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Your civil liberties at risk
Dear friend,

It is rare to hear the phrase ‘war on terror’ these days – it seems the government is keen to eradicate the words from our national vocabulary. But my Greens Senate colleagues and I have been again confronted by the fact that Australia’s Howard-era terror laws are still alive and well.
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A message from the Australian Greens
Dear friend,

Right now, huge volumes of oil are pouring into the Timor Sea as a result of an incident at the West Atlas drilling platform, off the pristine Kimberley coast.
 
Last Friday I flew over the site of the oil spill to see for myself the extent of this disaster. I was deeply shocked to see that it spread far wider than had originally been reported.
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Christine Milne on the Climate Campaign

Update from Christine Milne on the Climate Campaign

 The backlash against the Rudd Government's devastating climate change white paper is well underway, but we will all need to work hard if we are to drive real transformative climate action in Australia. There are two urgent steps you can take to help in the coming weeks.

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Newsflash

Travel frustration

AS an IT contractor, I have been stranded on the M2 many times in the past 15 years, trying to commute by bus from Bella Vista to Macquarie, St Leonards or North Sydney.

Hillsbus recently published its first Integrated Network Plan and I've been eagerly awaiting this. With the wonderful new Epping-Chatswood ``IT express'' rail service beckoning, it seemed reasonable to expect some new bus services to Epping station.

From the Hills Shire News

 

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