Archive - February, 2007

Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers – Urgent Action

27 February 2007 by , No Comments

The Australian navy recently intercepted a boat carrying 83 Sri Lankans and 2 Indonesians. After some time aboard the HMAS Success, these men – who on the face of it may have a good claim to refugee or humanitarian protection – have been taken to Christmas [...]

JustAct Action: Marketing that Kills the selling of breastmilk substitutes throughout the world

26 February 2007 by , 1 Comment

Action
Refuse to support companies whose marketing practices endanger the lives of mothers and babies world wide, breaking the World Health Organisation?s international code of practice!
How
Gather evidence and boycott! And let the companies know you are refusing their products and why.
THE ISSUE

This action is about choice, freedom of information [...]

Cafe-Praxis @ Dangerous Stories 2 (9-11Mar)

24 February 2007 by , 2 Comments

Hi Guys Cafe-Praxis will be making another appearance in a downsized form at
Dangerous Stories 2 – Forge National Summit
There will be a swarm of speakers at this event and we will be there serving fair trade coffee, promoting UCA, justice causes and trying to get people to sign a wall full of political petitions like [...]

3500 disabled Australians worse off

21 February 2007 by , No Comments

Since the July 2006 Commonwealth ?welfare to work? changes the rules for people with disabilities have changed. People with disabilities who are evaluated as being able to work a minimum of 15 hours a week (rather than the previous 30) are no longer entitled to a disability support pension. In November 2006, The Australian newspaper [...]

Welfare to Work laws under the spotlight again

21 February 2007 by , No Comments

The JIM Unit has been highlighting the negative impact of the new Commonwealth Government policy called ?welfare to work? for some time now. The Government continues to face near universal criticism from welfare and church groups over the new welfare rules in place since 1 July last year. Recently, the Sydney Morning Herald (24/01/07) reported [...]

Christian Face of Bali (Aug 3-14 2007)

20 February 2007 by , No Comments

Join a fully escorted 10 day tour to Bali. Visit Christian churches, schools, orphanages and villages. Learn of the contextualization of the church in a Hindu culture. Stay at the church-owned beach resort for 7 nights, a homestay in a Christian village, and 2 nights at a beach resort on the north coast of Bali. [...]

Getup Action – David Hicks Action

19 February 2007 by , No Comments

Dear friends,
That’s what Australia wants, and last week John Howard publicly admitted he has the power to do it. But year after year he refuses. He’d rather see David Hicks tried under a sham system of justice, destined to be challenged in US courts for years to come. We’ve tried everything, but sometimes the [...]

So that’s what we look like….

16 February 2007 by , 3 Comments

You may have noticed over the last 12days this map on the front page just below “your feeds”. In the same spirit as the feeds it is another web based “get to known you game” It shows the location of visitors to the front page (so that means all our rss feed friends will [...]