Australie
Et si l’Australie était sa propre planète ?
, 15 janvier 2020A first Charter of Human Rights enacted in Australia
, 6 February 2008Une première charte des droits entre en vigueur en Australie
, 31 janvier 2008East Timor: The Coup The World Missed
, 17 July 2006In my 1994 film Death of a Nation there is a scene on board an aircraft flying between northern Australia and the island of Timor. A party is in progress; two men in suits are toasting each other in champagne. "This is an historically unique moment," effuses Gareth Evans, Australia’s foreign affairs minister, "that is truly uniquely historical." He and his Indonesian counterpart, Ali Alatas, were celebrating the signing of the Timor Gap Treaty, which would allow Australia to exploit the oil and gas reserves in the seabed off East Timor. The ultimate prize, as Evans put it, was (...)
Australian Coup in East Timor’s Crisis
, , 17 July 2006Three years ago, I wrote a piece talking about attempts to oust Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri in East Timor, then a new struggling independent nation. I wrote that I believed the US and Australia were determined to oust the Timorese leader, due to his hardline stance on oil and gas, his determination not to take out international loans, and their desire to see Australia friendly President Xanana Gusmao take power.
Three years later, I am unhappy to say that the events I have predicted are currently taking shape. The patriotic Australia media, that has unquestionably fallen into (...)
Traverser la moitié du monde pour trouver une communauté qui ressemble à celle que vous avez quittée est une drôle d’expérience. J’étais invitée au troisième Forum social de Brisbane, une ville d’un million d’habitants, située sur la magnifique côte est australienne.
Ce Forum social était un mélange de groupes travaillistes, environnementalistes et étudiants, assemblés en plénière, groupes de travail et réunions en plein air. La plupart des sujets concernaient l’Australie. Il a beaucoup été question de l’important mouvement pour les droits des réfugiés, et contre leur détention systématique. Julian (...)
