Australia Archive

  • Cyrus on: ABC’s Future Tense (Australia)

    Cyrus on: ABC’s Future Tense (Australia)

    Posted on April 14, 2010 | 2 Comments
    Meine FreundInnin, I’m pleased to share with you my latest piece on the new WiFi-free Weekend policy at Actual Café in Oakland. This was one of the last pieces that I did before leaving the Bay Area. It has just aired on the Australian Broadcasting...

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  • BBC: Australia apology to Aborigines

    BBC: Australia apology to Aborigines

    Posted on January 30, 2008 | No Comments
    BBC: The Australian government has announced it will issue its first formal apology to Aboriginal people when parliament resumes next month. Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin said the apology would be the first item of business when the new legislature convened on 13 February. It...

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  • Pacific Solution to be abolished

    Pacific Solution to be abolished

    Posted on November 30, 2007 | No Comments
    One of the best things about the fact that Kevin Rudd was elected as Australia’s new Prime Minister is the scrapping of the “Pacific Solution” — an ominously-named plan that processed refugees seeking to come to Australia on offshore sites, including Nauru. The Age: Under...

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