Australia

Animal Cruelty Investigation Launched at Parliament House

Australia, Blog, Middle East, News

March 10, 2010

Today I launched an investigation I did in the Middle East regarding the live export trade from Australia. The forum was held at Parliament House in Sydney and opened by Lord Mayor Clover Moore. Over the past seven months I have been working closely with the World Society for the protection of Animals (WSPA)...

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Exporting Animals Means Exporting Cruelty

Australia, Blog, Middle East, News

March 10, 2010

The following video is a slide-show I put together using some of the images I took during my investigations in the Middle East regarding the live animal export trade. It was published on one of the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) social media outlets:...

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NSW Parliament House Forum

Australia, Blog, Middle East, News

March 10, 2010

Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore is hosting a Humane Chain forum to highlight the ongoing inhumane and economically damaging live animal export industry in Australia. The event will also present evidence collected during WSPA’s recent investigation into the mistreatment of Australian sheep. Investigators...

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Son of a Lion

Australia, Blog, Pakistan

February 15, 2010

A stunning film by Benjanim Gilmour – its a must watch. Do yourself a favour and purchase a copy at www.sonofalion.com...

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Are we bribing the Taliban?

Australia, Blog, Middle East

January 29, 2010

Australia has offered 25 million dollars to a Taliban peace fund – the fund is part of a global initiative set up by 70 countries and plans to raise $US500 million for Taliban fighters to be reintegrated into society and encourage them to lay down their arms. So are we simply buying them off with...

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“Dust down under” makes front page in Gulf News

Australia, Blog, Middle East

September 25, 2009

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“Reuben Brand a rare Truthful Journalist…”

Australia, Blog, Middle East

August 13, 2009

Dr Gideon Polya, a Melbourne based scientist and writer,  has recently written a very interesting article regarding one of my previous pieces  “The Truth must not be sanitised.” In his article Dr Polya makes a strong point about the lack of truthful reportage by Western journalist in relation...

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The best online pub in town

Australia, Blog

July 11, 2009

My previous article “Pakistan’s dirty laundry” made an appearance at a lovely little place called Window Dresser’s Arms, Pig & Whistle — “All good cyber pubs need a foreign correspondent to keep the patrons well-informed and up to date. Our man in the Middle East is...

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The Humane Chain

Australia, Blog

June 21, 2009

I recently joined the HUMANE CHAIN – An initiative of the WSPA to “end the intolerable cruelty of live sheep export.” “You are what you eat, so when you eat animals that have spent months in a confined space on a cargo ship, you are eating fear, anxiety and stress. Not to mention the...

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Academic boycott of Israel

Australia, Blog, Middle East

June 15, 2009

Associate Professor Jake Lynch, Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney, and inspirational pioneer for Peace Journalism, has led the charge for the academic boycott of Israel.   In a series of articles, Lynch outlines the importance of such a boycott, and then...

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