Monthly Archives: June 2008
Adelaide City Council Donates $65 Grand to Islam – Where's Creativity's $$$?
Council grant for mosque work ABC | Jun 17, 2008 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/17/2276785.htm Australia’s oldest mosque is getting a $65,000 grant from Adelaide City Council to fund the repairs to one of its minarets. The mosque in Gilbert Street in the city was built in the late 1880s, with minarets added in 1903. Lord Mayor Michael Harbison [...]
"Bikie Laws" Not Draconian Enough for Liberals
Bikie laws ‘must cover prisons’ Nigel Hunt: The Advertiser | June 22, 2008 http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23901839-5006301,00.html THE Opposition [Liberal Party] wants new legislation aimed at stopping bikies from associating to cover their activities in the state’s prisons. Opposition correctional services spokesman David Wade said revelations in the Sunday Mail last week of gang brawls indicated the Government [...]
Racist Aboriginal ‘White Revenge’ Rapist to be Released
The Advertiser | June 20, 2008 http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23894862-5005962,00.html AN Aboriginal man who committed a series of racially motivated rapes is set to be released into the community. The Court of Appeal today ruled Travice Allan Edwards be released from jail under a 10-year, 28-point community-based supervision order. Edwards was 23 in 1994 when he was sentenced [...]
Gypsy Jokers gather for funeral that will soon be illegal
Colin James, Legal Affairs Editor: The Advertiser | June 18, 2008 http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23883992-2682,00.html GYPSY Jokers from across Australia have gathered in Adelaide for a funeral which would be illegal under new anti-bikie laws introduced by the State Government. The bikies were farewelling club president Wayne “Chiller” McGrath, 42, a father of four and part-owner of four [...]
UN condemns denials of Nazi Holocaust
Reuters | January 27, 2007 UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly adopted a US-drafted resolution today condemning denials of the Holocaust, weeks after Iran sponsored a meeting dominated by speakers questioning the Nazis’ extermination of 6 million Jews in World War 2. The resolution, co-sponsored by more than 100 countries, including all Western nations, was [...]



