In The News Nov 25

CELEBRATIONS
Kinro Kansha no Hi / Labor Thanksgiving Day     Japan
St. George of Iberia                                        Georgia
More about Nov 24                                            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_24

ABORIGINAL PEOPLES
Police thought dying Aboriginal woman was 'faking it'
WA Police thought an Aboriginal woman who was dying from pneumonia and septicaemia was "faking it", a coronial inquiry is told.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-23/inquest-into-death-of-dhu-in-police-custody/6963244

Steven Brown from the Kenbi rangers says the sky is the limit
A hole in a fence has led a Northern Territory ranger group to develop a financially stable business model.
www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-23/kenbi-rangers-business-success/6966532

Yawuru lodge fresh native title claim over parts of land within Roebuck Plains Station near Broome
The native title holders of Broome have lodged a new claim, covering sections of land that were missed in their original determination.
www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-23/yawuru-lodge-new-native-title-claim-near-broome/6964092

Representatives of second largest Aboriginal Nation strike Native Title deal with coal company
The leading coal producer in the Gunnedah Basin will this afternoon sign a Native Title Agreement with members of the Gomeroi Nation but there's been criticism of the process.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-23/representatives-of-second-largest-aboriginal-nation-strike-nati/6964202

WA death in custody victim was in pain, inquest hears
Supporters of an Aboriginal woman who died in custody have cried at an inquest while watching footage of her being dragged and carried by WA police.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/11/23/wa-death-custody-victim-was-pain-inquest-hears

Traditional owners appeal against native title process for Adani's Carmichael mine
Traditional owners say mining giant Adani misled the National Native Title Tribunal and are challenging its decision to allow the Carmichael mine to go ahead without their consent.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-23/wangan-jagalingou-native-title-carmichael-mine-adani/6962964

Murrook Cultural Centre undergoing multi million dollar redevelopment
There has been a change of fortunes for the once troubled Murrook Cultural Centre at Port Stephens with the first stage of a multi million dollar redevelopment underway.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-23/murrook-cultural-centre-undergoing-multi-million-dollar-redevel/6962580

ASYLUM SEEKERS
Senate passes bill to remove children from onshore detention
A bill to remove all children from onshore immigration detention centres passes the Senate and will now be sent to the House of Representatives.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-23/bill-to-remove-children-from-detention-centres-passes-senate/6966484

'Is this real?' - Asylum seeker's joyful end to 'journey of death'
The ABC Middle East team has a hand in a happy ending after committing to helping Nazieh Hussein, an elderly Syrian asylum seeker who became separated from his family, reunite with his loved ones.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-24/an-asylum-seekers-joyful-end-to-journey-of-death/6967488

Refugee coordinator rejects Bernardi's claims about 'potential terrorists'
Australians should be proud their country is seen as a "beacon for refugees from around the world", says Refugee Coordinator General for New South Wales Peter Shergold.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/11/23/refugee-coordinator-rejects-bernardis-claims-about-potential-terrorists

Senate passes bill calling for release of all children in immigration detention in Australia
Bill unlikely to pass Coalition-controlled House of Representatives, with decision on asylum seeker children now resting with Malcolm Turnbull and colleagues
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/nov/23/senate-passes-bill-calling-for-release-of-all-children-in-immigration-detention

Cory Bernardi - Australia must reconsider refugee intake in light of Paris attacks
Liberal senator says he previously backed government’s decision to take extra 12,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees but changed his mind after Paris attacks
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/nov/23/cory-bernardi-australia-should-not-take-in-extra-12000-syrian-and-iraqi-refugees

Ban Ki-moon personally asks Malcolm Turnbull to review boat turnback policy
UN chief expresses concern to prime minister about asylum policy and detention conditions on Nauru and Manus Island
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/nov/23/ban-ki-moon-personally-asks-malcolm-turnbull-review-asylum-boat-turnback-policy

Depending on refugee roulette
A Syrian Christian family faced a grim choice: stay and face certain death, or flee and suffer religious persecution.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/immigration/for-syrian-christians-lives-depend-on-refugee-roulette/story-fn9hm1gu-1227620289179

Churches welcome minority focus
Christian churches welcome moves to expand the special humanitarian refugee program to ensure more Christians are included.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/immigration/christian-churches-welcome-focus-on-taking-in-refugee-minorities/story-fn9hm1gu-1227620216975

Manus Island hunger striker 'close to death'
An asylum seeker who once reportedly cut open his stomach during a hunger strike to prove it was empty is at risk of death and must be brought to Australia for treatment, prominent human rights lawyer Julian Burnside QC says.
https://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/manus-island-hunger-striker-close-to-death-julian-burnside-20151123-gl5jcu.html

Asher Hirsch: Even Once They Win It, Citizenship Is Used Against Refugees
Our research suggests refugees are being punished by having their applications for citizenship delayed. Like so much of this government’s approach it’s cruel and unnecessary
https://newmatilda.com/2015/11/23/even-once-they-win-it-citizenship-is-used-against-refugees/

CHARITY AND WELFARE
Sandra van der Laan: Shane Warne Foundation a wake-up call for charities regulator
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission seems more focused on reducing red tape for the sector than scrutinising individual charities.
https://theconversation.com/shane-warne-foundation-a-wake-up-call-for-charities-regulator-51034

CHILD ABUSE
New guidelines for Catholic Church child sex abuse claims 'disingenuous' - critics
The Catholic Church releases new guidelines to deal with claims of child sexual abuse, which it says will promote a more compassionate approach towards victims.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-23/new-guidelines-for-catholic-church-child-sex-abuse-claims/6967164

You should have done more, Royal Commission tells Brian Houston
Hillsong’s Senior Pastor Brian Houston has been criticised by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse for failing to refer allegations against his father to the police.
https://www.biblesociety.org.au/news/you-should-have-done-more-royal-commission-tells-brian-houston

DISABILITY
Helen Dickinson: Is Australia ready to give people with disability real choice and control over services?
Would politicians have the courage to stand up to backlash if people with disability use their care money to pay for overseas holidays, sex workers, internet dating, or tickets to sporting events?
https://theconversation.com/is-australia-ready-to-give-people-with-disability-real-choice-and-control-over-services-50312

DRUGS
Packet of 25 cigarettes to cost $40 in 2020 if Labor elected
The ALP has announces a plan which would see a packet of 25 cigarettes cost more than $40 by 2020.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-24/packet-of-25-cigarettes-to-cost-$40-in-2020-if-labor-elected/6967396

Alcohol-affected patients at emergency 'more disruptive than those on ice' - researcher
New research highlights the big role alcohol plays in people presenting to hospital emergency departments requiring urgent treatment for injuries or medical conditions.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-24/alcohol-affected-patients-disruptive-to-emergency-departments/6967476

Global Drug Survey 2016 - take part
The Guardian is asking readers to share their experiences of legal and illegal drugs to ensure policy is not defined just by minority who need treatment
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/23/global-drug-survey-2016-take-part

ENVIRONMENT
More than half the trees in the Amazon at risk of extinction. Are your groceries to blame?
Researchers say expanding food production could radically reduce biodiversity in these important forests over the next 30 years.
https://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/4319195652771170838

Tallest trees could die of thirst in rainforest droughts, study finds
Droughts could kill off the tallest trees in tropical rainforests in coming decades, a study suggests.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/uoe-ttc111915.php

Political will for Paris climate deal 'unprecedented'
President of Lima climate summit says he’s optimistic as developed countries and emerging economies are in agreement to take action on carbon emissions
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/23/political-will-for-paris-climate-deal-unprecedented

In Somaliland, climate change is now a life-or-death challenge.
Pastoralists long accustomed to a harsh environment are reeling as drought and cyclones lay waste to their herds and leave families weak from thirst and hunger.
https://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/-6151228786829346598

Countries on the Rebound Making Significant Climate Adaptation Progress
Ten countries have come from behind to make marked progress in their ability to withstand the shocks and stresses of climate change, while five are distinctly less resilient, according to new ...
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151117143538.htm

More than 2,000 academics call on world heads to do more to limit global warming
Linguist Noam Chomsky and historian Naomi Oreskes among signatories of open letter urging leaders to limit warming to 1.5C, rather than current 2C target, at Paris climate talks
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/23/over-2000-academics-world-heads-do-more-limit-global-warming-noam-chomsky

Visions of a low carbon world
In the lead-up to the forthcoming UN Climate Conference in Paris, writer John O'Brien has gathered together 80 visions of the future from some of the world's leading environmental thinkers and influencers, among them RN's own…
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/visions-of-a-low-carbon-world/6957758

10 nifty new things that could make our homes smarter and greener.
Looking to spruce up your home? New options, showcased at this year’s Greenbuild trade show, could make it safer, prettier and more efficient.
https://www.dailyclimate.org/t/4319195652771171453

Cultivating better ways to reduce food wastage
Australian farmers can play a bigger role in reducing the massive amounts of food wasted each year.
https://www.smh.com.au/comment/reducing-food-waste-begins-with-more-efficient-farming-20151123-gl5k9w.html

Bill Laurance: Feeding ‘Godzilla’ - as Indonesia burns, its government moves to increase forest destruction
While Indonesia has taken steps to address the worst forest fires in living memory, a new palm oil alliance with Malaysia threatens to take a giant leap back.
https://theconversation.com/feeding-godzilla-as-indonesia-burns-its-government-moves-to-increase-forest-destruction-50834

FAMILY
‘Don’t expect handouts’ - senator
Libertarian senator David Leyonhjelm has blasted the culture of family benefits.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/dont-expect-child-handouts-says-david-leyonhjelm/story-fn59niix-1227620238015

Domestic violence against men - hidden, complicated and disputed
Thomas Parker, 21, sits in an empty room staring into his glass of whiskey and coke with two black eyes. He says he's a happy person but the tears welling in his eyes tell a different story.
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/story-of-domestic-violence-against-men-is-hidden-complicated-and-disputed-20151122-gl55v7.html

‘It’s a tension’ - Sarah Ferguson on the legal challenges of domestic violence doco
Sarah Ferguson interviewed numerous women and children in her new documentary about domestic violence, but legal restrictions meant the doco crew had to tread very carefully.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2015/11/23/its-a-tension-sarah-ferguson-on-the-legal-challenges-of-domestic-violence-doco/

Dispatches from Australia's Domestic Violence Crisis
I had no control over any process at all, I had no rights. ... My ex-partner had rights, he chose to plead guilty, plea bargained and saved the state the cost of a trial.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-23/oen-drum-dispatches-from-australia's-domestic-violence-crisis/6950546

Rebecca J. Rosen: Why affluent parents put so much pressure on their kids
For the most successful people, prosperity often feels very fragile.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/11/23/comment-why-affluent-parents-put-so-much-pressure-their-kids

Adele Parks: Why we need to let children be bored
Make time for some healthy doses of childhood boredom between the sports coaching, private tutoring and drama classes.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/the-merits-of-boredom-why-we-need-to-let-children-be-bored-20151122-gl59sk.html

Phil Cleary: A letter to my sister, who changed my life
Phil Cleary is a long-time activist in the campaign to stop violence against women; his sister was killed by her former partner in 1987.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/a-letter-to-my-sister-who-changed-my-life-20151122-gl59a1.html

Natasha Stott Despoja: World unites in colour over violence against women
WEDNESDAY, November 25, cities around the world will turn orange to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/world-unites-in-colour-over-violence-against-women/story-fni6unxq-1227620066958

FINANCE AND INEQUALITY
Ian Verrender: How the tax debate has been derailed by 'reform'
By simply tacking the word reform onto the end of their self-serving agendas, the business lobby is coming very close to what Orwell described as defending the indefensible.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-23/verrender-how-the-tax-debate-has-been-derailed-by-'reform'/6962576

Jacob Greber: Company tax cut pays for itself
Lowering the corporate tax rate to 25 per cent would deliver the economy a $291 billion growth dividend.
https://www.afr.com/news/policy/tax/a-25pc-company-tax-rate-pays-its-way-within-five-years-says-pwc-20151123-gl5qet

Peter Martin: Be afraid, they are coming for your super
Forget the GST – it's tackling the burgeoning problem of superannuation that will show whether the Treasurer is serious about fixing tax.
https://www.theage.com.au/comment/tax-white-paper-will-target-superannuation-not-the-gst-20151122-gl4xbc.html

HOUSING AND HOMELESS
Report shows Australians spend a third of their monthly income on mortgage repayments
Australian housing affordability has deteriorated significantly as record low interest rates fail to offset rapid growth in house prices, a new report finds.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-23/australians-spending-one-third-of-income-on-mortage-repayments/6966230

Justin Madden: Rethinking Melbourne's 'missing middle'
In suburbs where many houses have reached their use-by date, semi-detached smaller homes may be the answer.
https://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-time-is-right-to-encourage-semidetached-dwellings-20151121-gl4jo5.html

HUMAN RIGHTS
Man gives first interview after 23 years in prison after 'miscarriage of justice'
A man released from prison in America after serving 23 years for murder has spoken about imprisonment for a crime another man was convicted for.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/11/23/man-gives-first-interview-after-23-years-prison-after-miscarriage-justice

Myanmar's deadly jade trade could undermine democratic process, environment group Global Witness says
The military-aligned businesses profiting from Myanmars deadly jade industry could potentially destabilise the countrys promising moves towards democracy, an environmental organisation says.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-23/myanmar27s-deadly-jade-trade-could-undermine-democratic-process/6962816

Bernard Keane: Encryption opponents rush to exploit the victims of Paris        
Security agencies have a strategy to exploit terrorist attacks in order to attack encryption, and rapidly deployed it after the Paris attacks.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2015/11/23/encryption-opponents-rush-to-exploit-the-victims-of-paris/

Tamara Tulich and Jessie Blackbourn: Reactive anti-terror laws risk further eroding freedoms without making us safer
Preventive measures such as control orders should not be extended in the absence of evidence for their need or without safeguards
https://theconversation.com/reactive-anti-terror-laws-risk-further-eroding-freedoms-without-making-us-safer-50959

Clive Hamilton: Words Our Security Chiefs Are Not Allowed to Say
After the Paris attacks Australians are nervous that we will be next. Their fears are justified.
https://theconversation.com/words-our-security-chiefs-are-not-allowed-to-say-51135

Amy Maguire: Moratorium or not, Indonesia could be abandoning the death penalty
Whether Indonesia’s unofficial 'moratorium' on the death penalty is genuine or temporary, this is an advocacy moment for Australia to seize.
https://theconversation.com/moratorium-or-not-indonesia-could-be-abandoning-the-death-penalty-51039

IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURALISM
Labor MP Melissa Parke raises constitutional concerns over new laws set to strip citizenship from terror suspects
A federal Labor politician is breaking ranks with her colleagues in opposing the Government's draft laws to strip citizenship from terror suspects.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-23/labor-mp-concerned-over-laws-to-strip-terror-suspect-citizenship/6966796

Shakira Hussein: Anti-Muslim rally reveals a racism both shocking and commonplace       
Muscle-bound skinheads and authority figures in suits championing hate speech. All in a day’s work for anti-Muslim extremists
https://www.crikey.com.au/2015/11/23/anti-muslim-rally-reveals-a-racism-both-shocking-and-commonplace/

Margaret Beavis: Changing what we can change
Australia has a proud history of multiculturalism, and bringing together leaders and communities from differing ethnic and religious groups.
https://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=17839

Max Chalmers: Comic And Terrifying In Equal Measure - What We Learned From The Reclaim Australia Rallies
The history of racism, a new enemy, and a dancing vegemite man. They all featured at what is fast becoming the world’s weirdest racist movement
https://newmatilda.com/2015/11/23/comic-and-terrifying-in-equal-measure-what-we-learned-from-the-reclaim-australia-rallies/

Duncan McDonnell: Why the radical right has failed in Australia
Pauline Hanson, Minister for Immigration in the Liberal-One Nation coalition, looks into the camera and says: "Australia is closed for asylum seekers coming by boat."
https://www.smh.com.au/comment/why-the-radical-right-has-failed-in-australia-20151120-gl3o4q.html

Susie O'Brien: What the anti-racism protesters are getting wrong
IF anti-racism protesters really wanted to shut down Reclaim Australia and the United Patriot Front, they’d just ignore them. But the anti-racists can’t help themselves, and they’re getting as bad as each other.
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/anti-islam-extremists-just-wasting-police-resources-writes-susie-obrien/story-fni6unxq-1227620065334

INTERNATIONAL AID
To save the earth, better nitrogen use on a hungrier planet must be addressed
The global population is expected to increase by two to three billion people by 2050, a projection raising serious concerns about sustainable development, biodiversity and food security.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/puww-tst112315.php

Dean Baker: A dual cure for global warming and economic stagnation.
We should be paying for India and other developing countries to build out a modern electric grid that is based on clean energy
https://www.dailyclimate.org/t/4319195652771171912

Peter C. Doherty: Australia should back calls to end coal and save its drowning neighbours
Australia need to take responsibility for the consequences of its fossil fuel consumption and exports.
https://theconversation.com/australia-should-back-calls-to-end-coal-and-save-its-drowning-neighbours-51105

Jim Yong Kim: Historic opportunity to end poverty will be lost if we don’t tackle climate change.
We can be the first generation to halt poverty, but only if we take ambitious international action against rising temperatures that could devastate the poorest.
https://www.dailyclimate.org/t/4319195652771171913

Tim Norton and Corinne Schoch: The world’s most vulnerable children need our climate finance
With the global climate fund we can help children in developing countries with climate change. But it requires adequate funding.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/11/23/comment-worlds-most-vulnerable-children-need-our-climate-finance

MIND
Loneliness triggers cellular changes that can cause illness, study shows
Loneliness is more than a feeling: For older adults, perceived social isolation is a major health risk that can increase the risk of premature death by 14 percent.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/uoc-ltc112015.php

RELIGION
Church of England bewildered by cinema ban on Lord’s Prayer ad
The Church of England says it is “bewildered” by the refusal of Britain’s leading cinema chains to show a 60-second commercial about the Lord’s Prayer in the lead-up to Christmas, adding that it could have a “chilling effect” on free speech.
https://www.biblesociety.org.au/news/church-of-england-bewildered-by-cinema-ban-on-lords-prayer-ad

Peter Costello: We have a duty to ask the tough questions
PEOPLE can argue that the recent atrocities have nothing to do with Islam but those responsible think they have everything to do with their religion
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/we-have-a-duty-to-ask-the-tough-questions-on-islam-and-terrorism/news-story/e96e715fbdbfc742067c5eefef4ae1a2

David Brooks: Can we find peace within the ancient holy texts?
The 21st century looms as an age of religious conflicts.
https://www.theage.com.au/comment/rabbis-book-claims-we-are-in-an-age-of-desecularisation-and-religious-conflict-20151120-gl3vrh.html

WORK
Patrick Carvalho: Australia's unemployed youth are getting priced out of the market
A specific barrier prevents unemployed young people from landing a foothold in the workforce. We must address Australia's current pay floor system.
www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-23/carvalho-youth-unemployment-priced-out-of-the-market/6964232