Comments on: Our government does not speak for us

By: Rudd’s nephew signs human rights petition | Antony Loewenstein

Rudd’s nephew signs human rights petition | Antony Loewenstein — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:37:30 +0000

[...] than 170 eminent Australians, including Kevin Rudd’s nephew, artist Van Thanh Rudd, have signed a petition calling on Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard to cancel her planned visit to [...]

By: g3

g3 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:26:35 +0000

1 world…our world…we are the people.

let reason and diginity be lived across this orb

THE stench of WAR made manifest by s0-called-LEADers

*no longer valid.

By: W Mg

W Mg — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:00:31 +0000

I agree, and more should be done to chastise government officials for ignoring the people who elected to govern, in the interest of all Australians, Countries such as Isreal should be punished and not acknowledged until they acknowledge Palestine and her borders before 1947..

By: Stephen Lomas

Stephen Lomas — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:20:03 +0000

I am not so much appalled at this exchange as frustrated, angered & disappointed. I had hoped that with the demise of the Howard regime Australia was indeed about to evolve into something a little stronger, more compassionate & even handed. Seems our new government wishes to excell at little else than "more of the same."

Can we add our signatures?

By: Janice Hinckfuss

Janice Hinckfuss — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:42:00 +0000

I was appalled to learn of the Australian delegation to Israel, led by none other than Ms Julia Gillard. How can we believe that our government is principled and interested in advancing social justice if it agrees to high level meetings with a country that only grants social justice to some of its citizens. A country that does not abide by United Nations resolutions, that seems to feel it is outside the code of conduct required of civilized democracies. I thank and applaud your writing the above letter. I too would like to condemn this visit in the strongest terms possible.

By: George Theodoridis

George Theodoridis — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:55:50 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly with your views and wish you all the best.