Mount Isa Aboriginal William Barton would unite Australians as GG or President William Barton, an Aboriginal Australian didgeridoo player, composer, teacher and leader, was born in Mount Isa on 4 June 1981. He learned to play from his uncle, an elder of the Wannyi, Lardil and Kalkadunga tribes of Western Queensland. He is widely recognised as one of Australia’s finest traditional didgeridoo players…
Page from history: bushies go to war “Total silence befell the gathering as the announcer, in sombre and subdued tones, began to read a message from the Prime Minister advising that Britain was at war with Germany and that Australia, as a member of the British Empire, was also at war. “Young men were urged…
Mainstream media in Australia is corrupt. There are a few notable exceptions, and they deserve our wholehearted praise and support. The agenda and the tone are set by Murdoch-controlled platforms which include metropolitan tabloids in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, regional papers all over the States and Territories, and Sky News. Queensland is a special case….
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Senior Palestine ex-diplomat condemns Trump “peace deal” Ali Kazak, a former Palestinian ambassador and ex-head of Palestine’s delegation to Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific, has rejected the so-called “deal of the century” cooked up by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. For the record, the deal’s advocates are both…
In this issue: 1) The Murdoch media’s PR makeover; 2) Bad language in Uganda; 3) ABC Classic under threat; 4) Nye Bevan on Parliament; 5) Quote of the Week Rupert Murdoch’s media empire is undergoing a public relations makeover. His son James has collected world headlines for condemning News Corp’s climate denial during Australia’s bushfire…
