There is a rally tomorrow in all capital cities, put on by the peace movement so i am told. not a member but going any way. 12 noon at regatta grounds. Hobart. sorry do not know the other locations in other cities. sure you will find it if you look in your local paper.

For those who prefer to vote below-the-line in the Senate, I have a facility on my web site to generate a custom Senate how-to-vote card for below-the-line voting in the NSW senate. With 78 boxes to number, I feel it helps to go in prepared.

Unput-downable.
I read it in less than a day.
Now I am really, REALLY angry!!
Will write more AFTER October 9th

Cheers
Sarah

A week out, some may think the result is a given. But it

source

Allies 'planned' Iraq war despite denials

The United States, Australia and Britain started to plan the invasion of Iraq months before the conflict, according to a report Wednesday quoting a leaked Pentagon document.

Senior British and US commanders met at a war-planning session in June 2002 and orders to prepare actual military operations were given on October 7, 2002, more than a month before a UN resolution giving a final warning to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, the London Evening Standard reported.

Full battle plans were issued on October 31, 2002, eight days before UN Resolution 1441 called for the resumption of arms inspections in Iraq and warned Saddam of 'serious consequences' if he were still seeking weapons of mass destruction, the paper said.

The document quoted in the report is a Pentagon chronology used by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in an August 2003 presentation o

I hope the residents pass this around their neighbourhood!

Cheers,
Clare Cherikoff

Well folks, the first vote has been cast. It was cast by Veronica Motna, at Wallace Rockhole, an indigenous community 117 kilometres south-west of Alice Springs (SMH Sep 28). She voted for Labor. Portentious? Absolutely. There

The latest report from Access economics and Costello's response to it further indicate the dangers of reelecting Howard and Costello. These guys are so busy getting themselves reelected they will do it even if it screws the country ... as though that was new news!

See: here

Costello 'not worried' by warnings
September 29, 2004

TREASURER Peter Costello today brushed off criticism from economic forecaster Access Economics, which warned the Coalition's big bucks election promises could see Australia spending beyond its means. [continues]

It should be remembered when reading this that generally Access Economics is pretty pro-Coalition in its analyses so this is more damning than it appears.

RD

I came across this on the Women's Electoral Lobby's website. If I were blonde, Anglo-Saxon and live in Melbourne I would have joined them:

50s Houswives Fan Club

The Mothers of Intervention, a feminist lobby group for mothers is hoping to stage a media stunt featuring 'The Lyoness' Forum' with our venerable and rather nostalgic Prime Minister, out on the federal election campaign hustings.

We are dressing up as a 1950s housewives Howard fanclub, with rubber gloves, and chasing Mr Howard down the street. If we catch him we will shower him with kisses and tell him how much we love going back to the 1950s.

The Mothers of Intervention website is almost operational.

If anyone wishes to take part in this event in Melbourne, or organise one elsewhere, please contact Liz Conor on 03 9481 1180 or liz.conor@unimelb.edu.au

A media contact can be obtained through Liz.

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I had the liberty of flipping through the book and I was suprised that you didn't include any references to the despicable way that John Howard used the tragic aftermath of the Port Arhtur massacre and the Monash University shootings as well as the emotional shock of the community to these two events for his own personal political gain as well as to satisfy his personal hatred of firearms regardless of their make, model, type, and calibre and of law-abiding firearm owners regardless if they are farmers who need firearms for their profession or recreational target shooters in the cities and suburbs who want to collect, own and shoot different types of firearms regardless of they are semi-automatic rifles or pump-action shotguns or bolt-action rifles or handguns.

I myself am a 22 year old university student who is also a firearm owner and is a strong supporter of the pro-gun movement and the pro-liberty movement and with the current state of affairs of our major political parties to

I have been enjoying your book, especially Part Three. Chapter 16 has given rise to doubts. I am hoping your angle on the electoral fraud laws in Qld are due to ignorance not seeking to colour the discussion.

You didn't mention that the reason members of 'Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party' were disgruntled was because they found out that they had no democratic rights in that Party. They could not elect their own President. As Pauline told a meeting of supporters in Townsville, under the structure she and the two Davids had devised, she was 'President for Life'. The Management Three could not be deposed under the Rules of 'Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party'. Why wouldn't you be disgruntled? What member of any community group would not be disgruntled with that kind of Constitution? What member of the Australian Public would not be disgruntled with a political party, which was in effect a totalitarian regime or a dictatorship.

You also didn't mention that Karen Ehrman, ALP

Hiya Margo, Congratulations on a great book. The principle ideas and opinions in this book are exactly what I've been thinking about for many years, especially since Sept11. Finally a real Australian perspective on these dangerous times. The whole reason I've been reading and arguing and pissing people off these past years is because of my pride in this country. When Australia went to war it was the first time in my life I was ashamed of my own country (then I found out about East Timor's oil). I will never forgive John for that. I can honestly say I knew from the very start that we would be going no matter what. Like many I felt good that day of the marches and completely bummed when it came to nothing. However it WAS something, the biggest anti-war march ever across the world. I'm not alone. I think Australia is building towards a revolution as is probably the world. I thought we had time but your book has made me realise how close we are and have been to some complete disasters fo

G'day. Bennelong's NHJ concert on Saturday was a buzz. Here's the video. Get set for Melbourne's NHJ concert this Saturday from 6pm till late.

After reading NHJ and seething, I was moved to quickly throw together this animation to possibly help others recognise issues Margo covers in her excellent tome and some which Michael Moore raised as well. It's a reply, in effect, to MM about our own stupid white men.

clare's animation

I hope you like it and it's naive style. Please spread it around if you do.

Thanks,
Clare

Calling all Liberals, calling all Liberals! Our democracy and our phisposophy are under armed hold-up!

Let's face it, I am the weirdo on this site. The unrepentant Liberal. It is important though that 'freaks' like me are allowed a voice in the chorus of dissent. In reality, I am not a freak at all, I am a conventional and committed liberal. Half the population votes Liberal. Don't we know that well enough by now? My colleagues on this site would not agree with me on many things but we agree on the most important things.

We agree on the value of our democracy. We agree on the value of truth. We still think there is worth in the institutions of our constitution and our democracy. We care about how our country is seen in the world. We believe in the Australian egalitarian spirit in its best sense. In essence, we are Australian and proud of it. People like me are part of this movement because we believe in larger issues. We don't see political affiliation as a relig