The workers at the plant have been on strike since Tuesday August 1 to
support AMWU union delegates and members victimized by management.
Amcor have targeted 4 AMWU members for forced redundancies including 2
delegates, according to community organisation Union Solidarity. A total
of 11 Amcor sites across Australia have taken solidarity strike
action.
From changeling_au_2004 at yahoo.com.au Mon Aug 14 09:27:30 2006
From: changeling_au_2004 at yahoo.com.au (Nigel W)
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:27:30 +1000 (EST)
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: AMWU members defy Federal Court
order
In-Reply-To: <200608140625.k7E6PWj3006261@apollo.linuxengine.net>
Message-ID: <20060814092730.3416.qmail@web56604.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Looks good!
Nigel
takver
[Background | Union
Solidarity]
--- takver
> The workers at the plant have been on strike since
> Tuesday August 1 to
> support AMWU union delegates and members victimized
> by management.
> Amcor have targeted 4 AMWU members for forced
> redundancies including 2
> delegates, according to community organisation href="http://www.unionsolidarity.org/">Union
> Solidarity. A total
> of 11 Amcor sites across Australia have taken
> solidarity strike
> action.
> _______________________________________________
> Imc-melbourne-eds mailing list
> Imc-melbourne-eds at lists.cat.org.au
>
http://lists.cat.org.au/mailman/listinfo/imc-melbourne-eds
>
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From tirin at takver.com Mon Aug 14 12:44:50 2006
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:44:50 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: West Papuans Mark Death of Free West
Papua
Message-ID: <200608141244.k7ECioG1027018@apollo.linuxengine.net>
comments?
There may be an update from tomorrows protest to add...
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Takver
West Papuans Mark Death of Free West Papua
West Papuans in Australia will mark the handing over of West Papua to
Indonesia 44 years ago on August 15, 1962. ?Everything happening
currently in West Papua is because of this event, because of the failure
of the international community to give the people of West Papua
meaningful self determination,? said Free West Papua spokesperson Nick
Chesterfield. [ Full
Story ]
This anniversary comes after campaigners
celebrated the defeat of the shameful Boder Bill which attempted to
excise the Australian mainland from its immigration zone.
Background: Refugees
in West Papua: Border Mission May/June 2006
The events in Sweden ?in one fell swoop bring back into awareness the
terrors of atomic energy?, said anti-nuclear German activist Jochen
Stay, who has called on all nuclear opponents in Germany to reinvigorate
opposition to nuclear power.
Greenpeace:
Sweden closes nuclear plants over safety fears
The ammendments will alter the 1976
Northern Territory Land Rights Act, which gives Aboriginal
Australians control and communal ownership over their land. Under the
new regime, NT Aboriginal people will be offered loans and 99 year
leases in an effort to force private ownership and economic development.
National Indigenous Times |
ANTAR
|
Laws stacked
against traditional owners |
Perth
IMC
From tirin at takver.com Wed Aug 16 06:09:59 2006
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:09:59 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Sea Shepherd 'Leviathan' to Challenge
Japanese Whaling
Message-ID: <200608160609.k7G69xca005068@apollo.linuxengine.net>
comments?
my first original story in months!!!!
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Image: http://melbourne.indymedia.org/images/200808Leviathan.jpeg
Sea Shepherd 'Leviathan' to Challenge Japanese Whaling
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has purchased a bigger, faster and
more powerful boat in its campaign to assert international law and stop
Japanese commercial whaling. The 'ice class' vessel, 'Leviathan', is
undergoing a refit in the Carribean before it joins the 'Farley
Mowat' in Melbourne ahead of the next Japanese whale hunting season
in the Southern Ocean in December. [Full
Story]
Tasmedia: Sea Shepherd calls
for Crew | Japanese
rorting Tuna fishing agreement
From changeling_au_2004 at yahoo.com.au Wed Aug 16 07:53:44 2006
From: changeling_au_2004 at yahoo.com.au (Nigel W)
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:53:44 +1000 (EST)
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Sea Shepherd 'Leviathan' to
Challenge Japanese Whaling
In-Reply-To: <200608160609.k7G69xca005068@apollo.linuxengine.net>
Message-ID: <20060816075344.8116.qmail@web56604.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Good stuff, Takver. Brief and to the point and like me, you make it clear what your sources are. It's long past time I got around to writing another article.....
All the best,
Nigel
ps: I'm cool with the other 2 features as well.
takver
Civil Rights Defence |
Justice for Jack |
Support the
107 |
Union Solidarity
From tirin at takver.com Tue Aug 22 20:08:02 2006
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:08:02 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Wave Hill Strike Commemorated despite
Attacks on Land Rights
Message-ID: <200608222008.k7MK82BS018029@apollo.linuxengine.net>
comments?
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Takver
Wave Hill Strike Commemorated despite Attacks on Land Rights
The walk-off in the Northern Territory 40 years ago by a staunch mob
of Aboriginal stockmen and their families became one of the most
protracted industrial and political disputes in Australian history -
resulting in the enactment of the 1976 NT Land Rights Act.
At the township of Kalkarinjee, hundreds gathered to mark the
anniversary of the walk-off 40 years ago by Gurindji stockmen from
Wave Hill Station. Meanwhile, controversial amendments to the NT Land
Rights Act passed in the Federal Senate, with little consultation -
virtually dismantling the laws, enabling corporations to lease
Indigenous land from the Federal Government...[Full
Story]
Wikipedia: the
Gurindji Strike | From
little things Big Things Grow
From and at axxs.org Wed Aug 23 00:01:53 2006
From: and at axxs.org (and)
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:01:53 +1000
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Wave Hill Strike Commemorated
despite Attacks on Land Rights
In-Reply-To: <200608222008.k7MK82BS018029@apollo.linuxengine.net>
References: <200608222008.k7MK82BS018029@apollo.linuxengine.net>
Message-ID: <108F3970-FAE4-4197-9E42-910156B022D9@axxs.org>
go for it.
and.
On 23/08/2006, at 6:08 AM, takver wrote:
> comments?
> --
> in solidarity
> Takver
>
>
> Wave Hill Strike Commemorated despite Attacks on Land Rights
>
> The walk-off in the Northern Territory 40 years ago by a
> staunch mob
> of Aboriginal stockmen and their families became one of the most
> protracted industrial and political disputes in Australian history -
> resulting in the enactment of the 1976 NT Land Rights Act.
>
> At the township of Kalkarinjee, hundreds gathered to mark the
> anniversary of the walk-off 40 years ago by href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurindji">Gurindji stockmen
> from
> Wave Hill Station. Meanwhile, controversial amendments to the NT Land
> Rights Act passed in the Federal Senate, with little consultation -
> virtually dismantling the laws, enabling corporations to lease
> Indigenous land from the Federal Government...[ href="http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/08/120110.php">Full
> Story]
>
> Wikipedia: the
> Gurindji Strike | href="http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/history/Transcripts/s1147120.htm">From
> little things Big Things Grow
> _______________________________________________
> Imc-melbourne-eds mailing list
> Imc-melbourne-eds at lists.cat.org.au
> http://lists.cat.org.au/mailman/listinfo/imc-melbourne-eds
From tirin at takver.com Wed Aug 23 03:47:36 2006
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:47:36 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Rigging the Two Party Electoral System
Message-ID: <200608230347.k7N3la25002611@apollo.linuxengine.net>
Comments?
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Image: http://melbourne.indymedia.org/images/tweedle_liblab.gif
Rigging the Two Party Electoral System
Behind the backs of the Australian population - without any mention in
the mass media or serious opposition in parliament - the Howard
government has introduced sweeping new electoral laws that aim to
suppress any electoral challenge to the mainstream political parties.
The cynically titled Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral
Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2006 (on
Austlii) automatically de-registers all non-parliamentary parties
and blocks the registration of new ones, while systematically
disenfranchising hundreds of thousands of ordinary voters. At the same
time, it shields the rich and powerful from scrutiny as they dominate
the finances and dictate the policies of the major parliamentary
parties.[Full
Story]
Greens Senator Christine
Milne castigated the bill saying: "We should be making our electoral
laws more inclusive, not less. We should be making our elections more
fair, not less. And we should make sure that there is real equality in
Australia and not a situation whereby the rich get richer and have
greater influence the more money they spend. The more donations they can
give, the more access they can get by buying themselves seats at the
relevant tables, while the poor stay out in the suburbs unable to take
advantage of the access that delivers results."
Human
Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |
Direct Democracy Not
Parliamentary Rule |
Take me to your
Lizard
From tirin at takver.com Wed Aug 23 04:11:51 2006
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:11:51 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Melbourne Water Catchments logged
illegally
Message-ID: <200608230411.k7N4BpkX014445@apollo.linuxengine.net>
Comments?
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Takver
Image: http://melbourne.indymedia.org/images/200608logging.jpg
Melbourne Water Catchments logged illegally
World Water Week has commenced with the shocking discovery of illegal
logging in Melbourne?s most important water supply catchment.
Spokesperson for The Central Highlands
Alliance Inc, Sarah Rees, said; ?As the state?s dams run dry and the
Bracks government is within weeks of announcing water restrictions, the
discovery of illegal logging in the Thomson catchment is
unforgivable.?....[Full
Story]
Our Water Their Woodchip
From tirin at takver.com Wed Aug 23 07:59:01 2006
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:59:01 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Rum Jungle inspected by Anti-Uranium
Activists
Message-ID: <200608230759.k7N7x1XQ007143@apollo.linuxengine.net>
Comments?
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Image: http://melbourne.indymedia.org/images/200808RumJungle.jpg
Rum Jungle inspected by Anti-Uranium Activists
Local environmentalists conducted a public site inspection of the Browns
mining project at Batchelor, next to the old Rum
Jungle uranium mine. Mr John Oakley, a spokesperson for the
inspection team, says that a lack of public information regarding the
activities of Compass
Resources around the old Rum Jungle Uranium lease had forced their
hand. ?While we understand the EPA has given approval for Compass to
develop their Browns Oxide project, the company has yet to fulfil the
requirements of that authorisation,? said Mr Oakley. [Full
Story]
The Australian Government has awarded
Major Project Facilitation status to develop the copper, nickel
and cobalt mine.
ACF on Browns
Oxide Project |
Public
Environment Report
From info at melbourne.indymedia.org Wed Aug 23 13:22:40 2006
From: info at melbourne.indymedia.org (info at melbourne.indymedia.org)
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:22:40 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Fwd: Feedback: anti-nuclear
Message-ID: <20060823082240.y7wu44xx0ew0gc80@webmail.axxs.org>
----- Forwarded message from diet_simon at bigpond.com -----
Date: 22 Aug 2006 20:51:45 -0500
From: Diet Simon
A report
(PDF) in The Bulletin has vindicated a field investigation into the
activities of the Indonesian military (TNI) in the Papua New Guinea ?
West Papuan border region. The Field investigation reports on students
seeking political asylum being subject to beatings, torture, retaliatory
action and reprisal killings by Indonesian authorities. The report
accuses "The TNI and POLRI's heavy handed tactics and brutality on
uninvolved family members only serve to demonstrate to the outside world
tendencies that may be viewed as constituting Genocidal Acts against
Papuan people, with arrest and intimidation based only on race." (Full
PDF Report)
Free West Papua |
West Papua News |
TAPOL
From tirin at takver.com Thu Aug 24 04:55:15 2006
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:55:15 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Indonesian Military Threatens
Invasion of Papua Niugini
Message-ID: <200608240455.k7O4tFpJ014576@apollo.linuxengine.net>
Comments?
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Image: http://melbourne.indymedia.org/images/200608freewestpapua.jpg
Indonesian Military Threatens Invasion of Papua Niugini
Indonesian military are stepping up human rights abuses in the border
region of West Papua and PNG.
Nick Chesterfield, from Free
West Papua, said: ?The TNI's network of terror has now spread deep
within Papua Niugini and has made its presence felt within isolated
communities along the border, who are living in fear of an imminent
invasion. We uncovered evidence that a massive ground offensive is in
the final stages of planning, and there are questions that need to be
answered publicly by many people in the region to prevent this from
happening.? ...[Full
Story]
A report
(PDF) in The Bulletin has vindicated a field investigation into the
activities of the Indonesian military (TNI) in the Papua New Guinea ?
West Papuan border region. The Field investigation reports on students
seeking political asylum being subject to beatings, torture, retaliatory
action and reprisal killings by Indonesian authorities. The report
accuses "The TNI and POLRI's heavy handed tactics and brutality on
uninvolved family members only serve to demonstrate to the outside world
tendencies that may be viewed as constituting Genocidal Acts against
Papuan people, with arrest and intimidation based only on race." (Full
PDF Report)
Free West Papua |
West Papua News |
TAPOL
From tirin at takver.com Thu Aug 24 22:39:23 2006
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:39:23 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Is Conscription on the Horizon?
Message-ID: <200608242239.k7OMdNw9028101@apollo.linuxengine.net>
comments?
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http://melbourne.indymedia.org/images/200608conscription.jpg
Is Conscription on the Horizon?
The Howard government has announced a $10 billion plan over 11 years to
boost the armed forces by an extra 2,600 soldiers. Greens Senator Kerry
Nettle attacked the plan saying "The answer is not to get a bigger army
but to pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan and rethink the ADF's
involvement in supporting US foreign policy adventures,". The rationale
for this increase is to prepare the defence force for intervention in
more failing states in the asia/pacific region. The question arises with
the amount of military nationalism occurring recently, are we being
prepared for the reintroduction of conscription? [Full
Story]
Globalresearch.ca: USA:
Army & Marines authorize "Involuntary Conscription" | Wikipedia: Conscription
From tirin at takver.com Sun Aug 27 02:31:05 2006
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:31:05 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Tampa Asylum Seekers Remembered
Message-ID: <200608270231.k7R2V5u2028390@apollo.linuxengine.net>
comments?
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http://melbourne.indymedia.org/images/200608tampa.jpg
Tampa Asylum Seekers Remembered
On the 5th anniversary of the Tampa incident, people
in Melbourne gathered to enact a symbolic journey crossing the Yarra on
the footbridge, led by drummers, dancers, a choir and giant banners with
faces and stories of refugees. On the footbridge the procession paused
for 5 minutes to reflect upon the awful toll inflicted on asylum seekers
over this period, before proceeding to hear speeches. [Full
Story]
SIEV X |
Truth Overboard
Refugee Action Collective
From tirin at takver.com Mon Aug 28 04:15:11 2006
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:15:11 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Ruddock places Curfew on Jack Thomas
Message-ID: <200608280415.k7S4FB7M023093@apollo.linuxengine.net>
I'd like to get this up this evening if possible. Is there a seconder?
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Image: http://melbourne.indymedia.org/images/200608justiceforjack.jpg
Ruddock places Curfew on Jack Thomas
Jack Thomas, recently acquitted
of terrorism charges by the Victorian Appeals Court, has had a control
order placed on him by the Australian Federal Police. Les Thomas from Civil Rights Defence,
expressed his outrage at the decision to serve his brother Jack Thomas
with a control order, despite the Appeal Court quashing charges against
him. "My brother is being persecuted,? said Les Thomas. ?Jack was trying
to recover from his ordeal by spending time on the beach with his wife
and family when the AFP dropped this new bombshell. He has had to return
home and has been told he must report to a police station daily."
"Anyone who cares about civil liberties should be outraged at this
decision," he said. This is the first use of a control under the new
anti-terrorist laws. The order was signed off by Attorney-General Philip
Ruddock and issued by a magistrate on Sunday.[ Full
Story ]
Civil Rights Defence |
Justice for Jack |
> "Anyone who cares about civil liberties should be outraged at this
> decision," he said. This is the first use of a control under the new
> anti-terrorist laws. The order was signed off by Attorney-General
> Philip
> Ruddock and issued by a magistrate on Sunday.[ href="http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/08/120670.php">Full
> Story ]
>
> Civil Rights Defence a> |
> Justice for Jack |
Lars-Olov H?glund blames the liberalisation
of the power market for the near nuclear meltdown on 25 July. In
addition to Forsmark, three other Swedish nukes are now off the grid for
safety checks.
Swedish
Nuclear Reactor in near-Meltdown Scare
Pharmaceutical companies supply exorbitant drugs that have billions of
dollars in earning potential. The new drug is heavily promoted by
compliant doctors and media. Consumer groups lobby hard and it?s just a
matter of time before the ?miracle? drug is subsidized at huge costs to
the public purse.
In the words of Dr. Marcia Angell, the former editor of the New England
Journal of Medicine "It's really exploiting the desperation of people
with a life-threatening illness." [Full
Story]
New Scientist | Exploiting Cancer Patients With $10,000-a-
Month Drugs
From changeling_au_2004 at yahoo.com.au Tue Aug 29 08:58:59 2006
From: changeling_au_2004 at yahoo.com.au (Nigel W)
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:58:59 +1000 (EST)
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Herceptin: Hype in the Sickness
Industry
In-Reply-To: <200608282226.k7SMQp9m020282@apollo.linuxengine.net>
Message-ID: <20060829085859.10196.qmail@web56608.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Hi Takver,
good stuff - the sickness management industry needs to be exposed! The annoying thing about this is that cures for cancer - and virtually all other dis-eases - already exist. A friend of mine was diagnosed with breast cancer about 2 years ago. She was getting ready to have chemotherapy when I said "Nooooo!!". To cut a long story short, she went to Peru to meet an Inca Shaman I'd had the privelege of meeting when he came out here in early 2003. I'll never forget how she looked the night before she left - flesh "sagging" off her arms and basically all over her body and horribly skinny in spite of the fact that she was eating heaps. I'll also never forget how she looked when she returned 3 weeks later - *glowing*! I personally know of several other similarly "miraculous" healing cases like this.
This sort of intelligence is deliberately suppressed. It was Len Horowitz's thoroughly researched works like "Death in the Air: Globalism, Terrorism & Toxic Warfare" -
> Pharmaceutical companies supply exorbitant drugs that have billions of
> dollars in earning potential. The new drug is heavily promoted by
> compliant doctors and media. Consumer groups lobby hard and it?s
> just a
> matter of time before the ?miracle? drug is subsidized at huge
> costs to
> the public purse.
>
> In the words of Dr. Marcia Angell, the former editor of the New
> England
> Journal of Medicine "It's really exploiting the desperation of people
> with a life-threatening illness." [
> href="http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/08/120772.php">Full
> Story]
>
> New Scientist | href="http://www.mercola.com/2006/jul/29/
> exploiting_cancer_patients_with
> _10000_a_month_drugs.htm">Exploiting Cancer Patients With $10,000-a-
> Month Drugs
> _______________________________________________
> Imc-melbourne-eds mailing list
> Imc-melbourne-eds at lists.cat.org.au
> http://lists.cat.org.au/mailman/listinfo/imc-melbourne-eds
From zeroworkethic at riseup.net Tue Aug 29 15:46:53 2006
From: zeroworkethic at riseup.net (rory)
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:46:53 +1000
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] herceptin feature
Message-ID: <44F4616D.3080403@riseup.net>
agree with and re: herceptin feature. article is big on claims, small on
evidence - what is the reference for the efficacy or not of the drug,
what 'blow out' in health care. if they want to write on the 'sickness
industry' they should do it with references to clinical studies or lack
thereof, and costs, not just claims as to how bad the industry is.
rory
From tirin at takver.com Tue Aug 29 13:44:55 2006
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:44:55 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Herceptin: Hype in the
Sickness Industry
Message-ID: <200608291344.k7TDitEu014043@apollo.linuxengine.net>
directly from the newswire piece. The Author, Helen Lobato is a
broardcaster on 3CR.
Takver
> Hey,
> I feel like a few very large claims are made in this feature without
> citing evidence. eg "the recent decision taken by the federal
> government to subsidize the breast cancer drug Herceptin lacks
> justification." but reference is made as to why it lacks
> justification in the feature. The 'what we have is a sickness
> industry' then also comes across ever less justified i feel. The
> whole things reads in too much of an editorialised way. is it a from
> the newswire piece?
>
> cheers.
> and.
>
> On 29/08/2006, at 8:26 AM, takver wrote:
>
> > comments?
> > --
> > in solidarity
> > Takver
> >
> > Image: http://melbourne.indymedia.org/images/herceptin.jpg
> > Herceptin: Hype in the Sickness Industry
> >
> > The recent decision taken by the federal government to subsidize the
> > breast cancer drug > href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herceptin">Herceptin lacks
> > justification. The Federal Government Health Minister Tony Abbott
> > agreed to list Herceptin on the Pharmacuetical Benefit Scheme. But the
> > costs of these new drugs are immense and the health budget will
> > continue to blow out. What we really have is a sickness industry.
> >
> > Pharmaceutical companies supply exorbitant drugs that have billions of
> > dollars in earning potential. The new drug is heavily promoted by
> > compliant doctors and media. Consumer groups lobby hard and it?s
> > just a
> > matter of time before the ?miracle? drug is subsidized at huge
> > costs to
> > the public purse.
> >
> > In the words of Dr. Marcia Angell, the former editor of the New
> > England
> > Journal of Medicine "It's really exploiting the desperation of people
> > with a life-threatening illness." [ >
> > href="http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/08/120772.php">Full
> > Story]
> >
> > New Scientist | > href="http://www.mercola.com/2006/jul/29/
> > exploiting_cancer_patients_with
> > _10000_a_month_drugs.htm">Exploiting Cancer Patients With $10,000-a-
> > Month Drugs
> > _______________________________________________
> > Imc-melbourne-eds mailing list
> > Imc-melbourne-eds at lists.cat.org.au
> > http://lists.cat.org.au/mailman/listinfo/imc-melbourne-eds
> _______________________________________________
> Imc-melbourne-eds mailing list
> Imc-melbourne-eds at lists.cat.org.au
> http://lists.cat.org.au/mailman/listinfo/imc-melbourne-eds
>
>
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From tirin at takver.com Tue Aug 29 14:08:55 2006
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:08:55 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] herceptin feature
Message-ID: <200608291408.k7TE8tDR030018@apollo.linuxengine.net>
I'm happy for either of you to suggest amendments to the feature. I
thought the claims were well explained in the article and with source
references.
Takver
> agree with and re: herceptin feature. article is big on claims, small on
> evidence - what is the reference for the efficacy or not of the drug,
> what 'blow out' in health care. if they want to write on the 'sickness
> industry' they should do it with references to clinical studies or lack
> thereof, and costs, not just claims as to how bad the industry is.
>
> rory
> _______________________________________________
> Imc-melbourne-eds mailing list
> Imc-melbourne-eds at lists.cat.org.au
> http://lists.cat.org.au/mailman/listinfo/imc-melbourne-eds
>
>
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From and at axxs.org Wed Aug 30 00:34:41 2006
From: and at axxs.org (and)
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:34:41 +1000
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] herceptin feature
In-Reply-To: <200608291408.k7TE8tDR030018@apollo.linuxengine.net>
References: <200608291408.k7TE8tDR030018@apollo.linuxengine.net>
Message-ID:
?Parsons Brinckerhoff is a key player in the expansion of Australia?s
nuclear industry, collaborating with the Howard government to push ahead
with new uranium mines, nuclear reactors and waste dumps in Australia?
said Dr. Jim
Green, nuclear campaigner with Friends of the Earth. ?Last year the
Howard government passed legislation overriding NT environmental and
Aboriginal heritage protection laws to facilitate the nuclear dump
project. The planned dump is an unwanted, unnecessary imposition and
Parsons Brinckerhoff should play no part in the government's grubby,
racist nuclear dump plans." [Full
Story]
Background: Nelson
Steamrolls Territory on Nuclear Waste Dump
Free West Papua Campaign
From info at melbourne.indymedia.org Tue Aug 15 13:28:44 2006
From: info at melbourne.indymedia.org (info at melbourne.indymedia.org)
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:28:44 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Re: Feedback: Amcor Strike
In-Reply-To: <20060813143407.356.qmail@axxs.org>
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Hi Daryl,
We put up a feature on the front page yesterday, and I believe one of
the collective has gone up to the picket tonight to take some photos.
Thanks for your explanation of the situation. Please keep us informed
and we will try to provide coverage on the front page.
in solidarity
Harry
Melbourne Indymedia
uoting Daryl Croke
Nuclear Power No
Solution to Climate Change
From tirin at takver.com Wed Aug 16 05:32:07 2006
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:32:07 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: A White Grab For Black Land
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comments?
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Takver
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NT Aboriginal Land Rights Emasculated
Proposed: A White Grab For Black Land
Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory have lost communal control
of their land under controversial
changes to land rights laws just passed in the Senate. Opponents of
the amendments say the new laws severely weaken Indigenous people?s
control of their land. Greens Senator Rachel Siewert slammed
the changes saying "This will be marked as a tragic day for land
rights in Australia,"
Event 20/8: Oppose the Unjust Terror Laws - Bus Ride to
Barwon
From tirin at takver.com Fri Aug 18 10:23:37 2006
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:23:37 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Working Conditions under attack
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Working Conditions under attack
A document leaked from the the Australian Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (ACCI) shows a secret
agenda to junk leave provisions remaining under WorkChoices. Contractors
have also become new IR battleground. Current campaigns on working
conditions reported on the newswire include:
From and at axxs.org Mon Aug 28 07:00:34 2006
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Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:00:34 +1000
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Ruddock places Curfew on Jack Thomas
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From tirin at takver.com Mon Aug 28 06:10:03 2006
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:10:03 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Nuke Industry attacks Whistleblower
over near Meltdown
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comments?
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Nuke Industry attacks Whistleblower over near Meltdown
The government-owned company that runs the Swedish nuclear power station
that suffered a near nuclear
meltdown on July 25, has been trying to malign the
whistleblower, Lars-Olov H?glund, including questioning his capacity
to judge and his safety expertise. The former reactor design chief,
Lars-Olov H?glund, had explained that the Swedish nuke had missed a worst case
reactor meltdown accident by only minutes.
Nuclear Power No
Solution to Climate Change
Events: Radioactivity
Short Film Festival on 30/8
Beyond Nuclear
Initiative 15-16/9
From tirin at takver.com Mon Aug 28 22:26:51 2006
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:26:51 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Herceptin: Hype in the Sickness
Industry
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Herceptin: Hype in the Sickness Industry
The recent decision taken by the federal government to subsidize the
breast cancer drug Herceptin lacks
justification. The Federal Government Health Minister Tony Abbott
agreed to list Herceptin on the Pharmacuetical Benefit Scheme. But the
costs of these new drugs are immense and the health budget will
continue to blow out. What we really have is a sickness industry.
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