Nuevo, we’re really pleased to reschedule the Combined Unions Choir for our June Foco Nuevo, along with Rebecca Wright, joining Jumping Fences (in duo format!). Put it in your calendar, and join us for a great night of live music under the stars in our intimate backyard concert. Remember seating is limited; booking is essential.Savouries, cakes,…

I’m sitting at the kitchen table trying to work out what this year’s Federal Budget actually means in practice. So I’m reading the Griffith Community Newsletter — the Budget Edition — mailed by my local member, Renée Coffey. On the front page Coffey is pictured handing over $2 million to the Little Miracles project, part of the Mater Foundation connected with the children’s hospital in our…

This is a review of Trump’s deal leaves Iran in the driver’s seat by Laura Tingle, ABC 7.30 25 May 26 Firstly, we should not conceive of what is happening in the Middle East as a matter of winners and losers. This is not a game of strategy or prestige. People are dying. They are being bombed and starved. Tingle’s central argument is that the United States war on Iran has shifted the balance of…

Sam Watson welcomed home to Magan-djin after Global Sumud Flotilla aid mission to Gaza. A big shout-out to everyone who has been asking about Sam  following his journey home. Sam Watson was welcomed home to Magan-djin by around 70 supporters at Brisbane Domestic Airport yesterday after a terrible ordeal on the high seas and in detention at the hands of genocidal Israeli soldiers. Sam is…

I stood in an olive grove in Beita,And witnessed a killing at close range.I returned carrying that memory with me,And nothing I’ve known has been quite the same. So we sailed the boats to break the blockade of Gaza,And they’re flying us back down to Australia again. Goodbye to Thiago, Juliette and Saiff,Adiós, my friends, Suyria and Sam.You won’t hear our names when you ride the big…