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It was a hard knock for the counterculture (and tourism) in Nimbin last week with the burning down of the Nimbin Museum and the Rainbow Cafe. These icons, and the murals by Benny Zable on the old timber buildings, will be sadly missed. There is still some of the museum online at nimbinmuseum.com. And fortunately the Rainbow Archives, to a large degree collected and donated by Pip Wilson, at the State Library of NSW hold a wealth of documents, photos, and footage. Q Q Q Q
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A resident tells us Byron Council staff are currently investigating the unauthorised removal of some 60 trees on private property on Coopers Shoot Road. Freehold title is not a right to do anything you like, which seems to be the 19th-century worldview some folks still adhere to. Q Q Q Q
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Renowned journalist Robert Fisk noted in his 2005 book The Great War for Civilisation that war ‘represents the total failure of the human spirit’. But it’s great for the stock market. From Bernard Keane
Staffers go crazy for Queensland premier Campbell Newman’s birthday last week, celebrating with a $12 Cheesefactory cake. After the candles were blown out it was back to persecuting the public service, the poor, the elderly, the young, the disenfranchised and the disabled while ignoring dire poll numbers and providing the elite with handouts. Fun fact: a journo at the recent Byron Bay writers fest told the audience Newman has a huge painting of Sir Joh in his office. Aspiring to corruption is the new black – pity there’s no QLD ICAC.
in Crikey: ‘Last Friday morning American time, when the New York Stock Exchange opened, the share prices of Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Raytheon and L3 Communications all immediately spiked between 1.5 per cent and 3 per cent. The night before, President Barack Obama had announced that the United States would be using airstrikes against ISIS forces in Iraq.’
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We thought Joe Hockey’s ‘the poorest people either don’t have cars or actually don’t drive very far in many cases’ couldn’t be beat, but we didn’t count on Maurice Newman, the PM’s chief business adviser, remarking in that bastion of denial, the Murdoch press, that acting on climate change is ‘as primitive as civilisations offering up sacrifices to appease the gods’. That prompted the youngsters at AYCC to create a petition to have Abbott fire Newman: www.aycc.org.au/newman.
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International Overdose Awareness Day (www. overdoseday.com) looks at the impact of prescription medicine. According to a press release from state MP Amanda Fazio, ‘prescription drugs, in the main medical opioids, contributed to 71.1 per cent of [drug] deaths in Australia between 2007 and 2009 compared with 28.9 per cent for heroin.’ Nearly four Australians die every day from overdose. Overdoses out-numbered road fatalities in Australia in 2012. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics overdose deaths totalled 1,427 in 2012, while road deaths, which have been steadily declining, ended the year at 1,338. If you’re thinking of reaching for mother’s little helper, as the Stones called it, call Lifeline instead on 13 11 14.
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