Australia Day should not insult the First Australians and honour a foreign flag
Contributed by Joe Montero Feedback from my previous article on Australia Day has attracted supportive feedback. Since it was published there has also been a…
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What it really means to be Australian
Contributed by Joe Montero As 26 January approaches each year, the argument over whether this day is the appropriate occasion to commemorate Australia’s nationhood rises….
Opposition to the redevelopment of Victoria Market is growing
Contributed by Joe Montero Last Saturday (16 December 2017), opponents to the Melbourne City Council’s proposed redevelopment of the Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne, gathered…
Turnbull threatens environment and other not for profit organisations
Contributed by Ugly Environmental activist organisation Friends of the Earth has joined the campaign to defeat an attack on environment and other community groups by…
Supreme Court orders unions to stop blockading Melbourne port
Contributed by a member of the Media Arts and Entertainment Alliance Yesterday (12 December 2017), Supreme Court Justice Michael McDonald ordered unions to lift the…
A major battle is building on Melbourne’s Webb Dock
The following has been written by members of the Media Arts and Entertainment Alliance (MEAA), who are taking part in the growing support movement for…
Pine Gap activists enter top secret facility to stop drone strikes
Contributed by Adam Carlton Tomothy Webb, Andrew Paine, Margarert Petrorius and James Dowling have fronted up in the Northern Territory Supreme Court, to face charges of…
Republic of West Papua’s open office day and the battle for independence
Contributed by Joe Montero On Saturday 22 April, the Melbourne office of the Federal Republic of West Papua held an open day.
Wollar’s Bev Smiles faces jail over mine protest
Contributed by Ugly Wollar environmental activist Bev Smiles is prepared to go to jail after becoming one of the first people in NSW to be…
Opposition to Wilpinjong mine leads to three arrests
Contributed by Ugly Opponents of the Wilpingjong mine near Wollar in New South Wales, picketed the Mudgee town hall on Tuesday,
