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Tim Lockette, now the capitol and statewide reporter, wrote at least 13 articles on state topics in October on such issues as the state constitutional amendments, charter schools, the poverty increase in Calhoun County and the 3rd District congressional race. The articles add much to The Star's coverage of state news. For many years, the capitol reporter was an important part of The Star's news staff. The position was dropped four years ago as The Star slimmed its staff. There may be a downside to the new arrangement — one less reporter covering local news.
One of Lockette's articles considered proposed Amendment 4, which would remove segregationist language from the Alabama Constitution. A similar amendment was narrowly rejected in 2004, primarily because it also would have removed from the Constitution a provision stating that there was no right to public education. That provision is stirring controversy this time around because Amendment 4 would keep it in the Constitution.
Joe Reed, chairman of the Alabama Democratic Conference, is quoted in the story as opposing the amendment, but he gave no reason. The article did not follow up on the views of black leaders statewide. What are the positions of other influential groups, the Alabama Education Association, business groups, Alabama Arise (Oct. 14, page 1A)?
Covering the news
An excellent article by Cameron Steele about the evolving changes from print media to the Internet described the problems of rural and elderly people who may lack access to high-speed Internet. This problem will be solved in time as access spreads (Oct. 28, 1A). The future of news may be obvious, but its shape is fuzzy.
Will the advertising money follow? The fact that print news no longer makes enough money doesn't necessarily mean that local online news will. There may be some profitable national news sites, but there is little evidence of successful local ones. Will the local news be there? Papers shifting to online news almost invariably reduce staffs. The Birmingham, Mobile and Huntsville newspapers will be interesting models to watch. As they evolve to total online operations, will the quality of the news be maintained?
Talladega's 'big one'
On Sunday, Oct. 7, there was a 25-car pileup on the last lap of the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. There was no real coverage of the "big one" in The Star's online news Oct. 8. There was a story on the race headlined "RCR's season of misery continues," which briefly referred to the crash. The Oct. 9 newspaper did carry a good photo of the accident, by Dan Deems. Several stories mentioned the crash that day.
The best description was in Joe Medley's column, headed "What does Dega have to do to get love?" There were four paragraphs about the crash beginning with the 22nd paragraph of the column (Oct.9, 3B). A massive crash at Talladega merited stronger coverage. Was the lack of a printed paper Monday, Oct. 8, a factor in the reporting of this story? It was old news by Oct. 9.
Reporting on the election
On runoff election day, Oct. 9, The Star ran a long article predicting a low turnout compared to the primary (1A). So what was the turnout in Anniston? The Star didn't tell us. The Anniston election story, by Laura Camper, gave percentages of votes for the runoff candidates, but it gave no figures. Millie Harris won 60 percent of the votes in the Ward 4 City Council election, but 60 percent of what? Fifty votes, 500? There were no numbers for candidates or turnout (Oct.10, 1A).
Reports on other local elections, in Piedmont, Ohatchee, Jacksonville and Hobson City, did include numbers along with percentages.
TV Star reversal
The Star does listen. Complaints were loud and numerous, so the tabloid-size TV Star returned Oct. 26. But some listings included in the old small-print version have been dropped. The weekeday listings on Page 1 included only the nine broadcast stations. None of the cable listings were included. There were designated channel listings for Cable One and Charter, but listings for Dish and DirectTV were left out.
Star Blips:
• The last obituary on Page 6A jumps to Page 7A, losing some words on the way (Oct. 2).
• The groundbreaking for Freedom Riders Park will be 9 a.m. Thursday (Oct. 14, 3E), or it will be 10 a.m. Thursday (Oct. 16, 3A).
• A headline said, "Ala. congressman: Half in District 3 are living below the poverty line." The story said it was the challenger for the 3rd District congressional seat who made the inaccurate statement (Oct. 31, 7A).
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RENO, NV - A man shot to death in Reno has been identified by Reno police.
22-year-old Julian Acox was booked on an open murder charge Sunday, February 17, after he surrendered at the Washoe County jail. Police had been looking for him after speaking to witnesses in connection with the shooting.
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When I think of the proposed mosques at Ground Zero, I think of the above……for starters.
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Man survives house explosion in VergasVergas, MN (WDAY TV) -- When you look at 67 year old Peter Hansen of rural Vergas, you wonder what guardian angel helped him survive a house explosion and fire that leveled his home.
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Vergas, MN (WDAY TV) -- When you look at 67 year old Peter Hansen of rural Vergas, you wonder what guardian angel helped him survive a house explosion and fire that leveled his home.
It happened at Hansen's hobby farm, where he had been working the last year remodeling his retirement dream home.
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Peter Hansen: "The front door was collapsed and had to push my way through to get out of it, so it was a matter of, 'let's get out of here.'"
The explosion rocked the house, trapping Peter, who walked out of the shower and could not even get to his bedroom to put pants on – but he did find a pair of underwear.
Peter Hansen: "They were hanging right there beside me. Luckily there they were, so I figured I'd better put these on before running out."
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Peter's billfold, car keys, hunting guns and camera were all lost in the explosion and fire. The cause is not yet known.
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Welcome to the STICS website!
STICS (Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney) is an open collective of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people committed to the repeal of the NT Intervention and the struggle for Aboriginal self-determination.
We meet every first and third Monday of the month to discuss the campaign and plan for actions and awareness-raising. 6pm Monday nights, Federation Conference Centre, Level 1, 23-33 Mary Street Surry Hills (turn off Elizabeth st at Albion St and left onto Mary street) - http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=23-33+Mary+Street,+surry+hills&sll=-24.686952,135.703125&sspn=61.631455,97.207031&ie=UTF8&z=17&iwloc=A. Everyone is welcome. Should you require further information and would like to attend, please call Jean: 0449 646 593 or E-mail: [email protected]
Say NO to continuing Stolen Generations
STOP the DOCS Friday snatch
STOP Goward's new laws
Support and opportunity for families NOT child removal
Rally Friday April 11 - 12pm Tamworth DOCS office
14 - 16 Bourke st Tamworth
Speakers include:
+ Aunty Hazel, Grand-mothers Against Removals, Gunnedah
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/502744536496524/?context=create&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming&source=49#
For the flyer: please click here
For the double-sided-leaflet: please click here
For the Media release: please click here
STICS Forum
21 March 2014 - 6.30pm for 7pm start
Marking the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
REDFERN Town Hall, 73 Pitt St, Redfern
Speakers include:
John Pilger, Utopia filmmaker
Marianne McKay, Nyoongar activist
Dianne Stokes, Muckaty Traditional Owner
Aunty Hazel, Grand Mothers Against Removals Gunnedah
STICS Forum on 21 March 2014: please click here
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Speakers on Child Removal
Monday, 3 March at 6 pm,
Federation Conference Centre
Olivia Nigro, who played a central role organising the Child removal rally outside parliament on 13 Feb, will speak on developments in Gunnedah, as a way of starting some collective discussion about how we can take the struggle forward.
Bear, is a First Nations man from Canada taken and adopted out in Australia. He is currently working to change national and international adoption practices and laws, so that the abuses of the past are not repeated.
For the flyer: please click here
Plus discussion about an upcoming forum on 21 March 2014.
STICS Forum on 21 March 2014: please click here
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Respect and Listen - Excerpt from the Q&A session where John Pilger talks about the present child removals and the planned new adoption legislation - 20 Feb 2014
The Guardian - Tony Abbott's cuts directly hurt Aboriginal children - 20 Feb 2014
Indigenous specialist services have been slashed by a tidal wave of cuts. This has a direct impact on the health and safety of thousands of Aboriginal children ...
The Stringer - Stolen Generations continues but worse than ever - 15 Feb 2014
Grandmothers Against Removals was formed by NSW regional Gunnedah grandmothers who
have been broken by the record number of removals by our State Governments - yes by
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On the sixth anniversary of the Australian government's apology to the Stolen Generations, grandmothers from Gunnedah have protested against what they say is a new generation of stolen children. ...
Canberra Times - Fears over rise in Canberra's indigenous children in care - 13 Feb 2014
Canberra's indigenous children risk becoming part of another ''stolen generation'', the head of Australia's peak Aboriginal childcare body says.
The Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care is demanding answers from the ACT government about large numbers of local indigenous children who have been taken from their families by social services.
Secretariat CEO Frank Hytten said unconscious prejudice and a lack of support for families could be contributing to the large numbers of indigenous children in care across Australia.
The latest report on government services published by the Productivity Commission found that on June 30 last year at least 140 of the 559 children in out-of-home care in Canberra were indigenous. ...
Media Release: Grandmothers demand DOCS return stolen children on anniversary of apology - 13 Feb 2014: please click here
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ABC - Too many Aboriginal children in state care in NSW admits Family Services Minister Pru Goward - 13 Feb 2014
The New South Wales Minister for Family and Community Services has conceded the number of Aboriginal children in care around the state is too high.
Pru Goward has made the admission ahead of a rally of Aboriginal grandmothers at State Parliament today.
It is six years since the Federal Parliament's apology to the Stolen Generations, but for Aunty Hazel it has meant nothing.
She says her grandmother and aunt were forcibly removed from their families and now four of her grandchildren are in care. ...
The Guardian - Aboriginal mothers like me still fear that our children could be taken away - 21 Jan 2014
Indigenous women have been told for the better part of two centuries that we're not fit to raise children. Time and time again, we have borne the brunt of racist and cruel policies ...
WGAR News - Background to 'Keeping Them Home': Campaign against Forced Aboriginal Adoption in the NT, Australia
Keeping Them Home
The most recent data shows that the number of children being moved into out-of-home care in the Northern Territory has just about doubled since 2007. Two-thirds of these children are being placed with non-Indigenous families away from their communities.
Elder Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra, as spokesperson for Yolngu Makarr Dhuni calls for this trend to be reversed by increasing family support services in communities. He has written to the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, Adam Giles, asking him for his support. If you would like to support Dr Gondarra, please read the campaign letter below.
Letter from Dr Djiniyini Gondarra to Adam Giles: please click here
Campaign Letter: please click here
Background document: please click here
Petition: KEEPING THEM HOME -
Stop the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families: please click here
Media Releases
STICS: please click here
'concerned Australians': please click here
Further Background Info/Articles:
NITV newsclip of 20 May 13 - about 6 mins into the video: please click here
WGAR Newsletter of 18 May 2013: please click here
SMH - Jeff McMullen - 15 March 2013: please click here
On the International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination and
'National Close the Gap Day'
Thursday March 21
12:30 @ office of Tanya Plibersek MP
150 Broadway, opposite Broadway shops
STOP 'Stronger Futures' - NO to 10 more years of NT Intervention
STOP the expansion of income management: Not in the NT, not in Bankstown not anywhere
STOP Black Deaths in Custody - Justice for Kwementyaye Briscoe and all victims
On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and National Close the Gap Day
Speakers include:
Rosie Pearson, Yirrkala NT
Sue Gillett, Bankstown Aboriginal activist and STICS member
Ray Jackson, Indigenous Social Justice Association
For the poster: please click here
For the media release: please click here
The NT Intervention has been a disaster - but the government is set to expand 'income management' to cover even more people from July this year, including in Bankstown.
Government statistics show that since 2007 in the NT incarceration has increased 75%, reported rates of attempted suicide and self harm are up almost 600%, child removal rates increased 70% and there is more alcohol related domestic violence (sources below).
In 2012, the Labor government passed new legislation, Stronger Futures, that extends the main measures of the NT Intervention for another 10 years.
Stronger Futures legislation also extended income management to five new "trial sites" around Australia, including Bankstown in Sydney. But a strong campaign uniting Aboriginal people, community organisations, migrants and trade unions has stopped income management in its tracks. Virtually no one has been placed on compulsory income management in Bankstown.
The Public Service Association (PSA), who represent Child Protection workers have voted to ban income management and have made no referrals. They are refusing to be part of the expansion of the racist NT Intervention
The government is trying to break the ban. New rules mean that from July 2013, compulsory income management will apply automatically to anyone in Bankstown who is under 25 and exiting prison, along with young people who have an 'unable to live at home' status with Centrelink or who are on a 'special benefit' due to homelessness or other circumstances.
If we act now we can stop this happening and defend the rights of some of the most vulnerable people in our community - prisoners and homeless youth.
Justice for Kwementyaye Briscoe
Kwementyaye Briscoe was an Anmatyere man who died in the Alice Springs watch house on January 5, 2012. Briscoe family spokesperson Patricia Morton-Thomas says her nephew was "a victim of the NT Intervention... The NT has become a police state".
While Kwementyaye was intoxicated, police threw him head first into a counter and gave him no medical check. He never regained consciousness after the assault. He was thrown face down on a mattress and died from positional asphyxia. Police played their iPods and checked the internet while he lay dying.
Greg Barnes, President of the Australian Lawyers Alliance has written an opinion saying police could be culpable for manslaughter or 'failure to rescue' charges. 33,000 people have signed an online petition calling for police to be charged. But the DPP are refusing to investigate the case. We need to keep up the fight for Kwementyaye Briscoe and all those who have died in custody.
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination falls each year on the anniversary of a massacre of anti-Apartheid protesters. This year it is also Close the Gap day.
Join us for a protest to demand an end to Apartheid-style policies in Australia. The gap can not be closed with racism.
More info call Jean 0449 646 593
Statistics on changes in NT from 2007 - 2012 available from
Closing the Gap in the NT Monitoring Report Jan - June 2012
Productivity Commission report on Government Services 2013
We will have a special meeting on Monday, 29 October 2012
However there will be no meeting on Monday, 5 November 2012.
Instead STICS will be supporting and attending the book launch of
A Decision to Discriminate:
Aboriginal Disempowerment in the Northern Territory
at gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, Sydney.
Our wonderful STICS member Deni Langman will be - along with Graeme Mundine and Jeff McMullen - launching this highly important book. We highly encourage everyone to make every effort to support Deni and attend the launch.
For the invitation to the launch: please click here
To mark International Human Rights Day, STICS will be holding an NT Intervention / Stronger Futures Forum
For the leaflet: please click here
For the poster: please click here
For the poster in colour: please click here
For the poster: please click here (pdf) or here (jpg)
We would like to invite all supporters of the Bankstown Say No To Government Income Management Campaign Coalition to the solidarity contingent STICS has organised to support the PSA's work bans on Income Management. This will be at the PSA stop work meeting on Monday 8 October which has been called in opposition to the NSW government attacks on the public sector (more information below).
Monday 8 October, Sydney Town Hall, George Street
9am-1030am (before mass meeting)
11am-1230pm (after mass meeting)
This is a great opportunity to tell these courageous workers 'THANK YOU', to boost their morale at a very difficult time, and to help spread the word about what is happening. We also expect other unionists to attend in solidarity, so it will be a good opportunity to speak to and build solidarity for the bans with other unions as well.
Note that although the PSA ban on Income Management is state-wide in Community Services, workers at three Community Service Centres in the 'trial area' (Bankstown, Lakemba, and Fairfield) are the only ones who are in a position to implement it. Therefore many PSA members in attendance, including those in Housing, may not be aware of Income Management and the problems with it.
PSA website with more information about the stop work meeting: http://www.psa.labor.net.au/news/1346050442_8206.html
ABC article on PSA bans: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-19/sydney-work-bans-on-welfare-quarantine-scheme/4269472?section=nsw
Public Service Association (PSA) members in Western Sydney at the Bankstown, Lakemba and Fairfield Community Services Centres (formerly known as DoCS offices) are implementing union bans on participating in income management and any activities relating to its implementation. Income management is part of the Northern Territory Intervention which is now being rolled out to 5 trial sites across Australia. It is widely viewed as discriminatory and paternalistic. The campaign against income management in Bankstown has been lead by the Bankstown Say No Government Income Management Campaign Coalition and supported by the Stop the Intervention Collective and over 65 local organisations, unions and faith groups, and by the NSW ALP.
Due to the courageous actions by workers implementing bans to defend the rights and dignity of their clients, no referrals for Income Management are being made through Child Protection in the Bankstown LGA (and therefore in NSW). This has crippled the ability of FaHCSIA to implement income management in the way they planned. Combined with community campaigning and ASU members in community organisations pledging not to participate in the implementation, the result is that two months into the trial very few people in Bankstown have been put on income management. None are on compulsory income management.
This success shows that community campaigns and union action can make a difference. It also deals a real blow to the credibility of the NT Intervention, and to the government's attempts to extend it to communities across Australia.
Free upcoming Building Bridges 2012 –
with Aunty Daphne & Sue Gillett on
Back to the Future: NT Intervention & Income Management
Wednesday, 22 August 2012 - 7.30 pm
The Jubilee Room, Parramatta Town Hall
182 Church Street Mall
For more information: please click here
Putting Australia to the human rights test:
Allow the Parliamentary Committee on Humans Rights to examine control measures proposed in the Stronger Futures Bill
click here to sign the petition
Please sign the Petition to Stop
Stronger Futures and support Aboriginal self-determination
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Stronger Futures and support Aboriginal self-determination in the NT:
please click here
Stop the NT Intervention - Stop the expansion
Rally 12pm June 16th,
Paul Keating Park, Bankstown
For further info: please click here
For the Aboriginal Elders statement: please click here
Stronger Futures Legislation: Weblink highlights - New Video - Petition - NITV Forum: please click here
For a new compilation of info on the Stronger Futures legislation: http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/stronger-futures-legislation
STICS bulletin for 2 April 2012 Special Meeting: please click here
Please have your say on the Extension of Key
NT Intervention Measures for another Decade
The Federal Government has extended the deadline for submissions on the legislation that replaces the Emergency Intervention into Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.
Main page for Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Bill 2011 and two related bills:
Direct link to view all uploaded submissions
Direct link to view all uploaded hearing info
Current Committee inquiries
For some recent documents: please click here
For the Stronger Futures Submission Guide: please click here
For the document with links to further info about the
New Policies, Aboriginal Elders voices and for Taking Action:
please click here
For a summary of the new laws by Paddy Gibson: please click here
For the December Tracker articles on Stronger Futures: please click here or here (under Media Coverage)
For info about the 2011 NT Consultations: please click here
Feb 28: Parliament House protest against 'Stronger Futures',
new NT Intervention legislation
For the poster, videos, speeches and further info: please click here
Petition to the Attorney General: Stop Stronger Futures and support Aboriginal self-determination in the NT: please click here
Stand for Freedom campaign video: please click here
Stand against Macklin's Decade of Discrimination
- Stop the Second Intervention!
Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory legislation currently before parliament would extend the NT Intervention for a further ten years. Explicitly racist laws, which vilify Aboriginal people & culture are being kept or strengthened including:
* "Star Chamber" powers held by the Australian Crime Commission for investigations in Aboriginal communities, including removal of the right to silence.
*Prohibition of consideration of Aboriginal customary law and cultural practice in bail and sentencing. * Blanket bans on alcohol on Aboriginal Land, despite consistent opposition from the Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the NT (APO NT) who have said, "The decision regarding alcohol restrictions should be for relevant residents to make... The principal effect of these widely flouted laws has been to further criminalise and alienate many residents".
* Increases in penalties for possession of alcohol on Aboriginal Land, including 6 months potential jail time for a single can of beer and 18 months for a 6-pack.
* Blanket bans on "sexually explicit or very violent material" on Aboriginal Land. These restrictions serve no purpose other than the perverse stigmatisation of Aboriginal men.
* Continued suspension of the operations of the permit system in communities
* Complete Commonwealth control over regulations in Community Living Areas Proposed amendments to the Social Security Act will see further attacks on the rights of Centrelink recipients. These measures will initially be targeted at NT Aboriginal peoples, but have national implications, especially in areas such as Bankstown where Income Management is being rolled out:
* An expansion of the School Enrolment and Attendance Measure (SEAM) means chronic school attendance problems could see families cut off certain Centrelink payments entirely.
* Staff from any nominated organisation will have the power to order people onto Income Management in the same way that Child Protection agencies currently do.
* Staff from nominated government agencies will be able to pass on information about clients to Centrelink, even if doing so contravenes State or Territory law.
* Income Management will follow you even if you move out of an Income Management area.
For the Income Management petition: please click here
For updates on
Income Management, updates on the 2011 NT Consultations, Walk With Us, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Barbara Shaw's Speaking tour, & Support for Muckaty, Aboriginal Rights events in Sydney, Nov 11,
please click here
Now is a crucial time to mobilise, with the Parliament considering Stronger Futures legislation which would spread Income Management around the country and extend the NT Intervention for ten years. Don't forget our rally in Canberra on February 28 against this legislation.
To get more info, sign the petition or view a video on Income Management please see http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/call-for-a-moratorium-on-government-income-management.html or http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/income-management
5 years too long…
Stop the NT Intervention - Stop the expansion
Rally 12pm June 16th,
Paul Keating Park, Bankstown
Not in Bankstown, not in the NT, not anywhere - say NO to government income management
Stop 'Stolen Futures' laws - no to another decade of discrimination
Speakers include:
George Gaymarani Pascoe, Milingimbi, NT
Larissa Behrendt, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning UTS
Rosie Pearson, Yirrkala community, NT
Representatives from the Bankstown Coalition
For the media release: please click here
For the poster: please click here
This rally in Bankstown will mark 5 years since the announcement of the discriminatory NT Intervention. It is also taking place just two days before the government's new Stronger Futures legislation is set to be debated in the Senate. This legislation will extend key NT Intervention powers for a further 10 years. It will also expand the system of income management - quarantining 50 per cent of Centrelink payments - around Australia, starting with Bankstown and four other "trial sites".
The persecution of Aboriginal people under the Intervention has had horrendous consequences. Reported rates of attempted suicide and self-harm have more than doubled. Indigenous incarceration has increased by 40 per cent. Large numbers of people are drifting away from their homelands as resources, jobs and opportunity are withdrawn from the bush.
Stronger Futures will keep explicitly racist laws on the books - banning access to alcohol and restricted materials on Aboriginal land, granting police extraordinary powers which apply only to Aboriginal people and denigrating Aboriginal culture and law. Both the Human Rights Commission and visiting UN representatives have consistently rejected the characterisation of these measures as "special measures" under the Racial Discrimination Act.
In July, Centrelink case officers and Child Protection staff will be instructed to place "vulnerable" welfare recipients in Bankstown on compulsory income management. The government also wants community sector organisations to refer people to Centrelink for income management. Between 50% and 70% of welfare payments would be quarantined. The income managed money could be placed on a BasicsCard, which can only be used in certain shops for certain products.
A recent report by the Equality Rights Alliance surveyed 180 women on income management in the NT. It found that 79% wanted to exit the system, 85% had not changed what they buy and 74% felt discriminated against.
Stronger Futures also proposes amendments to the Social Security Act that will see further attacks on the rights of Centrelink recipients. These measures will initially be targeted at NT Aboriginal peoples, but have implications for all poor and marginalised communities across Australia - especially Bankstown and other 'trial sites':
- An expansion of the School Enrolment and Attendance Measure (SEAM) means chronic school attendance problems could see families cut off certain Centrelink payments entirely.
- Staff from nominated government agencies will have the power to summarily order people onto Income Management in the same way that Child Protection agencies currently do.
- Staff from nominated government agencies will be able to pass on information about clients to Centrelink, even if doing so contravenes State or Territory law.
- Income Management will follow you even if you move out of an Income Management area.
A major statement calling for immediate withdrawal of Stronger Futures was released by the Yolngu Nations Assembly on May 2. It threatens a boycott of all community and mining lease negotiations and has won widespread support, including from the Catholic Church and the Congress of Australia's First People's.
A campaign calling for an end to government income management is also gaining momentum, with a strong campaign in Bankstown voting at a public meeting on May 26 for a community wide boycott of the system - including support for workers who refuse to refer.
Two days before Stronger Futures is debated join this crucial demonstration:
Say NO to a decade of discrimination under 'Stolen Futures' laws - NO to government income management - and YES to self-determination for Aboriginal peoples and proper investment in employment and social services in ALL communities across Australia.
For more information contact Jean on 0449 646 593
No to Income Management
- not in Bankstown, not in the NT, not anywhere!
Speakout: Tell Bankstown Labor MP Jason Clare (member for Blaxland) we're not going to allow Income Management to be expanded - Demand Clare stand with Bankstown and say NO!
Friday 27th April 12 Noon, 400 Chapel Rd, Bankstown, http://g.co/maps/64yfd
On July 1st this year the Federal government plans to expand Income Management (which has been imposed on Aboriginal people in the NT for the past 4 years) into 5 new sites: Bankstown in New South Wales, Logan and Rockhampton in Queensland, Playford in South Australia and Shepparton in Victoria.
Under this "trial", anyone assessed by Centrelink to be "vulnerable to financial crisis" will have 50% of their payment quarantined. Parents and legal guardians referred to Centrelink by child protection authorities (Community Services) will have 70% of their income compulsorily quarantined.
Like under the disastrous NT intervention, Centrelink will issue a 'BasicsCard' to people who have had their payments quarantined. This card may only be used to purchase priority items eg. food, clothing and utilities from government approved outlets such as: Woolworths, Coles, Target, Kmart, Best and Less and Big W.
The Government estimates that 20,000 people will participate in Income Management in the five locations over the next five years. This is around 1000 persons per location each year.
Income management was first rolled out as part of the racist Intervention in the Northern Territory in 2007. Aboriginal communities have experienced almost 5 years of hardship and shame as a result of this and related policies.
Income Management in the Northern Territory has been widely criticised, both locally and internationally as it stigmatises and humiliates welfare recipients, wastes money on bureaucratic administration and discriminates specifically against Aboriginal people. In the NT, Income Management costs approximately $4,400 per person per year in administration alone. There is no evidence base to support the expansion of the system.
Despite this Jason Clare, member representing Bankstown, in a media statement last year proclaimed - "Income management has already proven effective in trial locations in Perth and the Kimberley in Western Australia, Cape York in Queensland and throughout the Northern Territory." He continued by declaring - "This is designed to make sure that welfare payments are spent in the best interest of children, rather than tobacco, alcohol and gambling."
But Independent research conducted by the Menzies School of Health, Darwin suggests that Income Management has had no beneficial effect on tobacco and cigarette sales, soft drink or fruit and vegetable sales. A recent report by the Equality Rights Alliance surveyed 180 women on income management in the NT. It found that 79% wanted to exit the system, 85% had not changed what they buy and 74% felt discriminated against. A report released by the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA) concludes that compulsory income management in the NT has profoundly long-term negative impacts on psychological health, social health and wellbeing and cultural integrity (March 2010).
International research suggests welfare reforms that utilise sanctions such as the Income Management system place additional stresses on families with young children and has the potential to increase family breakdown and child abuse.
Income management has already been found to be an expensive and administration-intensive approach with no evidence to suggest that it delivers outcomes that justify its complexity or cost. The expansion must be stopped and all those on income management in the NT should be given immediate freedom to leave the system.
A strong new coalition has formed in Bankstown. The campaign has initiated a call for a national moratorium on Income Management - demanding immediate amnesty for those already on the system and a halt to plans for expansion. Its founding statement has been endorsed by more than 50 organisations including unions, church and community groups.
Join STICS and Bankstown residents for a speakout at midday on Friday 27th April at the office of Jason Clare - 400 Chapel Rd. Bankstow


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3 April 1863: "The house servant that you wanted to buy, when down, I have not seen one that is for sale that I thought would suit."
Item description: Note, 3 April 1863, to Ann McNeely of Salisbury, N.C., from W.T. Gilmore about the sale of cotton and the purchase of a house servant. Item citation: From folder 6 of the Macay and McNeely Family Papers #447, Southern … Continue reading
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From his early beginnings as a young boy working at Northridge Golf Club to his ascension as one of the leaders in Canadian golf, Scott Simmons holds a passion for our great game. He is serious and ready to make progressive steps for the present and future direction of golf in Canada.
Simmons was named Executive Director of the Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) on July 4, 2007. He holds valuable knowledge of the RCGA having previously worked for the organization. Simmons has also excelled outside of Golf House holding a proven record of corporate success in senior executive positions.
A native of Brantford, Ontario Simmons credits early learning's in golf to his father, grandfather, and Neil Verwey, former head professional at Northridge Golf Club who gave Simmons his first job in 1977 - washing clubs in the backshop at Northridge Golf Club. He also was a caddy at the Brantford Golf and Country Club where he later became a member until moving to Toronto in 1991.
A graduate of the prestigious Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario (1984), it was there that Simmons chronicled his first RCGA experience interviewing then Executive Director, the late Geordie Hilton at Golf House as part of a working paper. Simmons' intrigue for golf and the RCGA would emerge once again in a post-University position with the International Management Group (IMG) where he consulted for the Association.
From 1992 to 2000 Simmons was appointed as the RCGA's Director, Marketing and Communications. During that time he left an indelible mark with which the organization continues to benefit from today. Simmons was one of the principals behind the agreement with Bell Canada to become title sponsor of the Canadian Open. The launch of Golf Canada, major network broadcast partnerships, and over $7 million in annual sponsorship revenues were also achieved under the leadership of Simmons. He gathered more key learning's from icons in the game, inside and outside of Golf House. Former Executive Director Stephen Ross and Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member the late Bruce Forbes, an industry legend, are included in that group who provided Simmons with guidance, leadership, and most of all friendship.
Simmons now returns to the RCGA following a successful seven-year executive management career in the Canadian beer brewing industry. During that time he and his teams have delivered record sales, marketing and brand management results. Simmons spent five banner years as Vice-President, Marketing and Business Development for The Beer Store (TBS). Among his many career achievements, Simmons was a leader in the development of a long-term strategic plan for TBS's retail renewal program. Leading nearly 30 employees and managing a $6 million operating budget and $10 million capital budget, Simmons' mandate spurred growth and success still entrenched in TBS merchandising and communications. He restructured TBS's community investment program improving the organization's position in community relations and environmental responsibility. Senior management positions with Procter and Gamble, IMG, Sales and Merchandising Group, and most recently Lakeport Brewing LP also highlight Simmons' illustrious corporate career. During his time with IMG he was instrumental in developing a 10-year business plan for the RCGA. The majority of the plan was executed and delivered major organizational success.
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People stand near downed branches as Tropical Storm Isaac begins to move ashore. The storm is creating havoc in the heart of the U.S. refining business, adding additional pressure to force prices up.
That's about the size of it. According to GasBuddy.com, the average price of a gallon of regular is holding steady at just about $4.13 today, a week ahead of Labor Day.
This is about 2 cents higher than a week ago and confirmation that the fire at Chevron's Richmind refinery in the Bay Area a few weeks back has taken enough capacity offline to ensure that L.A. prices will remain above $4 a gallon.
But there are other problems in the world of gas refining and oil drilling. A fire hit a huge refinery in Venezuela over the weekend, and tropical storm Isaac is currently cutting a swath through the heart of the U.S. refining industry, the Gulf of Mexico. Numerous oil and gas suppliers and refiners have shut down their operations until the storm blows over.
All of this will push gas prices up nationally. They're risen about 25 cents since this time last month. But they haven't hit $4 yet. Los Angeles crossed that threshold a while ago because California law requires that our drivers burn a cleaner blend — one that isn't produced in significant volume outside the state.


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I am converting a shower to a bathtub, and need to move the drain. As you can see in the pictures, I have already removed the shower, and ripped out some of the concrete slab. Instead of digging up more concrete (which seems to be in two layers, is quite thick, is reinforced, and is difficult to remove with a sledgehammer), I would like to:
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Also - in order to access the tub to connect everything up, I am going to have to cut a hole in the wall. This is an exterior wall in the back of the house. I'd like to install an access panel to cover up the hole - so that I can get to it later if I need to. What do I need to keep in mind regarding this access panel?
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I worked at Hostess Brands full-time for more than 10 years
Pros – Independence, my customers, the pay (before we were cut back twice).
Cons – Upper level mangagement all the way up to the CEO. WHAT A BUNCH OF CROOKS!!!!! I really wish someone from 60 minutes or Crimestoppers would do a thorough investigation into the actions of this company. What a major scandel!!!! They probably were in cahoots with the union as well. And to tell us half way through the day on Friday November 16th that we need to empty off our trucks and not return to work - what a shallow bunch they are! Honestly, how could a company have over 2 billion in sales and loose MILLIONS each year, I guarantee you one thing, they sure as hell didn't share it with the employees!
Advice to Senior Management – Well, I guess you won. You got your money and can move on. As for the rest of us hard working dependable employees you dumped on the street, I pray for each and everyone of them and their families, no matter what job we get won't be as awful as this one. Thanks.
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- Liz Bezera on 27 January 1864: "Dear relatives and friends I once more take up my pent to write you a few lines to inform you that I am as yet among the living."
- Buck Lawler on 22 December 1863: "I have not broken the seal to my bottle of brandy yet and am going to try and hold on to it until Christmas morning, when it will be compelled to be opened"
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23 October 1863: "Be Kind to the Soldier"
Item Description: "Be Kind to the Soldier." (newspaper editorial) Semi-weekly North-Carolina Standard (Raleigh), 23 October 1863. Transcription: Be Kind to the Soldier. The Editor of the Biblical Recorder, in his account of his recent journey to the Western part of … Continue reading
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Giant Communist Robot wrote:The books spent a week in customs before being x-rayed; they've now been released to the publisher. Over the weekend a friend was at a bookstore and saw a poster announcing a book signing and reading this Saturday. She e-mailed us a pic of the poster--it was the first we had heard about it. The publisher said bookstores do sometimes jump the gun on these things. So we'll be at the Kahala Barnes & Noble Saturday.
Monday the local newspaper ran a half page review with a color pic of the cover and a headshot of my wife. Tuesday someone she didn't know stopped her on the street to ask her if she was the author. A local celebrity.
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Is there anything Bill Bryson isn't interested in? He moves from one subject to the next with equal amounts of genuine enthusiasm. And we're not talking about just the really remarkable stuff - a lot of what gets Bryson going seems quite mundane. Mousetraps, for instance. Once he has you hooked, you too realize that even mousetraps are pretty fascinating after all.
There's no point looking for a theme to At Home, even though it's nominally a social history of the home, specifically Bryson's home, a former rectory in Norfolk, built in 1851. Going from room to room is just an excuse for Bryson to expound on whatever he finds interesting. It might be best to take the book as a series of loosely connected magazine articles or short essays. You can skip around without losing the thread, because there isn't one.
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UTHSC announced the appointment March 15. Dr. Dodge has served as dean ad interim since 2012 when Dr. Kenneth L. Kalkwarf left the post to become president ad interim during the medical leave of UTHSC President William L. Henrich, M.D. Dr. Kalkwarf is now special assistant to the president and has announced plans to retire in 2013 after 24 years as dental school dean.
"Dr. Dodge is highly regarded by his colleagues in academic dentistry throughout the nation for his expertise in matters of accreditation of dental programs, competency assessment, evidence-based clinical education and financing of dental education," said Dr. Henrich.
"His leadership and vision, most notably regarding the school's clinical endeavors, helped the dental school to be awarded Permanent University Funding to build a state-of-the-art Center for Oral Health Care and Research which will open next to the Medical Arts and Research Center in 2015," continued Dr. Henrich. "I have complete confidence that Dr. Dodge will lead the school in an exemplary manner in the years to come."
The Center for Oral Health Care and Research is the dental school's future oral health care training, education and patient care facility. A $95 million project, it will feature a 198,000-square-foot facility that will house clinical training and patient care. UTHSC says the center will facilitate clinical research trials that can generate advancements in innovation and patient care.
Prior to becoming dean ad interim, Dr. Dodge served as vice dean since 2004 and associate dean for patient care from 1996-2003. He joined the faculty in 1978 after five years of general dental practice and two years as a captain in the U.S. Army Dental Corps. Dr. Dodge is a professor in the Department of Comprehensive Dentistry at UTHSC. He earned his dental degree at the University of Southern California and an undergraduate degree at Trinity University in San Antonio.


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Maple Grove Jr. H.S. student Dane Neuberger talks to reporters at Hennepin County Medical Center Thursday Dec. 1, 2011 after suffering burns to his face and hands when an experiment went awry in science class. Four ninth-grade students have suffered burns during a science experiment at Maple Grove Junior High School. His mother mother Lisa is at right. (AP Photo/Richard Tsong-Taatarii - Star Tribune)
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Has it been mentioned anywhere that the couple who ran the Dogwood Restaurant in Hampden tried to change the lives of desperate people while serving good food and drink?
There aren't a lot of businesses willing to hire ex-offenders and recovering drug addicts. It's a bother. It comes with risks, and there are plenty of attorneys to warn clients about "negligence in hiring," and the liability that brings.
But the Dogwood believed in giving second chances, so attention must be paid, however late the notice.
The Dogwood closed last weekend, with owner Galen Sampson telling The Baltimore Sun's restaurant critic, Richard Gorelick, that business went south over the last three weeks. Sampson paid his staff and closed the doors.
By most measures, that means the Dogwood was a failure.
But, by another measure — making a difference in the lives of people — it was a relatively short, sweet success.
Five years ago, when I was writing frequently about joblessness among ex-offenders — men and women coming out of prison with no clear plan for re-entry — people who cared about that problem pointed toward the Dogwood, Sampson and his wife, Bridget.
These were special people, even by the standards of Baltimore, which is loaded with generous people trying to fix their fellow humans.
Galen Sampson had been an acclaimed chef at the upscale Harbor Court Hotel. He developed the idea for a culinary training program for people in recovery while a community fellow with the Open Society Institute.
Every year, OSI awards grants to social entrepreneurs with great ideas for improving Baltimore, one step at a time, with particular emphasis on reducing the drug addiction, violence, poverty and family dysfunction that has festered in the poorest neighborhoods for so long.
So, with a grant from OSI, Galen Sampson launched his program, calling it Chefs in the Making and paying people as they learned how to prepare and cook food.
Bridget was right there with him. A writer and social activist, she'd been the recipient of a 2003 OSI grant to tutor incarcerated mothers and their children in reading. She'd also been involved in an outreach program for women coming out of prison.
"Two people with hearts of gold," Diana Morris, the director of OSI-Baltimore, says of them.
Starting in 2007, the Sampsons took on the double challenge of running a restaurant — never an easy thing — and training people in recovery from drugs, prison and/or homelessness.
"You need to make a difference to your community," Galen Sampson said.
A few years ago, we reported on the success of some of the people who escaped addiction and relapse through the Dogwood kitchen.
One was a fellow named Tyrone Lewis, the lead apprentice in Chefs in the Making at the time. Though he had been hooked on heroin for 15 years, Lewis managed to get and keep a series of short-order cooking jobs. By 2008, he had been clean for four years and working as the Dogwood's kitchen manager.
I don't know where Lewis is these days, and Galen Sampson could not be reached Wednesday.
But that's OK. Attention must be paid, just the same.
Here's a man who, with his wife, created an enterprise with the whole community in mind. They bought organic and seasonal produce from local farmers, pushing the idea of using sustainable, regional food sources. They offered a great product presented smartly. They planted their business in an old neighborhood with new promise. And they were willing to expend the extra energy required for Chefs in the Making.
"They made a difference," says Morris. "They did a lot for people and did it with dignity. They took the time to develop a program so people could improve themselves with better pay and stable jobs — in the kitchen and out front. Galen taught the people he trained every aspect of the restaurant so they could have a good future and climb the culinary ladder."
Of course, the recession hit soon after the Dogwood opened, and the restaurant closed and reopened a couple of times. Some people never took to its below-level dining space and the lack of natural light.
"At The Dogwood, we tried to do something innovative and risky, and the city and its people always supported us," Galen Sampson wrote in his farewell message on the restaurant's website. He thanked his staff, customers and investors, then said he was headed to an organic farm in Virginia for the growing season while his wife returned to her love: writing fiction.
"However, nothing will ever bring us the joy and the heartache, the fun and the challenge that the Dogwood did," he closed. "The Dogwood pursued the ideal of being a good restaurant that also helped people who were trying to change their lives. We hold in our hearts individuals with transformed lives and the moments of profound community we shared celebrating food and wine. We consider those some of the greatest successes one can have in life."


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The Timberwolves made the announcement Thursday, one day after Adelman missed his second straight game. They say that his status remains day-to-day and he will return to coaching "as soon as he is able."
Adelman's wife, Mary Kay, was hospitalized earlier this week with an undisclosed ailment.
Assistant coach Terry Porter has filled in and will remain in the role until Adelman returns. The Timberwolves beat Atlanta on Tuesday night and lost in Oklahoma City on Wednesday night to start a four-game road trip.


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