(We) can do better

Every time I turn on ABC Melbourne radio I am confronted with problems about which I can do nothing. A friend of mine visiting from Thailand described this radio station as “a problem a day,”  which resonated loudly with me.  The latest problem which gets non-stop air time is “the housing crisis.” Then there is the problem of Melbourne's newer suburbs with only one way in and one way out, keeping cars waiting in long queues to exit on the way to work.

The following article has been adapted from the attached leaflet, which Melbourne supporters of Julian Assange will hand out at this

Planning Democracy, and the Green Wedges Coalition Inc., are pleased to invite you to the launch of the Liveable Victoria Manifesto.

The Manifesto is intended to protect Victoria from overdevelopment at the hands of increasingly aggressive and greedy property developer interests. It seeks to safeguard our
residential and enviromental amenity, heritage, tree canopy cover, Green Wedges, and open space.

David Swanson, World BEYOND War writes, "We’ve just learned that the office of the prosecutor and the “security service” of Ukraine have published press releases claiming to have put a stop to the activities of the “vicious Russian propagandist Yurii Sheliazhenko. This is, of course, very strange because Yurii, a Board Member of World BEYOND War, has — 

Australia’s annual growth of 2.2 per cent (563,200 people) is undemocratic and unacceptable according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA).

Today the ABS released its figures to the year ending 31 March 2023 showing the growth comprised Net Overseas Migration (NOM) of 454,400 and natural increase of 108,800.

Syria is in significant difficulties at present with pressure on all sides from the U.S.

Australia for UNHCR is calling for urgent Australian support for people in Libya devastated by flooding in recent days. At least 5,300 people have been killed and more than 10,000 remain missing after floods burst two dams, swept away buildings and wiped out entire neighbourhoods in the city of Derna.   

On 12 September, speaking in the US Senate, Democrats Senator Bob Menendez (pictured right) described the efforts by the government of Azerbaijan to prevent food and medical aid from reaching 100,000-120,000 Armenians who have been besieged in the enclave of Artsakh which lies within Azerbaijan (pictured left). He also describes Azerabiajan's atrocieties: the murder of Armenian prisoners of war and the rape of Armenian women.

Jacob Greber’s Fin Rev article, “Why Australia needs millions more people – and is getting there fast,”[1]  seriously proposes a shocking dystopia where a constant stream of imported people continuously boosts a so-called working age cohort.  In the scenario he promotes, very soon the incumben

This article is republished from the Italian website, https://www.pressenza.com/2023/08/on-september-2-rallies-for-julian-assange-outside-australian-embassies-worldwide-whats-behind-them/.  On September 2, 2023 there were rallies for Julian Assange outside Australian embassies worldwide, because people internationally had become aware that the Australian Government was part of the problem and not helping Assange.

This is about the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023.

The property development lobby, as readers of this site know well, constantly badgers government to raise migration levels in order to keep up demand for housing beyond that which would naturally occur without massive overseas migration.

In the following tweet by Robert F. Kennedy Junior, he explains how, whenever your mobile phone is within earshot of you, technical companies are actually eavesdropping on your private conversations with friends and acquaintances.

The “problem” of Australia’s ageing population has been a concern for decades.

Dmitry Polyanskiy, (@Dpol_un) First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, showed, in a tweet, how a young Ukrainian woman dreads her future in Ukraine, even should it eventually triumph over the Russian army.

See and hear the results at: 

In his interview of one hour and 22 minutes, which is embedded within this article, Robert F. Kennedy Junior (@RobertKennedyJr), who is seeking to be the Democratic Party's candidate for the Presidential election on 5 November 2024, explained how he will end the war in Ukraine by ceasing the supply of US military aid to the Kiev regime, which so far, totals US$43 billion. Most of this military aid has turned into charred wreckage containing much of the flower of young Ukrainian manhood [1] in the east of Ukraine.

Rally for Peace NOT WAR at the Labor Party National Conference, 8.30am – 11. 00am, Friday 18 August, Convention Centre, Corner Glenelg and Merivale Streets, South Brisbane. A large nuclear submarine prop will headline the street theatre and music to demonstrate the depth of community objections to the Labor Government’s decision to continue a dangerous foreign policy decision of the previous Morrison government.

Mat Barrie, CEO of http://Freelancer.com an IT company describes Australia's immigration Ponzi scheme in no uncertain terms. This is a long interview but the immigration part of interest is in the first half.

Update, 19 August : 28 minute YouTube video embedded. 2 August 2023 : Four parliamentary speeches in support of Julian Assange and one weak defense of Government's weasel words from the ALP's Linda White.  Thanks to the Office of Tasmanian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson for helping to bring us up to date.

Newman sets out to explain why a revolution occurred in France, but not England, using a multidisciplinary methodology. She investigates the origins of the French Revolution using demographic patterns, land-tenure and inheritance systems and comparative research.

France prints colonial money for Burkina Faso, which is one of the poorest nations in the world, although it has gold and uranium. In return France demands 50% of everything Burkina Faso exports.  Burkina Faso's uranium supplies 30% of French nuclear plant needs, but 80% of Burkina Fasoans have no electricity. Gold mined by child-labour mostly ends up in French state coffers.  The French government wants the deposed president reinstated. So, is this a coup or a revolution?

Monday 31 July 2023 update included below.

Dear Andrew Wilkie,

On 9 June you said, "It’s deeply disappointing that the United Kingdom High Court has denied Julian Assange the right to appeal his extradition to the United States.

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Russia is ready for confrontation with NATO – Putin. Moscow does not want a conflict with the Western-led bloc but is ready for any outcome, Russian president says

In the “Your Questions answered” section of the Frankston Council’s “Housing Strategy” web page[1] that Frankston’s population will increase by 20,000, curiously, no time period over which this projected increase is to occur is given. 20,000 represents one extra inhabitant for every seven of the current 141,002 inhabitants of Frankston.

The SPHERE Coalition, chaired by Monash University’s SPHERE Centre of Research Excellence, has called for immediate action to implement the recommendations made by the Senate Community Affairs References Committee (The Committee), following the 

In this interview on Going Underground, Afshin Rattansi speaks to ex-US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s chief of staff and retired US Army Colonel, Lawrence Wilkerson.

"The  Commission’s claim that it is too costly to preference the development of domestic industry over imports is completely at odds with contemporary reality and recent experience. These are no ordinary economic times, Australia and the world are going through an industrial revolution as we fundamentally restructure how our societies are powered. Yet the Commission seem to think that it’s just business as usual."