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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 [...]

This week I was finally made aware of the coming and going of the Australian Defence Force’s Public Environment Report for the Talisman-Saber 09 war games. In July 2009 about 30,000 US and Australian troops will participate in war games that will take place primarily in the Shoalwater Bay region in Queensland and at Delamere [...]

In September 2005 mild mannered peace activist Scott Parkin was detained for 5 days by Australian Federal Police and then deported under John Howards anti-terrorist laws. Parkin was not told what he did to make him a ‘security risk’ to Australia. After an inquiry and two years later, ASIO was forced to admit that Parkin [...]

yesterday Byron, Rick and Melinda faced Rocky court over actions taken against the US-Aust joint war games held at Shoalwater Bay in June 2007. Byron ‘did the hokey-pokey’ in the prohibited zone, while Rick and Melinda did a ‘make love not war’ action outside the gates :) all three were fined and Rick had a [...]

One of the most appreciated happenings at the 2007 Peace convergence was the presence of the Food Not Bombs collective. After a long, cold, wet day protesting, the food van would turn up with hot soup and salad for everyone! Many participants at the PC asked us about FNB, so we wrote this for you. [...]