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In the Sixties, when we were kids we had a dog who got into a fight with a blue tongue lizard. After that she always had scars on her nose. Our beloved dog would come with us when we rode our bikes along the bitumen against the express orders of our parents. We lived on a dirt road in what was then, bush. She even got hit by a car following us loyally on our bikes near the turn off to Mt Crosby. S...

Here is a talk given by Jeff Rickertt about Ernie Lane on the making of a Queensland rebel. Image is the cover of Jeff Rickertt's book about Ernie Lane.

Interviews with John Shipton and Barnaby Joyce. Image: Friends of Julian at Trades Hall in Brisbane 9 Dec 2020. Intro It was not a good week for Julian Assange. The UK High Court overruled the lower court decision that denied the US extradition request and it was reported that Assange suffered a stroke while viewing the High Court decision. Bay FM reporter Dr John Jiggens spoke to Julian Assange’s...

Anti-AUKUS / anti-nuclear submarine rally Brisbane 10 Dec 2021 organised by IPAN - Independent and Peaceful Australia Network. Speakers (in order): Scott Morrison (Prime Minister), Rod Welford (former Qld Environment Minister and Attorney General, now Adjunct Professor at Griffith University and Vice President of the UNAA Qld), Kristin Perissinotto (Electrical Trades Union, and the ETU rep for IPA...

On 1 Dec 2020 Marianne Hanson makes a call for the Brisbane City Council to enforce its Nuclear Free Zone policy implemented during the Anti-Uranium struggles of the late 1970s and 1980s. Image depict the huge march against Uranium mining and export on May Day 1978 in Brisbane. It formed part of the red contingent that outnumbered the union contingents in a march of 20,000 people. Marianne Hanson...

Kristin Perissinotto is a union official at the Electrical Trades Union who spoke really well at the No AUKUS, No War Rally on December 10th 2021 Kristin gave an econmic analysis of the cost of buying nuclear subs ($100M) compared with allocations for Women's affairs. Kristin is the ETU rep for IPAN. She is stands up for workers’ rights and conditions, and the impact of war on the climate, First N...

Former Labor Attorney General and Environment Minister in Queensland told a crowd on International Human Rights day yesterday in Brisbane Square that the federal government purchase of nuclear submarines is ‘a stunt’. “It is an election stunt. And there’ll be plenty more election stunts like this, designed to play to the fears of the Australian people in the months ahead in the run up to next year...

Councillor Sri from the Gabba ward is not the only person concerned about the Brisbane Racing Club being a ‘blood sucking parasite‘ because they put poker machines in their clubs to ‘rip off poor people’. The local councillor of the Moorooka ward, Steve Griffiths, is also concerned. ... https://workersbushtelegraph.com.au/2021/12/10/brisbane-racing-club-rips-off-poor-people/

Welcome to the Paradigm Shift on 4 Triple Zed, 102.1 FM, it is your local community radio station, bringing you all the arts and news that matters to your local community. My name is Andy and I will be with you for the next hour. And today on the show, we are going to be talking about the repression of climate activism in Australia. I did a bit of field research actually, for this show. This week,...

Both William and David McBride followed similar paths. Both revealed secrets that got them into trouble with the authorities. I remember when David's father William McBride was presented to the world as a hero for exposing the drug thalidomide which he was prescribing to his patients. Both David and his father, William, are whistleblowers – David in The Afghan Files and William about the abnormali...

There is something not quite right about Military Whistleblower, David McBride. I remember when David’s father William McBride was presented to the world as a hero for exposing thalidomide … actually it was probably not even McBride who discovered that thalidomide caused defects in children … the ABC claims it was a midwife, Sister Pat Sparrow. [ABC: “Dr William McBride: The flawed character credi...

Queensland - 2 Dec 2021 Coal Climate Change Actions in Qld after jailing of activist and failure of COP26. Sergieo (Eric Herbert): "I was sentenced to 12 months in prison for having a political opinion near the scene of a crime, which is a coal port. " Andy Paine (while locked on to Adani railway line): "The Australian government has shown that they are either not capable or not willing to take th...

Jackson McInerney - Sticking together - 3CR Community Radio (Melbourne). Last week, we witnessed work of a different kind. The full time hard work of environmental activists from Blockade Australia was on display in Newcastle as they shut down the biggest coal port in the world for 11 consecutive days, from the eighth to the 18th of November. We're lucky to be joined now by Emma from blockade Aust...

Welcome to the Paradigm Shift on FM 102.1 4ZZZ Fridays at noon. We challenge the assumptions of our current society, to resist oppression. NOVEMBER 26, 2021 This week's show is all about Kurdistan. We chat to Rebekah Dowling from Christian Peacemaker Teams about struggles for peace and justice in Iraqi Kurdistan, and also to Fionn Skiotis from North East Syria Solidarity for an update on Rojava's...

Image of video with Bogus claims Song: Joe Geia - Yil Lull There is a video circulating calling for help for first nations people in the Northern Territory where there is a lot of confusion about Covid-19. Aboriginal people are hesitant of vaccination. This because many first nations people have underlying medical conditions. Let’s take the claims in the video by David Cole (on social media not th...

Image Axel speaking from under a tree with people walking in fornt. Song - View from a wooden chair by Jumping Fences Announcer: Hello, this is Ian from 4 PR - voice of the people and we're presenting a speech given by a registered nurse over the weekend during the anti-vaccination demonstrations in Australia. It is interesting to listen to this speech, whilst it makes a number of very good points...

Workers Power (4ZZZ) on 'The Proletarian'. Bill Storey-Smith (RAFFWU) So I'm really honored to welcome our next guest. And that honor comes from my own path into activism. When I moved to Ipswich in 2011, I wanted to focus on being a good dad, I had already had a successful yet stressful career in the mail industry in Sydney. So I was looking for a low stress job that was close to home, and we cou...

Workers Power on Four triple Zed with Jackson and Dan host two guests: Duncan Hart from Socialist Alternative and Iswed Tiggjand from Anarchist Communists Meanjin. They are there to talk about the organizing that they are doing to counter the counter the anti Vax movement here in Brisbane (Meanjin). Song Woody Guthrie and others - I ain't got no home Image Woody and his guitar - 'this machine kill...

According to Paul Keating, the arrogance of the United States would make a cat laugh! The reappearance on 10 November 2021 of Paul Keating at the National Press Club after an absence of 26 years does demonstrate one thing, at least: that each new prime minister of Australia is worse than the one previous. Put it another way, Keating is streets ahead of Morrison. Keating correctly points out that A...

Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Prize for Peace but took part in the massacre of a generation of people in Vietnam. The reappearance on 10 November 2021 of Paul Keating at the National Press Club after an absence of 26 years does demonstrate one thing, at least: that each new prime minister of Australia is worse than the one previous. Put it another way, Keating is streets ahead of Morrison. Keating...

The reappearance on 10 November 2021 of Paul Keating at the National Press Club after an absence of 26 years does demonstrate one thing, at least: that each new prime minister of Australia is worse than the one previous. Put it another way, Keating is streets ahead of Morrison. Keating correctly points out that Australia cannot go to war with China over Taiwan. It certainly cannot go into battle w...

The reappearance on 10 November 2021 of Paul Keating at the National Press Club after an absence of 26 years does demonstrate one thing, at least: that each new prime minister of Australia is worse than the one previous. Put it another way, Keating is streets ahead of Morrison. Keating correctly points out that Australia cannot go to war with China over Taiwan. It certainly cannot go into battle w...

The reappearance on 10 November 2021 of Paul Keating at the National Press Club after an absence of 26 years does demonstrate one thing, at least: that each new prime minister of Australia is worse than the one previous. Put it another way, Keating is streets ahead of Morrison. Keating correctly points out that Australia cannot go to war with China over Taiwan. It certainly cannot go into battle w...

Image: Collins Class submarine at sea (a rare occasion). Music: Quiet of the Winter Moon by Jumping fences. Analysis of Paul Keating's speech to the National Press Club on Australia's strategic framework. This includes audio of parts of Keatings address and the Q&A afterwards on 10 November 2021. The reappearance last week of Paul Keating at the National Press Club after an absence of 26 years doe...

A poem by Joseph Monsour about the struggle by East Timorese for freedom and those that supported them in December 1975 when the Indonesian government ordered the invasion. The text is below. Seven Marched Unfurl the banner, Move onto the street. Only Seven, But seven marched It was a time of rage Rage forgotten People forgotten Students had been there Seen the people mass Their eyes were alight H...