Ten cents and a recycling scheme

February 26, 2010 in Campaigns, Rants & Raves
Tags: ALP, Australia, climate change, Colleen Hartland, environment, environmental sustainability, Greens, John Brumby, Liberals, Melbourne, Nationals, recycling, Ted Baillieu, Victoria, Victorian Greens

The Victorian Greens are maintaining their campaign for the introduction of the 10c deposit recycling scheme for drink containers (bottles, cans and cartons). The scheme is a simple one and would help to dramatically increase the amount of recycling; an increase in jobs; and an expansion of the recycling and waste industry.

Recognition in Queensland’s Constitution another milestone for reconciliation

February 26, 2010 in Rants & Raves
Tags: ATSI Social Justice Commissioner, Australia, constitution, federal government, government, human rights, Indigenous Australians, Mick Gooda, Queensland, reconciliation, social justice, state government, Victoria

Passage of legislation in the Queensland Parliament yesterday recognising Indigenous people as the first Queenslanders in the preamble to the State’s Constitution, was one more milestone in the country’s reconciliation journey, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda said today.

The state of electronic civil disobedience in Australia: 2010

February 22, 2010 in Rants & Raves, Series, Thoughts
Tags: analysis, Australia, censorship, civil disobedience, cyber activism, cyber activist, DDoS, demonstration, DoS, ECD, electronic civil disobedience, federal government, government, governments, Internet, Internet censorship, online activism, online activist, personal opinion, politics, protest, public policy, review, social justice

Analysing and presenting an account of Australian electronic civil disobedience (ECD) has become somewhat of a yearly series for me, having written something like this for the last 5 years. In the past year there has been a significant increase in the level and sophistication of online activism in Australia. Whatever the increase in online, or cyber, activism, it does not necessarily equate to electronic civil disobedience.