Greens leader Bob Brown says he expects criticism after his party received the biggest political donation in Australian history — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Australian diplomats were quick to absolve Japanese whalers of blame for the collision that sank the anti-whaling vessel Ady Gil a year ago, telling the US embassy in Canberra the Japanese would ‘come away clean
from any investigation — via redwolf.newsvine.com
An Icelandic MP who once worked with WikiLeaks says US officials have subpoenaed her personal details from the social networking website Twitter — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Despite all the talk of investing in education
, you’d be outraged if Wall Street traders could actually buy and sell stock in your local school. Who wants investors betting for – or against – student performance?
Absurd as it sounds, we’re headed there. Just as corporations have become their stock prices, public schools are becoming their test scores. The school-as-business model that has gained momentum over the past decade now dominates education reform. In this high-stakes testing world of guts-and-glory races to the top, students are statistics. Without saying that test results don’t matter – they do – the real job at hand is not just turning around schools, but turning around students — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Aussie electronics entrepreneur Ruslan Kogan has warned that billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey won’t stop at getting his way over GST and duty regulations for offshore retailers, but could ask for additional tariffs or subsidies — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The RSPCA is calling on all levels of Government to take pets into account in future flood preparations, as it launches an appeal for donations to feed animals displaced by Queensland’s devastating floods — via redwolf.newsvine.com
In the first set of cables leaked by WikiLeaks that originate from the U.S. embassy in Tokyo, Japan asked the US to take action against an anti-whaling activist group for harassing Japanese whalers, including taking away the group’s tax-exempt status — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The California Supreme Court allowed police Monday to search arrestees’ cell phones without a warrant, saying defendants lose their privacy rights for any items they’re carrying when taken into custody — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) today questioned the campaign by major retailers to thwart the rise in overseas e-commerce — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The US embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a military-style trade war against any European Union country which opposed genetically modified (GM) crops, newly released WikiLeaks cables show.
In response to moves by France to ban a Monsanto GM corn variety in late 2007, the ambassador, Craig Stapleton, a friend and business partner of former US president George Bush, asked Washington to penalise the EU and particularly countries which did not support the use of GM crops — via pameladrew.newsvine.com
Hollywood action star turned California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is preparing to leave office in January, following one of the more challenging periods in the state’s history. The BBC’s Peter Bowes looks back at the so-called governator’s transition from muscle-bound Austrian actor to US politician — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Catholic priest has angered parishioners by incorporating anti-same-sex marriage messages into a Christmas service, while Cardinal George Pell has indicated he may meet with Australian Marriage Equality (AME) to discuss his church’s campaign against marriage equality — via redwolf.newsvine.com
California’s SB 1411, which adds a layer of criminal and civil penalties for certain online impersonations, goes into effect starting today. The consequences include a fine of up to $1,000, and/ or up to a year in jail. So don’t go and do something crazy like impersonate Google CEO Eric Schmidt on Facebook. There may be consequences — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A new anti-smoking law has taken effect in Spain, outlawing smoking in all bars and restaurants — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Australia is facing an unprecedented cyber security crisis with new attacks from global hackers growing at a much faster rate than the federal government can respond — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Hungary is introducing on Saturday a controversial media law that critics say will turn the clock back and re-introduce totalitarian rule in the former Communist nation. Under the legislation, journalists can face huge fines if their coverage is deemed unbalanced. The controversy comes as Hungary takes over the rotating presidency of the European Union on Saturday — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Fundamentalist Christians love to blame National Socialism on the left when, in fact, it is a right-wing phenomenon, as was Fascism in Spain and Italy. They have accused liberals of being Nazis (as well as communists, somehow) and leveled the same accusation at feminists and secularists and atheists and pagans. They are also blaming homosexuals — via proglib.newsvine.com
Hundreds of herbal medicinal products will be banned from sale in Britain next year under what campaigners say is a discriminatory and disproportionate
European law — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The government is offering free nicotine patches to smokers in England planning to quit in the new year — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Australians may have consumed a lot of food over the Christmas weekend but it is unlikely many thought about eating hemp — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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