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Pope's Gambit Could See Thousands Quit Church of England - Brainwashed Sheeple Change Sides
World  (tags: brainwashed sheeple, Rome, USA, UK, Australia, politics, money, foolishness, catholic corporate greed, ethics )

David
- 17 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
As many as 1,000 priests could quit the Church of England and thousands more may leave churches in America and Australia under bold proposals to welcome Anglicans to Rome. Entire parishes and even dioceses could be tempted to defect. Gimme more money?
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Maralinga - Our Own Shame - UK Nuclear Bomb Tests in Australia
World  (tags: UK, australia, maralinga, nuclear testing, exposure, fallout, troops, aborigines, crime, ethics )

David
- 20 days ago - sea-us.org.au
Britain actively used Australian soil and people to conduct it's nuclear testing program during the 1950s and 1960s. During the mainland tests many army personnel were deliberately exposed to the blasts just to see what effect radiation had on troops.
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Treatment of Aborigines Is Abusive - UN - World - NZ Herald News
World  (tags: Aboriginees, Australia, abuse?, society, UN, racism )

Karen
- 70 days ago - nzherald.co.nz
CANBERRA: The continuing federal intervention in the Northern Territory's Aboriginal communities has been criticised by the United Nations' special rapporteur on indigenous human rights and freedoms.
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Appalling Levels of Child Abuse Found in Aborigine Communities
World  (tags: world, Australia, Aboriginal, women, indigenous, people, genocide, imperialism, colonialism, rights, women, children, abuse, rape, violence, prime, minister, john, howard, politics, government, racism )

Tom
- 124 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
Children in Australia's aboriginal communities are six times more likely to be abused or neglected than the country's non-indigenous children. Young girls are also routinely raped, often by packs of men, amidst an entrenched culture of silence.
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Wallabies Get High in Australian Opium Poppy Fields, Make Crop Circles | Weird True Freaky | News.Com.Au
World  (tags: australia, tasmania, wallabies, mini kangaroos, drugs, drunk, interesting, opium poppys, stoned, terrorism, violence, world, war, goodnews, lots of fun! )

David
- 135 days ago - news.com.au
In true X-Files-style, Attorney-General Lara Giddings said the drugged out wallabies had been found hopping around in circles squashing the poppies, creating the formations - and hence solving the mystery.
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Floods Transform Lake Eyre - Australia
World  (tags: australia, sa, south australia, lake eyre, salt water, floods, queensland, birds, wildlife )

Chrissy
- 172 days ago - abc.net.au
Queensland's summer floods have transformed parts of the outback landscape, enticing huge bird colonies to Lake Eyre in outback SA. This is a phenomenon that only occurs every 10 years or so .....
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On This Day : 1770. : Captain James Cook Discovers and Names Queenland's Glass House Mountains.
World  (tags: on this day, queensland, australia, captain cook, glass house mountains, sunshine coast )

Chrissy
- 174 days ago - today.wmit.net
Captain James Cook was not the first to discover Australia, as he was preceded by numerous Portuguese and Dutch explorers. However, he was the first to sight and map the eastern coastline. Cook's ship, the 'Endeavour', departed Plymouth, England, on 26
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Asylum Seeker Boat 'Doused in Petrol' - Australia
World  (tags: australia, Western Australia, wa, refugees, afghanis, afghanistan, explosion, christmas island )

Chrissy
- 205 days ago - abc.net.au
Authorities are investigating whether a fatal explosion on a boat carrying 49 Afghanis off Australia's north-west coast was an act of sabotage. The fire, which started about 8.15am as the boat was being escorted to Christmas Island, has left at least 3
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Outback Homestead Gets Twist of Luxury - Western Australia
World  (tags: australia, western australia, wa, travel, holiday, vacation, home valley, luxury )

Chrissy
- 205 days ago - news.com.au
AFTER setting up a couple of chairs, David Legge uncorks the champagne and lays out the cheese platter - for us to enjoy a spectacular sunset. We're at Home Valley, 120km north-west of Kununurra in the East Kimberley, and the red, orange and yellow hues
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Australian Defence Contractor Suspended Over Neo-Nazi Link - Advance Australia Fair?
World  (tags: australia, government, conflict, ethics, world )

David
- 215 days ago - theage.com.au
One of Australia's largest Defence Department-linked companies has suspended a contractor over her alleged links to an international neo-Nazi group...I wonder why?...Do you?... :-)
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International Meeting Applaud's Australia's Support for Indigenous Peoples
World  (tags: Indigenous Peoples, Australia, CBD, americans, ethics, freedoms, GoodNews, humans, interesting, news, rights, safety, politics, law, government, family, culture, ethics, government, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', world, Refugees&Relief )

Kat
- 219 days ago - indigenousportal.com
At today's international meeting under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), being held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Australia was given spontaneous applause following the announcement that Australia has supported the Declaration on the...
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This Day in History - 1791 - Convict Given First Land Grant in NSW - Australia
World  (tags: on this day, history, australia, nsw, convict, land, grant, cornwall )

Chrissy
- 222 days ago - today.wmit.net
Convict James Ruse is given the first land grant in the colony of New South Wales. James Ruse was born on a farm in Cornwall around 1759. At age 22, he was convicted of burglary and, due to severe over-crowding in British gaols, spent over four years on
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Growing Demand: 50,000 Watermelon Seedlings Planted a Day at NT Farm - Australia
World  (tags: australia, nt, northern territory, water melons, farmers, crops, queensland )

Chrissy
- 222 days ago - abc.net.au
While melon growers in some parts of Queensland battle irrigation cutbacks and drought, Northern Territory melon growers are significantly increasing seed planting this month to take advantage of growing demand for the succulent fruit. Like many melon
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Flinders Native Title Agreements to Be Settled - Australia
World  (tags: australia, south australia, sa, aborigines, land rights, agreement, flinders ranges, federal court, claim, native title )

Chrissy
- 223 days ago - abc.net.au
One of Australia's biggest native title claims will be signed off in South Australia's Flinders Ranges today. The Adnyamathanha people and pastoralists are gathering for an outdoor federal court hearing at Nepabunna. Three determinations will be signed,
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30,000 Australian Homes Repossessed By December - Australia
World  (tags: australia, mortgage, stress, home owners, foreclosures, repossession )

Chrissy
- 228 days ago - news.com.au
MORE THAN 30,000 homes will be repossessed or foreclosed and almost half a million Australians plunged into severe mortgage stress by the end of the year, according to a new industry report. One third of the expected repossessions will be first time home
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