June 2013 – troutish.net

24 Hour Police Station and the Armadale Town Forum

Written for Armadale Town Forum held on 20th June, 2013.

Hi fellow residents and official guests.

I want to read this letter out to all of you because I believe it is important to state what we in Armadale want and why.

What we really want in Armadale is to change how safe we feel in our own community, especially at night. We want to permanently secure our town centre and public transport so restaurants and other businesses can thrive at night.

The police station should have a presence of its own in the town centre. The existing station is out of sight from the town centre and even further from the train station. Continue reading 24 Hour Police Station and the Armadale Town Forum

Podcast 2: Howard Sattler, Brazil Protests and Luke Pearson of Indigenous X

Episode 2 of the podcast is now available!

Download or listen now: (un) Common Sense Podcast Episode 2

Issues covered in this episode of the podcast include:

Interview with Luke Pearson founder of Indigenous X
Curation-rotation and promoting a diversity of Indigenous voices
Anti-racism, dispelling myths (see: not racist but) and safely handling situations
Indigenous empowerment, sovereignty and constitutional recognition
Protests erupt on the streets of Brazil
MSS Security Screeners in WA locked out for demanding equal pay to Vic workers
Howard Sattler sacked for trolling PM Julia Gillard about partners sexuality
Voting rules in Australia and why your vote Senate vote is important

Some additional resources that go with this episode: Continue reading Podcast 2: Howard Sattler, Brazil Protests and Luke Pearson of Indigenous X

Podcast Episode 1: Turkey, Filters, Monsanto and planning in WA

First episode of the (un) Common Sense podcast is up!

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Issues covered in this episode of the podcast include:

Steve Marsh’s case and the fight against Monsanto
The Australian Federal Police, ASIC and filtering the internet in Australia
Scraping of meta-data by the NSA in the USA
The new Xbox no-resale policy
Barnett Governments poor planning laws and attempts to privatise public land
Campaign to prevent canal development at Point Peron (Hands Off Point Peron)
#OccupyGezi protests in Istanbul
Why you should support Electronic Frontier Australia
Why you should support Senator Scott Ludlam if you are West Australian

If you would like to suggest a topic for discussion on the (un) Common Sense podcast, head over to the #UCScast hashtag on twitter.

Yes, that is different to the hashtag originally stated, but it makes sense so we will be using it from now on.

(un) Common Sense podcast has arrived!

The (un) Common Sense podcast is here.

This podcast is hosted by Luke Skinner and will run once a week. You can expect to hear about a wide variety of topics including politics, economics, human rights, the environment and much more.

Tune in via troutish.net:8000/stream.m3u

Ask @troutish questions for the show via twitter on the #UCScast tag.

Download link for episode 1 of the (un)Common Sense podcast will be available at 8:00 AM Perth time on Sunday the 9th of June.

March Against Monsanto, Agent Orange and GMOs

Last weekend I took part in the March Against Monsanto here in Perth.

It was a good turn out for Perth. Between 1500 and 2000 people attended on a day which started at Parliament House, continued with a march through the city and ended up with speeches in Raine Square.

Monsanto are the most unethical company in the world, responsible for the likes of ‘Agent Orange‘ and genetically modified crops which had a variety of negative effects when independently tested on rats.

Monsanto are also responsible for promoting irresponsible use of ‘Round Up’, which we now know is linked with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Autism, Depression, Cancer and other medical conditions. It’s no surprise then that the local population are resisting Monsanto’s attempts to bully their way into WA’s agriculture industry.

Continue reading March Against Monsanto, Agent Orange and GMOs