Archive for May 12th, 2016
Melbourne refugee protest – civil disobedience has the potential to close down Australia’s concentration camps
Posted by John, May 12th, 2016 - under Refugees.
Tags: Asylum seekers, Civil disobedience, Concentration camps
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In the face of the barbarity of Australia’s detention centre gulags, the time for pussyfooting is over. If we can mobilise hundreds and then thousands in each major city to disrupt business as usual we can build a mass movement to close down these concentration camps.
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Malcolm Turnbull, the Panama Papers and tax havens
Posted by John, May 12th, 2016 - under Independent Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, Panama Papers, Tax.
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When the rest of the world’s leaders moved swiftly to condemn the tax rorts exposed in the Panama Papers, our Prime Minister was curiously silent. Today, we learn that he was one of those named. John Passant in Independent Australia questions just how serious Malcolm Turnbull is on cracking down on tax avoidance. To read the whole article click here. PM Turnbull named in #Panama Papers