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MIKEY: ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TRANSLATOR (video)

Sign language translator Michael Webb tells why he loves making music accessible to hearing impaired audiences.

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THREE DOLLARS FIFTY TO CONNECT

It’s true, I struggle to be part of this world. It’s mostly a result of my inability to understand a rampant disconnection amongst people in this modern society. But today, through an unexpected interaction, I saw there are people who … Continue reading

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A consumerist’s guide to higher being

I have known and lived with many types of spiritual seekers. Some have been religious like the family of Mormons I lived the simple life with in rural Victoria, others have claimed to exist on a higher plane and prefaced … Continue reading

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THE END MAY BE NIGH FOR OCCUPY

A group of protestors who have been chased from park to park over the past week will today hold an emergency meeting to discuss whether the occupation of Brisbane should end. The meeting was organised after a number of ‘campers’ last night decided to … Continue reading

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Goals for occupy may fix problems

-By John Corlett Battle weary Occupy Brisbane protesters will tomorrow hold a workshop in an attempt forge clear goals and refocus the movement. The meeting comes after the group endured a series of Police enforced evictions across the city, the … Continue reading

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Political infighting rocks Occupy Brisbane

Inner group division and calls of political hijacking sees the Occupy Brisbane movement struggling to find a home amongst the inner city high rises. The Brisbane arm of the world wide movement had camped at an inner park for almost … Continue reading

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Council ‘unoccupies’ Post Office Square

The Occupy Brisbane Rally was served a council order to leave it’s Post Office Square site this morning. Police were on site to enforce the order, and although most of the protesting group decided to pack up and leave peacefully, … Continue reading

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Occupy attracting indigenous support

The absence of violence at the Occupy Brisbane protest has attracted supporters from other interstate sites and a strong following from the indigenous population. With violence across many other Occupy sites around the world, the movement as a whole may … Continue reading

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Singing to the tune of revolution

With many different political groups now joining the Occupy Brisbane protest there is some tension over the direction the movement should take. Some want to use extreme activist methods to get their point across, others are turning to more subtle … Continue reading

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Occupation peaceful so far

Brisbane activists today held a rally in Brisbane’s Post Office Square as part of a week long, world-wide movement to hold sit-in protests in cities around the world.Today’s special rally was held in support of the Melbourne occupy movement which … Continue reading

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