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Asylum seekers: still victims of spin?
In 2001 with the “children overboard” scandal and the sinking of the SIEV X boat, the Australian mainstream media faced…
“Brazen Hussies”: Women and War
A paper entitled “Brazen, Shameless Hussies: Images and Experiences of Allied Service Women in the South Pacific” explores material that…
Rhetoric and people power
As the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen approaches, governments around the world are preparing reports and policies…
Race to save the orangutan
Clear-felling has started in the only Sumatran orangutan rehabilitation park in Indonesia. With only 6 300 orangutans left, and…
Nuclear dumping legislation still stonewalling
The Australian Conservation Foundation has criticised the Federal Government for not keeping an election promise to scrap nuclear dumping legislation…