We were planning to start watching some Star Trek. Lad: Do they have laser guns? Me: Let me think. Yes, they do have laser guns of some sort. Blasters, I think they call them. And they’ve got communicator devices, and… Read More ›
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Fifteenth Down Under Feminists Carnival: July 2009
Welcome to the Fifteenth Edition of down under feminists carnival! This carnival features posts made by Aussie and Kiwi feminists during July, 2009.
Quickhit: “Plan to strip blankets from Alice homeless”
At the ABC: Proposed Alice Springs by-laws would allow rangers to take homeless people’s blankets away from them, an Alice Springs alderman says. The council last night voted unanimously to put a raft of controversial by-laws out for public consultation…. Read More ›
Coroner to rule in heatstroke/burns killing of Aboriginal elder in police van
UPDATE 12 June 2009 P.M.: Coroner Alistair Hope has handed down his findings in the case. The ABC reports, in “Coroner’s damning findings on elder’s prison van death”: West Australian Coroner Alistair Hope says an Aboriginal elder who died after… Read More ›
Mabo – what it means, what it doesn’t mean
Jo Tamar is a human rights lawyer who blogs about things that catch her eye relating to feminism and equality generally. At the moment, she is attempting to post regularly about issues affecting Indigenous Australians in order to help raise… Read More ›
United Nations: Elder’s heatstroke death in police van possible torture or inhuman punishment
Today, a senior chemist who assisted in a re-enactment of the incident in similar conditions told the inquiry the air temperature in the back of the van reached 50.4C [123 F]. He also told the court the surface temperature of the metal floor in the back peaked at 56.6C [134 F] during the re-enactment.
Quickhit: Is the WA government going to try to pre-empt Stolen Wages legal action?
Aboriginal people in Western Australia were enslaved and exploited from 1905 to 1972 by the government of this State. They are owed at least 300 million dollars according to Aboriginal activist Howard Riley. A report that yet remains secret is… Read More ›
Maternity Services Review: Medicare payments to OBs up from $77m to $211m since 2004.
Update 16 Sep 2009: Last year’s $211 million figure for taxpayer-funded obstetric care, mostly of pregnancies and births that are or could have been normal, has blown out further to $298 million. [Via the Courier Mail.] ~~~ The Maternity Services… Read More ›
A women’s safe house in Ngukurr and feelings of inadequacy
It looks like a move towards safety for women and children in NT…But while domestic violence is increasing, its refuges for women and children receive about one-third of the average funding for other similar services in NSW, the Orana Far West Women’s Safe Houses Project report says….So, particularly with regard to violence, the intervention and safe houses, what am I missing here and what would you like to add?
Australian of the Year 2009 finalists
We haven’t talked about the Australian of the Year nominations here yet. What struck me immediately with the 2009 field is that this time around, only two of them are (as far as I know) white men.
Note, however, that none (again, as far as I know; I’m open to correction on this) are women of colour. For this year’s Australian of the Year, you can be an indigenous or immigrant person of colour, or a woman; but not both.
Hoyden About Town 