Monthly Archives: September 2008
Racial tolerance in South Australia 'too high'
Tory Shepherd: The Advertiser | September 30, 2008 http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24423463-2682,00.html The “disappointing” results are from a 10-year survey called Challenging Racism, to be released at the 4Rs (rights, reconciliation, respect and responsibility) International Conference in Sydney this week. A cultural gap yes, but we’re not racist ONE in two South Australians do not like the idea [...]
40pc believe others don't belong here
The Advertiser | September 28, 2008 http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24415273-5005962,00.html FORTY per cent of Australians believe some ethnic groups do not belong in the country with one in 10 having outwardly racist views, a new study shows. New South Wales tops the list with racist views, but lead researcher on the project Kevin Dunn puts it down to [...]
US 'said no to Israel bombing Iran'
From correspondents in London: The Advertiser | September 26, 2008 http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24405383-5005962,00.html ISRAEL seriously considered bombing Iran’s nuclear sites earlier this year but US President George W Bush refused to support such a strike, a British newspaper reported today. Quoting senior European diplomatic sources, The Guardian said Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert raised the issue with [...]
Cab drivers targeted by thieves
The Advertiser September 26, 2008 http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24405882-2682,00.html TWO taxi drivers were assaulted in separate attacks overnight, with one cab stolen by a man and woman. Police arrested a Christies Beach man, 26, and a Woodcroft man, 27, after they allegedly assaulted a driver and attempted to run off without paying the fare in Hindley St at [...]
Life in Aboriginal Australia: Girl sexually abused as she lay dying
Nigel Adlam: The Advertiser | September 26, 2008 http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24405406-911,00.html A 14-YEAR-old girl who ran away from hospital was beaten with a lump of wood by a younger girl before being dragged into bushes by boys who tried to rape her as she was dying, a coroner has been told. Observers sat in stunned silence in [...]
Anti-racism academic cheesed off with Coon
David Barbeler: News.com.au | September 26, 2008 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24405098-421,00.html AN anti-racism campaigner says Coon cheese is next on his hit-list after the Queensland Government ruled a grandstand being rebuilt in the state’s south would not be renamed after E.S. “Nigger” Brown. Toowoomba Sports Ground Trust chairman John McDonald said yesterday that while the grandstand bearing Brown’s [...]
Men can be domestic violence victims too
Amber Petty: The Advertiser | September 25, 2008 http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24397363-5017200,00.html VIOLENT relationships, it turns out, are a two-way street. I recently commented on how unfairly many women are judged after finding themselves in violent relationships with men. In the days that followed, I received many emails from victims. Surprisingly, many of them were from men, who [...]
Residents oppose plans for Islamic school
Katrina Vella: Southwestern Rural Advertiser | September 24, 2008 http://bringelly.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/residents-oppose-plans-for-school/1280973.aspx A GROUP of residents who live on and around Gurner Avenue in Austral will fight the council over a new proposal for an Islamic school to be built on the street. The group says it is opposed to the school for numerous reasons, but the [...]
'Kick a black' remark causes uproar in state parliament
Michael Owen, Political Reporter: The Advertiser | September 24, 2008 http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24390627-5006301,00.html TREASURER Kevin Foley has accused State Opposition leader Martin Hamilton-Smith of being happy to “kick a black” and engage in “racism politics”. Mr Foley went on the attack yesterday in State Parlianment after Mr Hamilton-Smith asked a question about the HomeStart Finance “Nunga Loan” [...]
'Secret' police to use fake IDs
Nigel Hunt: The Advertiser | September 20, 2008 http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24377910-5006301,00.html POLICE will have the power to create false identity documents for undercover operatives under new laws to be introduced in South Australia. And for the first time, the identities of the undercover police officers will remain secret during court processes to prevent reprisals from criminals they [...]






