Tag: Reaction

Israel

Israel and Australian law on sanctions. Will we act? – Pearls and Irritations

The imposition of sanctions on Israel by the Australian government is a logical step now that Foreign Minister Penny Wong has finally bowed to the inevitable in calling Israel’s West Bank settlements ‘illegal’. As Wong told the federal party caucus yesterday, it was time to “strengthen the government’s objection to settlements by affirming that they are illegal under international law and a significant obstacle to peace”.

Given all this there cannot be a clearer case for the Albanese government to back up its commitment to finally recognising the illegality of the West Bank settlements by using its sanctions legislation against Israel. It cannot stand tall in remembering that this nation’s history in sanctioning one apartheid regime, South Africa, while sitting on its hands in relation to the latest manifestation of that odious practice in Israel.

If Senator Wong and her colleagues really do want to “strengthen the government’s objection to settlements”, to use her phrase, then sanctions are a must.

Source: Israel and Australian law on sanctions. Will we act? – Pearls and Irritations

Media

Election Reaction: The Media’s Tantrum – » The Australian Independent Media Network

To prove that Australia is not immune from this frankly hysterical reaction to electoral defeat, I want to look at the media’s reaction to the ALP’s recent victory. The reaction can be described as nothing short of a tantrum. There is a clear and unsubtle subtext of ‘Listen, you peasants, no one said you could vote Labor’.

Source: Election Reaction: The Media’s Tantrum – » The Australian Independent Media Network

LNP Government, Uncategorized

Bushfire preparations stymied by climate change deniers in Government, says small business lobby – Politics – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The charred remains of the Roman Leathergoods store in Mogo after the NYE bushfires.

Key points:

Small business lobby COSBOA warned many businesses “will close and not reopen” as a result of the fires and loss of summer trade
COSBOA chief executive Peter Strong said climate change deniers in the Federal Government should “shut-up” and “go and sit at the backbench where they belong”
The lobby is urging governments to assist fire-affected regions to put on events once the fires are over to lure visitors back to those areas

Bushfire preparations stymied by climate change deniers in Government, says small business lobby – Politics – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Israel

Israelis rally around soldier filmed executing injured Palestinian | The Electronic Intifada

New video shows settler leader congratulating Hebron executioner after killing.

Source: Israelis rally around soldier filmed executing injured Palestinian | The Electronic Intifada

Aboriginal Remote Communities

Kimberley Land Council chief threatens to ‘kill’ Broome’s tourism industry in protest against closure of remote Aboriginal communities – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

 

Pandanus Park

Kimberley Land Council chief threatens to ‘kill’ Broome’s tourism industry in protest against closure of remote Aboriginal communities – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).