| Hans Lovejoy | Updated May 14, 2012 |
Greg Dutton and his team tried hard to gain financial support from our wealthiest to purchase Mullum’s IGA. While commendable, it is not entirely surprising that it didn’t get up. Enticing a large pack of alpha men (presumably) into a project that would provide Mullum with an alternative to Woolies was always going to be a hard sell. Imagine having to deal with all that ego? Hopeful Read more »
Last weekend’s MardiGrass festival proved once again that Nimbin is a truly progressive township. It’s willing to hold on to its ideals despite society’s scorn, and that makes it a leader in any place and time. Hemp should not only compete with the fuel, plastics, cotton and paper industries, but be allowed as a food. Currently Australia and New Zealand are the only countries Read more »
The climate change debate has reached biblical proportions. What that means is that it’s now pursued with religious fervour, and often teeters on the evangelical. Climate change is so divisive it means that emotions run high, so let’s call it being enviromotional.With a topic this complex it is no surprise; climate science can never be definitive, nor can sceptics claim to know any Read more »
Google’s motto ‘Don’t be evil’ was held up to scrutiny this week after CEO Larry Page defended recent changes to search results that focus on personalisation.The company is trying to merge search results with its social networking application Google+, which is a competitor to Facebook. With 845 million users, Facebook sits on the largest amount of personal information an Read more »
Upon returning from lunch to Council’s gruelling Thursday marathon meeting, I discover a fan placed next to the chair in the media booth. It’s hot in the room so I welcome sitting in the cool breeze. But then I realise that I can’t hear anything the councillors and staff are saying. Read more »
President of Mullumbimby and Ocean Shores Community Gardens, Greg Dutton, has a few more credentials to establish before his ambitious plan to establish a Mullum community IGA supermarket gets legs. Read more »
US Author Derrick Jensen’s philosophy is the catalyst for a film – END : CIV – being shown this week at the Byron Bay Uniting Church. It’s heartening to know this church wants to expose elite power structures and is a hot-bed for radicalism. Isn’t that what Jesus would want?The film examines our cultural addiction to violence and environmental exploitation through Read more »
Perhaps the biggest story not covered by the media is the sale of Australian property and farms to overseas corporations. Read more »
With the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) gaining worldwide momentum – and resistance – it may be cause to reflect on the nature of intellectual property (IP).What is ACTA? It’s an agreement being foisted onto the planet by the US and aims to establish an international legal framework for targeting counterfeit goods, generic medicines and copyright infringement on th Read more »
Often I have wanted to paste stickers on ‘news’ items that appear in newspapers.They would say, for instance, that this story is a ‘re-written media release,’ or, ‘To ensure future interviews with subject, important questions were not asked.’ This publication, of course, tries its utmost to provide real news to its community; however, the reality Read more »