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Sunday 11th November 2018

At the time and place of the 1854 Monster Meeting and the formation of the Ballarat Reform League.

St Paul's Anglican Church, Bakery Hill, Ballarat
3pm - followed by afternoon tea (no cost)

Sponsored by Unions Ballarat Trades Hall

On the 11th November 1854 the Ballaarat Reform League Charter was adpoted by a crowd of over 10,000 diggers - a flag for the league was proposed and the words that shaped our nation's destiny were committed to paper...

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This article came from the Independent Australia

by Dr Binoy Kampark

Republished with permission of the author

Rupert Murdoch's power goes beyond that of his media empire. Dr Binoy Kampark illustrates the man's potent political influence.

IN ONE SENSE, feeling sentimental about the deposing of Australia’s aggrieved Malcolm Turnbull by loiteringly dangerous and terrified reactionaries within his own party would be akin to feeling sympathy for a maimed animal readied for the coup de grace. He had already laid the grounds for weak, self-corroding leadership — spates of poor political judgment, fatuous attempts to seek reconciliation with ideological detractors when he was merely giving ground and, ultimately, an inability to keep his nerve in the face of the pugilists.

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