While the Japanese whaling fleet operates in the Southern Ocean, Australia’s promised surveillance — made up of a ship, which hasn’t yet sailed south, and a jet that isn’t even cleared to carry out its intended mission — has failed to materialise, writes Ben Sandilands.
Sea surveillance
Government’s bargain basement apology to stolen generations
Kevin Rudd’s new Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, has put her head above the trenches for long enough to pour cold water on the possibility of compensation being paid to members of the stolen generations, subsequent to a government apology. Pretty disingenous, writes Graham Ring.
