This week the New Zealand government issued an historic recognition of the native Maori’s rights under the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
New Zealand had been one of only four countries to vote against the declaration — along with Australia, Canada and the United States — when it was adopted in September 2007 [...]
I pass on this message in the spirit of open community participation in a community asset. Triple Zed needs to act like the radical, democratic institution it’s subscribers expect.
Whatever contravention of radio code this announcer may have been involved in certainly cannot compare to the work of the shock jocks like Alan Jones who incited [...]
When you set out to tell the truth about things in the media, you are bound to ruffle a few feathers. One of the biggest complaints independent journos and the reading public have against the mass media is the tendency to censor and self-censor so as not to offend the advertising-base (the other of [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...After an 11th hour appeal by the RRC and supporters, the A show has been returned to the airwaves. Love and flowers to 4ZzZ102.1fm!!! The A Show returns monday, 12 noon: live cross to the dreaming. Live streaming now - www.4zzzfm.org.au
In the wake of a series of internal conflicts between Brisbane Community [...]
In Australia the practice of SLAPPS is well known to environmental and social justice activists. A SLAPP or Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation has been around in practice since the 70s when then Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen raised many nusiance law suitsagainst his detractors as a matter of course. Such cases keep activists stressed out, [...]
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