Antinuclear

About Civil Liberties, and About Climate Change, in Australia

On Civil Liberties. I can’t help noticing how Australian mainstream media, and the Australian government, make a huge fuss about the rights of their convicted drug dealers in Asian countries.  Also about an Australian Rio Tinto executive, convicted of bribery, in China.

But what happens when it’s an Australian citizen, who is not charged with any crime, but who has managed to offend the sensibilities of Australia’s master – the USA?  So –  not only is Julian Assange’s plight ignored by Australia’s mass media and government – but Prime Minister Julia Gillard denounced him, and actually said that he had acted “illegally”.

On Climate Change.  I wonder whatever Tony Abbott will make of the new carbon tax plan.  We know that he’s a Climate Change Denier.  BUT, – as a pusher for nuclear power, surely Abbott should be toeing the BHP Billiton line –  about nuclear power being the solution to climate change – therefore action on carbon emissions is good? – Christina Macpherson

February 25, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews