The World Today - Greens label reports of ASIO spying on protesters an outrage 12/04/2012:
"KIM LANDERS: Outrageous, unthinkable and a misuse of ASIO's resources - that's the reaction from Greens leader Bob Brown to reports that Australia's spy agency is conducting surveillance on anti-coal mining protesters and Senator Brown is now calling on the Prime Minister to intervene."
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Thursday 19 April 2012
Don't waste money on statues, invest in people
Don't waste money on statues, invest in people:
"Brian Collins (Letters, April 13) asks where are the statues of Elizabeth II to commemorate her diamond jubilee, noting the prominent placing of statues of Queen Victoria and more recent monarchs in this city. The statue of a very glum Victoria, outside the High Court building, with its sceptre outstretched towards her subjects, always reminds me of Circe casting a spell; while the seated bronze version outside the QVB was a throwaway relic from Ireland, shunted off to the colonies, where it remained in a Sydney warehouse for many years."
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"Brian Collins (Letters, April 13) asks where are the statues of Elizabeth II to commemorate her diamond jubilee, noting the prominent placing of statues of Queen Victoria and more recent monarchs in this city. The statue of a very glum Victoria, outside the High Court building, with its sceptre outstretched towards her subjects, always reminds me of Circe casting a spell; while the seated bronze version outside the QVB was a throwaway relic from Ireland, shunted off to the colonies, where it remained in a Sydney warehouse for many years."
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