The Australian government has decided to deprive parents of their tax benefits if they do not immunise their children against diseases. Some families could lose over $2000 per a child. And while the benefits of vaccination, for individual children, and for the population, far outweigh any risks, some parents question the policy, and do not like money coming into the equation. Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas reports from Sydney.
Julia Gillard: Celebrations for The Queen's Diamond Jubilee
The Australian Government has today pledged up to $5 million to The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, as part of Australia's commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee. The Prime Minister has written to the Premiers and Chief Ministers encouraging them collectively to match the Commonwealth's contribution. The Prime Minister will also appoint an eminent Australian to spearhead private sector fundraising for the Trust. The Trust, which was announced by UK Prime Minister Cameron at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth in October 2011, was launched officially in the UK on 6 February. Through its grant-making activities, the Trust will create an enduring tribute to Her Majesty The Queen by supporting charitable projects and organisations across the Commonwealth. The Trust is chaired by former UK Prime Minister Sir John Major. Sir John has said the Trust will place great emphasis on enriching the lives of individuals, by focusing on areas such as the tackling of curable disease the promotion of all forms of education and culture. Australia's contribution to the Trust will go to development-related projects that will create a lasting legacy in honour of Her Majesty The Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The Trust will undertake fund-raising activities through 2012 and is not expected to begin disbursement of funds until 2013. The Government will also recognise the Diamond Jubilee in other ways: The Prime Minister will light a Jubilee Beacon on Parliament House on 4 June <b>...</b>
TRANSCRIPT: DEC 29 2012 GREETINGS CITIZENS OF AUSTRALIA WE ARE ANONYMOUS. In Australia we are saturated with US media, and we've heard a lot of American ideas like the Freedom of Speech. We sometimes hear our fellow Australians speak about THEIR right to free speech. But like the Hollywood dreams we've watched since childhood, this is a fallacy. Australians DO NOT have the right to freedom of speech and we never have. The Australian Constitution does not have any express provision relating to freedom of speech. There is no list of personal rights or freedoms which may be enforced in the courts. Moves have been made towards the adoption of a Bill of Rights for Australia, predictably however our Government that is stalling. On 10 December 2008 the Rudd government announced a nationwide Consultation to examine the protection and promotion of human rights and responsibilities in Australia, so the National Human Rights Consultation Committee was appointed. On 8 October 2009 the Commonwealth Attorney-General released the Committee's highly anticipated report. After widespread public engagement, the Committee found overwhelming community support for a Human Rights Act. The Australian government said it would respond to the report by the end of 2009. That was 2 years ago. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SAYS IN REGARD TO AUSTRALIA: "In recent times we have seen how human rights are vulnerable to being undermined by government policies, such as mandatory detention of asylum seekers and the <b>...</b>
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Most pics of clouds and sky were taken at Derby or Broome WA. Zeitgest is an interesting movie, please watch it. The government is changing the world around us. Why wont they tell us what they are doing? There is more than one type of weapon deployed here. Silver iodine, aluminium and barium salt are a few. Create a chrome dome, improve radio communications, seed clouds, absorb moisture, dumb down/suppress man and god only knows what else!!!. Its been raining for 3 days and nights(last year it rained for 3 months straight!). With all this time to sit on my ass inside like a freak, Instead of being out side making/doing something, playing with my dog, going to the beach or other outdoor activity like work, living my life the same way I have for the last 33 years. I thought while im all pissed off with the reason why I am stuck inside I would make this vid. I HATE TV, NEWS AND RAIDO.
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Broome & Derby WA chemtrails, world order made it too the Kimberleys, Australian government
Most pics of clouds and sky were taken at Derby or Broome WA. Zeitgest is an interesting movie, please watch it. The government is changing the world around us. Why wont they tell us what they are doing? There is more than one type of weapon deployed here. Silver iodine, aluminium and barium salt are a few. Create a chrome dome, improve radio communications, seed clouds, absorb moisture, dumb down/suppress man etc etc etc. Its been raining for 3 days and nights(last year it rained for 3 months straight!). With all this time to sit on my ass inside like a freak, Instead of being out side making/doing something, playing with my dog, going to the beach or other outdoor activity like work, living my life the same way I have for the last 33 years. I thought while im all pissed off with the reason why I am stuck inside I would make this vid. I HATE TV, NEWS AND RAIDO.
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A message to the Australian Prime Minister Juliar Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbot.
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Australian Dollars are a great hoax, the Australian Government has conspired with private international banksters to write millions of fake checks, using the forged signatures of past dead Australian heroes the banksters distribute pieces of plastic as real checks. Also they create fake gold and silver coins and distribute them as the real thing. The value of these fake checks is deteriorating at a rapid rate, the price of (real) silver has increased by 17% in one year. And this is only the beginning of a hyper-inflationary event which will see the Australian Dollar reach it's true value (NOTHING). Be warned, be prepared.
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Rob Lake, Executive Director of the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations, interviewed by ABC News Breakfast on the 10th anniversary of Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. He explains that global HIV treatment and prevention efforts are at risk because of the recent financial crisis, and calls on the Australian Government to bring forward its agreed financial commitment to the Fund to help it to continue.
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As with their treatment of sovereign nations the world over, the Americans have no qualms about interfering in our domestic politics and local legal systems. The kind of behaviour that, if reciprocated, would swiftly end the alliance. The latest front in this meddling is the crossover between file-sharing and intellectual property.Anti-war, Wikileaks, Palestine, Congolese and other activists, including the mother of Julian Assange, travelled to Canberra on November 17 to protest the arrival of US President Barack Obama. Obama and Gillard announced about their top secret talks in the USA about plans for a USA base in Darwin, and the continuation of the disasterous war in Afghanistan. Stay Away USA.!! We Dont Want any part of the USA War Profit for the 1% Machine in Australia.!! Stay home and Fix your own country and look after your good people who are suffering before you destroy other countries again like you have your eyes on Iran. Can't go a year without WAR.
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In an attempt to delay the Japanese government vessel the Shonan Maru #2, Sea Shepherd used three hapless Australians. She Shepherd aided the hapless three to illegally board the Japanese vessel. The plan failed because the Shonan Maru continued to follow Sea Shepherd's Steve Irwin, the vessel inhabited by the cult leader Captain Kangaroo, Admiral Beauregard Watson, the Paulrus. The Australian government sent their vessel Ocean Operative to retrieve the hapless three from the Japanese vessel at the cost of over one million dollars to the Australian taxpayers. She Shepherd refuses to pay the cost or any part thereof. The nation and people of Australia while Waltzing with Malta support Sea Shepherd greater than any other nation and were used as suckers by the cult group. The cult group (She Shepherd) also smuggled past Australian authorities a spud gun or spud guns used more accurately as a mortar attacking the Japanese vessel in the Southern Ocean. With this smuggled weapon the cult group minions launch projectiles, glass bottles filled with acid in an attempt to cause injury and harm to the Japanese mariners. She Shepherd, costing Australians over one million dollars, and smuggling past Australian authorities. The score: Sea Shepherd - 2 Australians - 0 Photographs and video of Sea Shepherd courtesy of the Institute of Cetacean Research -- ICR. Enhanced drawings of the cult leader and star-spangled Texas Daddy and PropagandaBuster logos created by YouTuber: bit0213a, his <b>...</b>
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Video is Comic style::: ICHM - 10 REASONS WHY..... The International College of Hotel Management (ICHM) and Swiss Hotel Association (SHA) Degrees are based on the philosophy that a commitment to excellence and the finest education and training are essential for those people seeking the most sought after positions in the highly competitive hospitality industry. The hotel management profession now exists on a global scale, meaning the successful hotel manager of today and the future, will need to have qualifications and experiences recognised to an international standard.Established in 1992 in partnership with the SHA and the South Australian Government, ICHM has gone on to produce graduates of the highest calibre working at all levels within the international hospitality industry. While at ICHM students are broadly informed about all aspects of the international hospitality industry, from a basic operational perspective right through to a senior managerial level within broader social, cultural and economic contexts. They are then provided with real industry internships within Australia or overseas that allow them to learn the industry first hand beyond the walls of their structured classes.This real world experience is invaluable in helping them understand the theoretical concepts they have learnt within a working environment; it also allows them to build significant industry networks. ICHM graduates are working globally as supervisors and specialists right through to <b>...</b>
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www.peoplestandup.ca The sub-prime crisis and housing bubble The housing market in the United States suffered greatly as many home owners who had taken out sub-prime loans found they were unable to meet their mortgage repayments. As the value of homes plummeted, the borrowers found themselves with negative equity. With a large number of borrowers defaulting on loans, banks were faced with a situation where the repossessed house and land was worth less on today's market than the bank had loaned out originally. The banks had a liquidity crisis on their hands, and giving and obtaining loans became increasingly difficult as the fallout from the sub-prime lending bubble burst. This is commonly referred to as the credit crunch. Although the housing collapse in the United States is commonly referred to as the trigger for the global financial crisis, some experts who have examined the events over the past few years, and indeed even politicians in the United States, may believe that the financial system was needed better regulation to discourage unscrupulous lending. The global financial crisis enters a new phase The collapse of Lehman Brothers on September 14, 2008 marked the beginning of a new phase in the global financial crisis. Governments around the world struggled to rescue giant financial institutions as the fallout from the housing and stock market collapse worsened. Many financial institutions continued to face serious liquidity issues. The Australian government <b>...</b>
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www.peoplestandup.ca by Terrence MdKenna's voice that this is from "DocZone," a CBC.ca The global financial crisis enters a new phase The collapse of Lehman Brothers on September 14, 2008 marked the beginning of a new phase in the global financial crisis. Governments around the world struggled to rescue giant financial institutions as the fallout from the housing and stock market collapse worsened. Many financial institutions continued to face serious liquidity issues. The Australian government announced the first of it's stimulus packages aimed to jump-start the slowing economy. The US government proposed a $700 billion rescue plan, which subsequently failed to pass because some members of US Congress objected to the use of such a massive amount of taxpayer money being spent to bail out Wall Street investment bankers who some people may have believed could be one of the causes of the global financial crisis. By September and October of 2008, people began investing heavily in gold, bonds and US dollar or Euro currency as it was seen as a safer alternative to the ailing housing or stock market. In January of 2009 US President Obama proposed federal spending of around $1 trillion in an attempt to improve the state of the financial crisis. The Australian government also proposed another stimulus package, pledging to give cash handouts to tax payers, and spend more money on longer-term infrastructure projects.
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www.peoplestandup.ca by Terrence MdKenna's voice that this is from "DocZone," a CBC.ca The credit crunch The global financial crisis (GFC) or global economic crisis is commonly believed to have begun in July 2007 with the credit crunch, when a loss of confidence by US investors in the value of sub-prime mortgages caused a liquidity crisis. This, in turn, resulted in the US Federal Bank injecting a large amount of capital into financial markets. By September 2008, the crisis had worsened as stock markets around the globe crashed and became highly volatile. Consumer confidence hit rock bottom as everyone tightened their belts in fear of what could lie ahead. The sub-prime crisis and housing bubble The housing market in the United States suffered greatly as many home owners who had taken out sub-prime loans found they were unable to meet their mortgage repayments. As the value of homes plummeted, the borrowers found themselves with negative equity. With a large number of borrowers defaulting on loans, banks were faced with a situation where the repossessed house and land was worth less on today's market than the bank had loaned out originally. The banks had a liquidity crisis on their hands, and giving and obtaining loans became increasingly difficult as the fallout from the sub-prime lending bubble burst. This is commonly referred to as the credit crunch. Although the housing collapse in the United States is commonly referred to as the trigger for the global financial <b>...</b>
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