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The use of the death penalty globally is continuing to fall, an annual report by Amnesty International has said.Although 23 countries carried out executions in 2010, four more than in 2009, the number of people executed dropped from at least 714 to at least 527, the rights group said.But that figure does not include China, whose executions are thou
It was a dynamic, powerful, emotional and heartwarming address by Dr Brendan Nelson AO at the sixth annual Tim Fischer Oration Federation Dinner recently as part of the big Federation Festival. Pictured at the end of his magnificent address Dr Nelson receives a labelled ‘Sir John Quick Courage Single Malt Whiskey’ and chocolates, as well as a Rotary President Muscat, from Master of Ceremonies Gary Poidevin OAM. 1 of 8 At the big Federation Dinner: Barbara Graham and Rotary president Norm O’Flaherty, Gillian and Dr Brendan Nelson AO, Federation Council Mayor Pat Bourke and MC Gary Poi...
Australia must reckon with the fact the Christchurch terrorist developed much of his hatred here Jeff Sparrow © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Most of the recommendations in the 800 page royal commission report into the Christchurch massacre pertain to New Zealand. But Australia needs to do some soul searching too, since, as the report makes clear, the perpetrator developed many of his hateful notions in this country. © Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images A group of women pay tribute to the victims of the mosque attacks at botanic ga...
“The individual told us,” the report continues, “that he began to think politically when he was about 12 and that his primary concerns have been about immigration, particularly by Muslim migrants into Western countries.” The perpetrator was born in 1990. That means he was politicised in the immediate aftermath of the Tampa incident and 9/11, in the era when John Howard developed the so-called “Pacific Solution” and led Australia into the War on Terror. Only two days after the attacks on the Twin Towers, defence minister Peter Reith warned Australians that refugee boats could be ...