Preparing to testify at a NSW enquiry into the welfare and health of the state's kangaroos, Diane Smith and Greg Keightley again experienced first-hand the barbaric impacts of the Australian commercial kangaroo industry for skins and petfood or, in parallel, just for wildlife destruction — supported by various rural landholders and
Editorial / Opinion
Aunty Ro speaks her pain at destruction of totem kangaroo
INDIGENOUS EDUCATOR AND writer Aunty Ro Mudyn Godwin, in June testified to a NSW parliamentary committee hearing on the welfare and health of the state’s kangaroos. Status quo welfare: very bad. She spoke of the personal impact and social cost of the state’s and indeed Australia’s, wholesale destruction of the national emblem, which
A lens on Indigenous life and culture: Wayne Quilliam
— Wayne Quilliam, The Guardian. IN TIME WITH the country’s ritual look at Aboriginal culture one week of the year (Naidoc) The Bulletin was delighted to see this photo feature where photographer Wayne Quilliam also explains in captions Indigenous thinking about co-existence with the country and everything in it. A culture of respect and
Australia poisons Dingo, the native dog: its what we do for sheep
Region rep Barilaro ups attack on free speech
ABC MEDIA WATCH dissects, in the link below, the recent arrest of a producer for YouTube satirist Jordan Shanks, ‘Friendlyjordies’. The alleged crime is ‘stalking’ in regard to approaching member for Monaro John Barilaro multiple times with uncomfortable or cheeky questions. Barilaro has been at the receiving end of a barrage of
Greens on QPRC commit to a plan to reach net zero emissions
What’s wrong with Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council’s Climate Change Action Plans Community Climate Change Action Plan The biggest deficiency of the Community Action Plan is that it lacks a target for either renewable energy or greenhouse gas emissions. It’s meaningless without one, particularly since QPRC’s population is set to grow by 17% over
Community must call halt on 1080 poison
1080 POISON HAS been banned by many countries around the world with very good reason and yet across NSW, our state government continues to saturate our landscapes with this hideous and cruel poison through ground baiting and aerial drops. 1080 poison kills its victims slowly and painfully. It’s a violent, merciless and abhorrent way
QPRC budget: cuts loom here, there, $$ for Monaro Street
QPRC WANTS TO cut spending on footpaths; community hall upgrades; a leaking swimming pool and the community donations program; among other items, to clawback $2 million from the projected budget deficit while borrowing $5 million to upgrade Monaro St in Queanbeyan. In its draft budget for 2021–22, QPRC has identified $2.040
ACT Greens trade compassion for ministerial trappings
“WE ARE BEYOND disgusted at the ACT Government’s announcement to kill 1,500 kangaroos in 6 local nature reserves across the city this year. We had hopes the new Greens Environment Minister would herald a new era of compassionate conservation in the ACT. But with today’s announcement those hopes are well
People power GetUp: on the 2021 budget
Want our summary of the 2021 Budget but only have a few minutes? Here’s our video explaining the big takeaways from this year's Budget to watch and share! After months of political turmoil, mass mobilisations against misogyny, botched vaccine rollouts, and election rumours, there was a lot riding on last night's Budget. So