Me and my crew from Election Wire went down to Villawood detention centre (one of the places Australia locks up innocent refugees in breach of their human rights) on Sunday to cover a game planned between inmates and some people who regularly visit them….
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me on twitter…
- So is #Israel's thinking that if anyone is going to be killing Levantine Arabs they sure as hell aren't going to miss out on the fun? #Golan 6 hours ago
- RT @antissa: Syrian army admits to targeting Israeli military vehicle that had reportedly crossed ceasefire line - rt.com/news/israel-fi… #… 6 hours ago
- Israel, Syria show teeth: Third cross-border shootout in week — RT News: rt.com/news/israel-fi… 6 hours ago
- RT @trutherbot: Get off your ass and take a walk. Humans aren't meant to sit down for hours upon hours. 6 hours ago
- Pressure clothing retailer GAP to sign a safety agreement for Bangladeshi workers. avaaz.org/en/gap_enough_… 7 hours ago
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- Acitv8Change The fantastic and fiery Kate Ausburn’s blog
- Antony Loewenstein One of Australia’s best and most critical intellectuals
- Disgruntled Biped “23 year old curmudgeon. Serial pessimist. Born in Jesusland, raised in Redneck Wonderland… suffice to say that both these experiences damaged me profoundly. Much happier now in the Inner West.”
- Inner West Live A community of blogger/journo/food-reviews/catlovers from around the Inner West (The Cool Part) of Sydney
- Lorenzo Tugnoli An amazing Italian photojournalist.
- Patch Galey A very sharp young British journalist based in Beirut and working at the Daily Star (also once my flat-mate)
- Penultimo A blog about my neighbourhood run by Jesse Stein and Erin Riley… Coz I still got love for the streets.
- Richard Hall Another fine young Daily Star Journo, writing from Beirut about the Middle East and beyond.
- Sam Tarling English Photojournalist bouncing round the Middle East. In Cairo (in the thick of it) last I checked.
- The Review of The New York Review of Books A side project of mine, featuring meta-reviews (reviews of reviews), video digests, and comment pages for the NYRB
- The Tongue Are you ready for a taste of the realness?
- The Tracy and The John “the men danced the dance of the gays”
- Two Bullets an anonymous insider from the Sydney music scene
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Labor, Libs and Nats want to lock up refugees fleeing persecution and return them to their deaths.
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