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Julian Assange Section

Sydney Peace Prize

Other Peoples Diplomacy Issues


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Julian Assange Section

Edward Snowden

Macedonian International News Agency, “Reports CIA Had Plane on Ready to ‘Kidnap’ Snowden,” Eurasia Review, 29 January 2016.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/29012016-reports-cia-had-plane-on-ready-to-kidnap-snowden/.

Reuters, “Edward Snowden: Winning Sweden’s Alternative Nobel Prize is Vindication – Video”, The Guardian, 26 September 2014.  Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/sep/25/edward-snowden-sweden-alternative-nobel-prize-video.

David Cole, “The Three Leakers and What to Do About Them,” The New York Review of Books, 6 February 2014.  Available at:  http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/feb/06/three-leakers-and-what-do-about-them/?pagination=false.  See comment by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonCole.pdf.

Margaret Sullivan, “Weeks in the Making, an Editorial on Snowden May Go ‘Beyond What Is Realistic’” The New York Times, 2 January 2014.  Available at: http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/weeks-in-the-making-an-editorial-on-snowden-may-go-beyond-what-is-realistic/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0.

Marl Mazzetti and Michael S Schmidt, “Officials Say Us May Never Know Extent of Snowden’s Leaks,” The New York Times, 14 December 2013.  Available at:  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/us/officials-say-us-may-never-know-extent-of-snowdens-leaks.html?pagewanted=1&hp.

David Carr, “Where Freedom of the Press Is Muffled,” The New York Times, 8 December 2013.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/09/business/media/where-freedom-of-the-press-is-muffled.html?pagewanted=1&src=rechp.

John Blaxland, “Spying: The Secret of Success Is in Keeping Your Success Secret,” The Guardian, 21 November 2013.  Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/21/spying-the-secret-of-success-is-in-keeping-your-success-secret.

Alan Rusbridger, “The Snowden Leaks and the Public,” New York Review of Books, 21 November Issue, http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/nov/21/snowden-leaks-and-public/?page=2.

Andrew Sparrow, “Guardian Faces Fresh Criticism Over Edward Snowden Revelation,” The Guardian, 11 November 2013.  Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/nov/10/guardian-nsa-revelations-edward-snowden.

John Kampfner, “US Spooks Play into the Hands of Russia, China and Others Who Want Control Over Global Digital Citizens,” The Guardian, 7 November 2013.  Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/07/us-spooks-russia-china-internet-authoritarian.

James Ball, “Leaked Memos Reveal GCHQ Efforts to Keep Mass Surveillance Secret,” The Guardian, 26 October 2013.  Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/25/leaked-memos-gchq-mass-surveillance-secret-snowden.

Angelique Chrisafis and Sam Jones, “Snowden Leaks: France Summons US Envoy over NSA Surveillance Claims,” The Guardian, 22 October 2013.  Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/21/snowden-leaks-france-us-envoy-nsa-surveillance.  See also, Paul Lewis and Angelique Chrisafis, “US Admits: French Surveillance Revelations Raise ‘Legitimate Questions,’” The Guardian, 322 October 2013.  Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/21/us-french-surveillance-legitimate-questions.  Additional commentary in Alison Smale, “US Disputes Reports of Wiretapping in France and Germany,” The New York Times, 23 October 2013.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/world/europe/united-states-intelligence-official-disputes-spying-report-in-french-newspaper.html?hp.

Steven Lee Myers and Andrew E Kramer, “Russia Grants Snowden 1-Year Asylum,” The New York Times, 1 August 2013.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/world/europe/edward-snowden-russia.html?hp&_r=0.

Eugene Robinson, “In NSA Leaks, Edward Snowden Performed a Service,” The Washington Post, 30 July 2013.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-snowden-performed-a-valuable-service/2013/07/29/b232965a-f866-11e2-8e84-c56731a202fb_story.html.

David M Herszenhorn, “Russia Cites Extradition as Sore Point with the US,” The New York Times, 22 July 2013.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/23/world/europe/russia-cites-extradition-as-sore-point-with-us.html?ref=world.

Peter Baker, “Moscow Trip for Obama May Be Off as Snowden Tensions Build”, The New York Times, 18 July 2013.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/world/europe/moscow-trip-for-obama-may-be-off-as-snowden-tensions-build.html?ref=world.   See also, David M Herszenhorn and Andrew Roth, “Putin Does Not Expect Ties with US to be Harmed by Snowden Case,” The New York Times, 17 July 2013.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/world/europe/putin-does-not-expect-ties-with-us-to-be-harmed-by-snowden-case.html?ref=europe.

Marc Hujer, Christian Neef and Matthias Schepp, “Whistleblower Blues: Snowden Puts US-Russia Ties on Ice,” Spiegel Online, 15 July 2013.  Available at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/putin-is-using-snowden-case-to-boost-his-political-support-a-911053.html.

Alec Luhn, Miriam Elder and Paul Lewis, “Edward Snowden Accuses US of Illegal, Aggressive Campaign,” The Guardian, 13 July 2013.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/12/edward-snowden-accuses-us-illegal-campaign.  See also, Julian Bolger, “Edward Snowden Caught in Asylum Catch-22,” The Guardian, 13 July 2013.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/12/edward-snowden-asylum-nsa-whistleblower.

Julia Ioffe, “Snowden’s Decision Isn’t a Surprise, But His Reasons Are,” The New Republic, 12 July 2-13.  Available at: http://www.tnr.com/article/113837/edward-snowden-asks-russia-asylum-embarrasing-us.

Will Englund, “Snowden Says He Will Seek Asylum in Russia,” The Washington Post, 12 July 2013.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/snowden-wants-meeting-with-human-rights-activists-lawyers/2013/07/12/237d5254-eac6-11e2-a301-ea5a8116d211_story.html?hpid=z2. 

jok/cis/dsl, “Snowden Claims: NSA Ties Put German Intelligence in Tight Spot,” The Guardian, 10 July 2013.  Available at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/whistleblower-snowden-claims-german-intelligence-in-bed-with-nsa-a-909904.html.

William Neuman, Rick Gladstone and Melissa Eddy, “Diversion of Bolivian Plane Angers Latin American Leaders,” The New York Times, 3 July 2013.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/world/snowden.html?ref=world.  See also: Jonathan Watts, “Bolivian President’s Treatment Stirs Up Fury in Latin America,” The Guardian, 4 July 2013.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/03/bolivian-president-morales-latin-america. For more detail: “Bolivia Complains to UN After Evo Morales’ Plane ‘Kidnapped,’” The Guardian, 4 July 2013.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/03/bolivia-un-evo-morales-plane.

Nick Hopkins and Sam Jones, “Snowden Row Intensifies as Hidden Bug Found in Ecuador’s Embassy,” The Guardian, 3 July 2013.  Available a: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/03/ecuador-microphone-bug-london-embassy

Philip Dorlin, “WikiLeaks Attacks Obama’s ‘Thin-Skinned Vindictiveness’ in Snowden Row”, The Age, 3 July 2013.  Available at: http://www.theage.com.au/world/wikileaks-attacks-obamas-thinskinned-vindictiveness-in-snowden-row-20130703-2pbd9.html.  See comment by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonSnowden.pdf.

Dana Milbank,”Snowden Is Undermining His Cause in the United States”, The Washington Post, 3 July 2013.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-snowden-is-undermining-his-cause-in-the-united-states/2013/07/02/91a912f0-e34f-11e2-aef3-339619eab080_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions.

Rory Carroll, “Ecuador Says It Blundered Over Snowden Travel Document,” The Guardian, 3 July 2013.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/02/ecuador-rafael-correa-snowden-mistake.

No author cited, “Snowden’s Fate a Sign of US Hegemony”, People’s Daily, 3 July 2013.  Available at: http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90777/8308527.html.

Tania Branigan, “Edward Snowden’s Moscow Stopover Became End of the Line … for Now,” The Guardian, 2 July 2013.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/01/edward-snowden-escape-moscow-airport.  Text of statement by Edward Snowden, released through Wikileaks, is available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/01/edward-snowden-statement-wikileaks-text.

Scott Shane and David E Sanger, “Job Title Key to Inner Access Held by Snowden,” The New York Times, 30 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/us/job-title-key-to-inner-access-held-by-snowden.html? hpw.

Peter Baker, “Snowden, In Russia, Is Said to Seek Asylum in Ecuador”, The New York Times, 23 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/world/asia/nsa-leaker-leaves-hong-kong-local-officials-say.html?hp.  See also, Michael Schwirtz and Jennifer Preston, “Latest Updates on Snowden’s Asylum Pursuit”, The New York Times, 23 June 2013.  Available at: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/tracking-snowden/.  More information at: Tania Branigan, Miriam Elder and Nick Hopkins, “Whistleblower Snowden Escapes Arrest in Hong Kong Thanks to US Errors,” The Guardian, 24 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden-gchq.  See also, Associated Press, “US Got NSA Leaker Edward Snowden’s Middle Name Wrong, Says Hong Kong,” The Guardian, 27 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/26/edward-snowden-name-wrong-hong-kong.  For an article similar to the previous one: Kelvin Chan, “What’s in a Middle Name? For Snowden, a Flight Out of Hong Kong”, The Big Story, 27 June 2013.  Available at: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/hk-says-us-got-snowdens-middle-name-wrong-0 and reprinted in The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 July 2013 at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/whats-in-a-middle-name-for-snowden-a-flight-out-of-hong-kong-20130628-2p149.html.

Jonathan Masters, “Extraditing Edward Snowden”, interview with Stephen I Vladeck, Council on Foreign Relations, 28 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.cfr.org/united-states/extraditing-edward-snowden/p31029?cid=rss-analysisbriefbackgroundersexp-extraditing_edward_snowden-062813.

Hendrik Hertzberg, “Some Dare Call It Treason,” The New Yorker, 28 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/06/edward-snowden-treason.html. 

José de Córdoba and Jeanne Whalen, “Ecuadorean Disarray Clouds Snowden Bid,” The Wall Street Journal, 27 June 2013.  Available at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323419604578571601908964678.html?mod=wsj_share_tweet.

David Ignatius, “Fallout from Snowden’s Sharing of NSA Secrets,” The Washington Post, 27 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-fallout-from-snowdens-sharing-of-nsa-secrets/2013/06/26/19f78ae4-ddc2-11e2-948c-d644453cf169_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions.  See also:  Anne Applebaum, “Edward Snowden Adds to US, Russia Chill,” The Washington Post, 26 June 2013.  Available at:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-edward-snowden-adds-to-us-russia-chill/2013/06/26/4c270316-de56-11e2-b797-cbd4cb13f9c6_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions.

Farhad Manjoo, “We Need to Talk about Edward”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/we-need-to-talk-about-edward-20130627-hv0gw.html.

Keith Bradsher, “With Snowden Gone, Hong Kong Focuses on US Surveillance,” The New York Times, 26 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/27/world/asia/with-snowden-gone-hong-kong-focuses-on-us-surveillance.html?hpw.

Peter Baker and Rick Gladstone, “US Rebukes China, Russia and Ecuador over Snowden”, The New York Times, 24 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/world/edward-snowden-nsa-surveillance-leak.html?hp.

Keith Bradsher, “Hasty Exit Started with Pizza Inside a Hong Kong Hideout,” The New York Times, 24 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/world/asia/snowden-departure-from-hong-kong.html?hp. 

Reuters, “Behind Snowden’s Hong Kong Exit: Fear and Persuasion,” The New York Times, 24 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/06/24/technology/24reuters-usa-security-reconstruction.html?hp.

Scott Shane, “Offering Snowden Aid, WikiLeaks Gets Back in the Game”, The New York Times, 23 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/world/offering-snowden-aid-wikileaks-gets-back-in-the-game.html?ref=world.

Law Yuk Kai, “Hong Kong, a Strange Place to Seek Freedom”, The New York Times, 11 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/opinion/hong-kong-a-strange-place-to-seek-freedom.html?pagewanted=1&ref=global-home.

Julian Assange

Russia Today, “Assange Warns Wikileaks Will Publish ‘Enough Evidence’ to Indict Hillary Clinton,” Eurasia Review, 13 June 2016.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/13062016-assange-warns-wikileaks-will-publish-enough-evidence-to-indict-hillary-clinton/

Ludwig Watzal, “The WikiLeaks Files: The World According to US Empire – Review,” Eurasia Review, 29 February 2016.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/29022016-the-wikileaks-files-the-world-according-to-us-empire-review/.  Comment by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonAssange8.pdf.

Stephen Castle, “Swedes Offer to Question Julian Assange in London,” The New York Times, 13 March 2014.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/14/world/europe/julian-assange-sweden-london-sexual-assault-allegations.html?ref=world.

Stephen Cauch, “Julian Assange Launches WikiLeaks Party via Videolink from London,” The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 July 2013.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/julian-assange-launches-wikileaks-party-via-videolink-from-london-20130725-2qlx7.html.

Roy Morgan Research, “New Polling Shows Assange’s Wikileaks Leads the New Parties,” The Monthly, 11 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.themonthly.com.au/blog/roy-morgan-research/2013/06/11/1370907445/new-polling-shows-assanges-wikileaks-leads-new-partie.

Paul McGeough, “One Man Faces the Machine,” The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/one-man-faces-the-machine-20130607-2nvli.html.

Philip Dorling, “Assange No Concern of Ours, Says Carr,” The Sydney Herald, 6 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/assange-no-concern-of-ours-says-carr-20130606-2nt5t.html.

Julian Assange, “The Banality of ‘Don’t Be Evil,’” The New York Times, 1 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/opinion/sunday/the-banality-of-googles-dont-be-evil.html?pagewanted=all.  Reprinted in Le Monde, 7 June 2013, as “L'avancée des technologies de l'information annonce la fin de la vie privée” (with Google translation from French to English as “The advance of information technology announces the end of privacy”).  Available at: http://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2013/06/07/le-fardeau-du-geek-blanc_3426437_3232.html.  Other reviews of the book, The New Digital Age by Erick Schmidt and Jared Cohen are included in the Chamber’s new technology page: http://www.accci.com.au/NewTechnology.htm#newdigital.

Gay Alcorn, “Gambit or Gamble?” The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 May 2013.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/gambit-or-gamble-20130525-2n3sr.html.  See comment by Michael C H Jones at http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonAssange7.pdf.

Philip Dorling, “The Real Word about Whitlam”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 April 2013.  Available at: http://www.accci.com.au/PeoplesDiplomacy.htm.

Philip Dorling, “Carr Drops Pledge to Flag Assange Case with Sweden”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 February 2013.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/carr-drops-pledge-to-flag-assange-case-with-sweden-20130222-2ewxr.html.  See Commentary by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonCarr6.pdf.

Elizabeth Farrelly, “Held in a Gilded Cage, Optimism Still Reigns Supreme for Assange”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 February 2013.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/held-in-a-gilded-cage-optimism-still-reigns-supreme-for-assange-20130206-2dykj.html.  See also Esther Addley, “Jemima Khan: Julian Assange Risks Becoming ‘Australian L Ron Hubbard’, The Guardian, 6 February 2013.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/feb/06/jemima-khan-julian-assange-wikileaks.

Elizabeth Farrelly, “Ambassador’s Rage Doesn’t Dispel Facts”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 November 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/ambassadors-rage-doesnt-dispel-facts-20121128-2ae99.html.

Press Association, “Julian Assange: Hague Says Britain Is Obliged to Extradite WikiLeaks Founder”, The Guardian, 27 September 2012.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/sep/27/assange-hague-ecuador-extradition-legal.

Julian Borger, “Julian Assange: Obama Is Exploiting Arab Spring for Political Gain”, The Guardian, 27 September 2012.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/27/julian-assange-obama-arab-spring.

Shiv Malik, “Julian Assange Backers Could Lose £340,000 in Bail Money”, The Guardian, 4 September 2012.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/sep/04/julian-assange-backers-lose-bail.

Peter Hartcher, “Hypocrisy Ends Hero’s Freedom to Preach”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 August 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/hypocrisy-ends-heros-freedom-to-preach-20120820-24ijx.html.

Michael Moore and Oliver Stone, “WikiLeaks and Free Speech”, The New York Times, 20 August 2012.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/opinion/wikileaks-and-the-global-future-of-free-speech.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120821.

Karen Kissane, “Assange Condemns WikiLeaks Witch-Hunt”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 August 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/assange-condemns-wikileaks-witchhunt-20120819-24gys.html.

Philip Dorling, “US Intends to Chase Assange, Cables Show”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 August 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/us-intends-to-chase-assange-cables-show-20120817-24e1l.html.

Irene Caselli, “Julian Assange Will Be Granted Asylum, Says Official”, The Guardian, 14 August 2012.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/14/julian-assange-asylum-ecuador-wikileaks.

Philip Dorling, “Defence Feared Links with Afghan Warlord Would Erode Support for Forces”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 August 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/defence-feared-links-with-afghan-warlord-would-erode-support-for-forces-20120812-242wj.html.

Karen Kissane, “WikiLeaks Exposes Syria Files”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 July 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/wikileaks-exposes-syria-files-20120705-21keo.html.

No author cited, “British Police Serve Extradition Notice on Assange”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 June 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/british-police-serve-extradition-notice-on-assange-20120628-215rf.html.  See commentary by Michael C H Jones at: http://accci.com.au/JonesCommentonAssange6.pdf.

Jennifer Robinson, “Time for Government to Stand Ground and Protect Assange”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 March 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/time-for-government-to-stand-ground-and-protect-assange-20120229-1u3cn.html.

Philip Dorling, “Revealed: US Plans to Charge Assange”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 February 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/revealed-us-plans-to-charge-assange-20120228-1u14o.html.

Associated Press, “Accused WikiLeaks Source Manning Ordered To Military Trial”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 February 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/accused-wikileaks-source-manning-ordered-to-military-trial-20120204-1qyie.html.

Michael Pearce, “Assange’s Treatment Says a Lot About Us”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 December 2011.  Available a: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/assanges-treatment-says-a-lot-about-us-20111218-1p0o2.html..

Dylan Welch,”WikiLeaks Founder ‘Abandoned’ by Government”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 November 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/wikileaks-founder-abandoned-by-government-20111107-1n3wj.html.  See also comment by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonAbandoned.pdf.

Raphael G. Satter, “As Assange Awaits Ruling, WikiLeaks Faces Its Fate”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 November 2011.  Available at: http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/as-assange-awaits-ruling-wikileaks-faces-its-fate-20111102-1mu97.html.

David Leigh, James Ball and Esther Addley, “Julian Assange Autobiography: Why He Didn’t Want It Published”, The Guardian, 22 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/22/julian-assange-memoir-argument.

Robert Mackey, “Assange Claims Credit for Egypt’s Revolution”, The Lede, 6 July 2011.  Available at: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/assange-claims-credit-for-egypts-revolution/?ref=world.

AP, “WikiLeaks Supporter Refuses to Testify to US Grand Jury Hearing into Leaks”, The Australian, 16 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/wikileaks/wikileaks-supporter-refuses-to-testify-to-us-grand-jury-hearing-into-leaks/story-fn775xjq-1226076209454.

Ed Pilkington, “WikiLeaks: US Opens Grand Jury Hearing”, The Guardian, 11 May 2011.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/may/11/us-opens-wikileaks-grand-jury-hearing.

Brian Stelter and Noam Cohen, “In WikiLeaks’Growth, Some Control Is Lost”, The New York Times, 26 April 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/world/guantanamo-files-wikileaks-loses-control-of-some-secrets.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha22.

Editorial, “The Guantánamo Papers”, The New York Times, 25 April 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/opinion/26tue1.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211.

Phillip Coorey, “Spycatcher Sequel: Gillard Is Doing a Thatcher on WikiLeaks, Says Turnbull”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 April 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/spycatcher-sequel-gillard-is-doing-a-thatcher-on-wikileaks-says-turnbull-20110404-1cyod.html.

Andrew Fowler (edited extract from a book), “WikiLeaks: The Pentagon Connection”, The Australian, 2 April 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/wikileaks-the-pentagon-connection/story-e6frg8h6-1226031525050.

Mary Beth Sheridan, “US Diplomat Quits Over WikiLeaks”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 March 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-diplomat-quits-over-wikileaks-20110320-1c23r.html.

No author cited, “Indian Democracy Has Been Maligned: Advani”, The Times of India, 18 March 2011.  Available at: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-18/india/29144663_1_nda-demands-nda-chairman-wikileaks-disclosure.

Tom Allard, “WikiLeaks Rift between US and Indonesia Worsens as Talks Called Off”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 March 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/wikileaks-rift-between-us-and-indonesia-worsens-as-talks-called-off-20110314-1bujk.html.

Tweet posted by kgosztola, “2011-03-07 100 Revelations to Mark 100 Days Since Cablegate Began”, 7 March 2011.  Available at: http://wlcentral.org/node/1439.  See also comment by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonAssange5.pdf.

Robert Manne, “Inside the Brain of WikiLeak’s Julian Assange”, The Australian, 5 March 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/inside-the-brain-of-wikileaks-julian-assange/story-e6frg6z6-1226015754791.

Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube, “Manning Faces New Charges, Possibly Death Penalty”, NBC News, 3 March 2011.  Available at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41876046/ns/us_news-security/.

Spiegel Interview, “Assange Is a New Kind of Journalist”, Spiegel Online, 22 February 2011.  Available at:  http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,746942,00.html.

Asher Moses, “WikiLeaks Rival Goes Live as Editors Turn on Assange”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 January 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/wikileaks-rival-goes-live-as-editors-turn-on-assange-20110128-1a7lb.html.

Richard Ackland, “Bill Protecting Journalists’ Sources Curdles in Canberra”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 January 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/bill-protecting-journalists-sources-curdles-in-canberra-20110127-1a6s5.html.

The Doha Debates, “This House Believes the World is Better Off with Wikileaks”, a 47 minute video of the debate from the Gulf State of Qatar and sponsored by the Qatar Foundation.  Available at:

http://www.thedohadebates.com/debates/player.asp?d=90.

The Churchill Club, “WikiLeaks, the Internet and Democracy”, undated (1 hour and 47 minute re-broadcast of a Churchill Club panel discussion).  Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMzEdkiz5tY.

Belinda van Steijn, “The Dutch Need WikiLeaks Right Now”, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 17 January 2011.  Available at: http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/assange-dutch-need-wikileaks-right-now.

Ross Cameron, “Can’t Hide Love for WikiLeaks”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 January 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/cant-hide-love-for-wikileaks-20110112-19o1w.html.

Guy Rundle, “The Truth Lies Trapped in a Web of Intrigue”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/the-truth-lies-trapped-in-a-web-of-intrigue-20101223-196mv.html.

AFP, "Bank of America Cuts Off WikiLeaks", The Australian, 19 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/wikileaks/bank-of-america-cuts-off-wikileaks/story-fn775xjq-1225973376427.  See also comment by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonAssange4.pdf.

Naomi Wolf, "Sweden's Serial Negligence in Prosecuting Rape Further Highlights the Politics Behind Julian Assange's Arrest", The Huffington Post, 15 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf/post_1435_b_797188.html.

Frank Skinner, "Privacy Lost But You've Got to Love WikiLeaks", The Australian, 13 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/privacy-lost-but-youve-got-to-love-wikileaks/story-e6frg6so-1225969749949.

Richard Ackland, "Hot Air Blows Far and Wide, and Assange Is Far from Blameless", The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/hot-air-blows-far-and-wide-and-assange-is-far-from-blameless-20101209-18ra8.html.

MalcolmTurnbull, "Political Risk in Making a Martyr of Assange", The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/political-risk-in-making-a-martyr-of-assange-20101208-18ppy.html.

Asher Moses, "The Aussie Who Blitzed Visa, MasterCard and PayPal with the Low Orbit Ion Cannon", The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/the-aussie-who-blitzed-visa-mastercard-and-paypal-with-the-low-orbit-ion-cannon-20101209-18qr1.html.  Comment by Michael C H Jones is available at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonAssange2.pdf.

Michael Ellsberg, "Every Attack Now Made on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange Was Made Against Me and the Release of the Pentagon Papers at the Time", Daniel Ellsberg Website, 8 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/public-accuracy-press-release.

Jeff Sparrow and Elizabeth O’Shea, “Open Letter: To Julia Gillara, re Julian Assange”, ABC Unleashed, 7 December 2010.  Available at:  http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/41914.html.

Peter Kemp, “NSW Supreme Court Solicitor Peter Kemp: Letter to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard”, WL Central, 4 December 2010.  Available at: http://wlcentral.org/node/480.

“Julian Assange Answers Your Questions”, 3 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2010/dec/03/julian-assange-wikileaks.

Dylan Welch, “Assange Could Face Prosecution and Years in Jail”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/assange-could-face-prosecution-and-years-in-jail-20101130-18fee.html.  See also comment by Michael CH Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonAssange.pdf. 

Announcements and Links to Media Releases of the WikiLeaks Party

National Council Meeting Minutes 25 May 2013.

WikiLeaks Party demand federal shield laws for journalists 12 May 2013.

WikiLeaks Party to run Senate candidates in Victoria, NSW and Western Australia 6 April 2013.

 

 

 


Sydney Peace Prize


John Huxley, “Controversy Dogs Chomsky as He Accepts Sydney Peace Prize,” The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 June 2011.  Available at:
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/controversy-dogs-chomsky-as-he-accepts-sydney-peace-prize-20110601-1fgqf.html.  See also Stephen Matchett, “Ideologue on a Peace Pedestal,” The Australian, 3 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/ideologue-on-a-peace-pedestal/story-e6frg6z6-1226068205671.

“Sydney Peace Prize 2012: Senator Sekai Holland,” Sydney Peace Foundation.  Details are available at: http://sydneypeacefoundation.org.au/peace-prize-recipients/2012-sekai-holland/.

Full list of past recipients is available at: http://sydneypeacefoundation.org.au/sydney-peace-prize/peace-prize-recipients/.

 

 

 


Other Peoples Diplomacy Issues


No author cited, “New ‘Little Ice Age’ Coincides with Fall of Eastern Roman Empire and Growth Of Arab Empire,” Eurasia Review, 9 February 2016.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/09022016-new-little-ice-age-coincides-with-fall-of-eastern-roman-empire-and-growth-of-arab-empire/. 

Ronald L Ray, “No Such Thing as Free Speech with ‘Holocaust Denial,’” American Free Press, 4 March 2015.  Available at: http://americanfreepress.net/?p=23063. http://www.eurasiareview.com/05032015-reflections-on-south-africas-challenges-and-opportunities-for-reform-speech/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Eurasia Review, “Guantanamo: US Military Commission Convicted Reversed,” Eurasian Review, 19 February 2015.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/19022015-guantanamo-us-military-commission-conviction-reversed/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.  See also George Williams, “No Change Likely Despite Quashing of Hicks’ Conviction,” The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 February 2015.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/no-change-likely-despite-quashing-of-hicks-conviction-20150222-13lef0.html.

Natalie O’Brien, “David Hicks a Step Closer to Clearing His Name,” The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 July 2014.  Available at:  http://www.smh.com.au/national/david-hicks-a-step-closer-to-clearing-his-name-20140715-zt92j.html.  See comment by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonHicks2.pdf.

Rick Reneley, “It’s Our ABC, So Hands Off, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull,” The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 February 2014.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/its-our-abc-so-hands-off-tony-abbott-and-malcolm-turnbull-20140131-31sa6.html.  Further comment from David Hill: “Patriotism Lies in Unbiased Journalism Not in Censorship, Mr Abbott,” The Sydney Morning Herald, 31 January 2014.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/patriotism-lies-in-unbiased-journalism-not-in-censorship-mr-abbott-20140130-31p9t.html.

Comment by Michael C H Jones on “David Flint Monarchists” is available at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonFlint.pdf or online translation into Simplified Chinese here.

Kate McClymont, Linton Besser and James Robertson, “Largest Leak Set to Expose Companies with Trust Issues”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/largest-leak-set-to-expose-companies-with-trust-issues-20130614-2o9oz.html.  Additional details can be obtained from the International Consortia of Investigative Journalists at http://www.icij.org/, which is a project of the Centre for Public Integrity (http://www.publicintegrity.org/).

Paul McGeough, “US Suggests Whistleblower ‘in League with the Chinese,’” The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-suggests-whistleblower-in-league-with-the-chinese-20130614-2o9hl.html.  See also Keith Bradsher, “Snowden’s Leaks on China Could Affect Its Role in His Fate”, The New York Times, 14 June 2013.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/world/asia/ex-nsa-contractors-disclosures-could-complicate-his-fate.html?hp.

David Bornstein, “Lobbying for the Greater Good”, The New York Times, 29 May 2013.  Available at: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/lobbying-for-the-greater-good/?ref=global-home.

Judith Ireland and Lenore Taylor, “Labor MP Slams Foreign Aid Cut”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 December 2013.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/labor-mp-slams-foreign-aid-cut-20121217-2bjd1.html.

B Raman, “Complexities of Dealing With China – OpEd”, Eurasia Review, 12 November 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/12112012-complexities-of-dealing-with-china-oped/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Simon Neville and Shiv Malik, “Starbucks Wakes Up and Smells the Stench of Tax Avoidance Controversy”, The Guardian, 12 November 2012.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/nov/12/starbucks-tax-avoidance-controversy.

Hamish McDonald, “Time to Read from the Script on China”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 June 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/time-to-read-from-the-script-on-china-20120615-20f6g.html.

Thomas L Friedman, “Two Worlds Cracking Up”, The New York Times, 12 June 2012.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/opinion/friedman-two-worlds-cracking-up.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120613.

Eurasia Review, “Despite News, World Slightly More Peaceful Last Year Reversing Two-Year Trend”, Eurasia Review, 13 June 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/13062012-despite-news-world-slightly-more-peaceful-last-year-reversing-two-year-trend/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.  Greater detail on the “Global Peace Index 2012” is available at: http://www.visionofhumanity.org/.

Radio Free Asia, “Uyghur Conference Sparks Japan-China Row”, Eurasia Review, 20 May 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/20052012-uyghur-conference-sparks-japan-china-row/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.  For Chinese response see: Zhong Yan, “Intentions Behind Japanese Right-Wingers’ Collusion with World Uyghur Congress”, People’s Daily, 18 May 2012.  Available at: http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90883/7821130.html.

John Garnaut, “Rotting From Within: Investigating the Massive Corruption of the Chinese Military”, Foreign Policy, 19 May 2012.  Available at: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/04/16/rotting_from_within?page=0,5.

Osama As Sharif, “The Unlikely Demise of the Arab Spring – OpEd”, Eurasia Review, 9 May 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/09052012-the-unlikely-demise-of-the-arab-spring-oped/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29

Timothy Garton Ash, “Hollande and Merkel Can’t Save the Eurozone by Old Methods Alone”, The Guardian, 9 May 2012.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/09/hollande-merkel-eurozone-maastricht.

AFP, “China and Russia Have Vetoed a UN Security Council Resolution on Syria, After the Bombing of Homs”, The Australian, 5 February 2012.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/middle-east-in-turmoil/china-and-russia-have-vetoed-a-un-security-council-resolution-on-syria/story-fn7ycml4-1226262900400.  See also AAP, “Syrian Embassy Damaged in Rampage”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 February 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/syrian-embassy-damaged-in-rampage-20120205-1qzdi.html.  See also commentary by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonVetoatUN.pdf.

Editorial Board, “Crackdown on Chinese Dissidents”, The Washington Post, 22 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/crackdown-on-chinese-dissidents/2012/01/20/gIQAwA9wGQ_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.

Valerie Khoo, “How to Live and Work Anywhere”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/small-business/managing/blogs/enterprise/how-to-live-and-work-anywhere-20120119-1q76v.html.  See also commentary by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonActivists.pdf.

James Rose, “Occupy Has Redefined the Relationship between Politics and Society”, The Sydney Morning Herald 17 November 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/occupy-has-redefined-the-relationship-between-politics-and-society-20111116-1nim4.html

Greg Barns, “Politics Has No Place When It Comes to Crimes Against Humanity”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 November 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/politics-has-no-place-when-it-comes-to-crimes-against-humanity-20111101-1mt63.html.

Karla Adam, “Occupy Wall Street Protests Go Global”, The Washington Post, 16 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/occupy-wall-street-protests-go-global/2011/10/15/gIQAp7kimL_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.  See also Car Buckley and Rachel Donadio, “Buoyed by Wall Street Proteses, Rallies Sweep the Globe”, The New York Times, 15 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/world/occupy-wall-street-protests-worldwide.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha22.

Tom Kington, “Italian MPs Protect Perks of the Job Despite Passing Austerity Budget”, The Guardian, 17 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/17/italy-mps-expenses-eurozone-crisis.

Arsen Ostrovsky, “Gaza Flotilla Blind to Hamas”, The Australian, 24 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/gaza-flotilla-blind-to-hamas/story-e6frg6ux-1226080858425.

Sarah Hanson-Young, “Driving Change in Saudi Arabia”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/blogs/gengreens/driving-change-in-saudi-arabia-20110620-1gbir.html.

Leo Lewis, “Mistakenly-Released Report Reveals Embarrassing Extent of Chinese Corruption”, The Times, 17 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/accidentally-released-report-reveals-embarrassing-extent-of-chinese-corruption/story-e6frg6so-1226076938605.

No author cited, “California Is an Experiment in Extreme Democracy Gone Wrong, Says Andreas Kluth.  But Reform Could Make It a Model for Others”, The Economist, 20 April 2011.  Available at: http://www.economist.com/node/18563638

Matt Siegel, “Scandals May End Sexism in Australia’s Military”, The New York Times, 21 April 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/world/asia/22iht-australia22.html?amp&amp.

Dorothy M. Zellner, “King’s Words Live in Palestinian City”, USTOGAZA, 15 January 2011.  Available at: http://ustogaza.org/.

Paddy Manning, “What Makes Someone Give $1.6m to a Political Party?” The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 January 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/what-makes-someone-give-16m-to-a-political-party-20110107-19itj.html.

NewsCore: "China Erases Picture of Nobel Winner's Empty Chair from Blog", The Australian, 13 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/china-erases-picture-of-nobel-winners-empty-chair-from-blog/story-fn3dxity-1225969869955.  See also comment by Michael C H Jones at:  http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonNobelPrize2.pdf.

David Charter and Jane Macartney, "China's Peace Prize Boycott Fails", The Australian, 9 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/chinas-peace-prize-boycott-fails/story-e6frg6so-1225967841742.

Joe Kelly, “Australia's Absence from Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony Slammed by Greens", The Australian, 10 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/australias-absence-from-the-nobel-peace-prize-ceremony-slammed-by-greens/story-fn59nm2j-1225969061315.

Michael Sainsbury, "Nobel Winner Liu Xiaobo's Appeal Blocked", The Australian, 8 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/nobel-winner-liu-xiaobos-appeal-blocked/story-e6frg6so-1225967317320.

Bloomberg, “Chinese Billionaires Splash Out on Fine Wine”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 November 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/top-drop/chinese-billionaires-splash-out-on-fine-wine-20101110-17mzz.html.

Rowan Callick, “Thorn in China’s Side Liu Xiaobo Awarded Nobel Peace Prize”, The Australian, 9 October 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/thorn-in-chinas-side-awarded-nobel-peace-prize/story-e6frg6so-1225936212275.  Also Anne Applebaum, “Easy for Them to Say”, Slate, 8 October 2010 at:  http://www.slate.com/id/2270523/.  Refer to the comment by Michael C H Jones at http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonNobelPrize.pdf,

AFP, “500 Million Using Facebook: Zuckerbert”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/500-million-using-facebook-zuckerberg-20100722-10lgs.html.

Dahlia Lithwick, “Nowhere To Hide: Ignoring Maher Arar Won’t Make His Torture Claims Go Away”, Slate, 16 June 2010.  Available at:

http://www.slate.com/id/2257211/pagenum/all/#p2.  See also the editorial in The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/opinion/16wed2.html and commentary by Michael C H Jones http://www.accci.com.au/ArarComment.pdf.

Huw Slater, “Why China Could Be Leading the World on Climate Change”, East Asia Forum, 29th May 2010.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/05/29/why-china-could-be-leading-the-world-on-climate-change/

The May newsletter of the Australian International Trade Association and Associates is available at: http://www.accci.com.au/AITA.doc.

On the Shanghai Expo from The Sydney Morning Herald Traveller: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/youve-come-a-long-way-baby-shanghai-finds-its-big-feat-20100430-tzbt.html.  From The Australian: “Culture Comes Down to a Cartoon”, 24 May 2010, at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/culture-comes-down-to-a-cartoon/story-e6frg8n6-1225870253759.

“Building Bilateral Trade Between Australia and China, by Chiang Lim, Deputy Mayor of Parramatta, undated, at: http://www.chianglim.com.au/blog/blog/building_bilateral_trade_between_australia_and_china/menu_id_106.html. 

Text of the speech by The Hon. Julie Bishop MP, Deputy Leader of the Federal Opposition and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs at the Australia-China Business Summit at the Parliament House of NSW on 31 August 2009 is available at:  http://www.accci.com.au/BishopJspeech.pdf.  Media release with photograph is available at:  http://www.accci.com.au/ACSCSMedia.pdf.

A new national organisation for town and city centre development in New Zealand held its second annual general meeting.  Details are available at: http://www.urbannz.co.nz/TownsCitiesNZ/tabid/371/Default.aspx.

Call for papers for the 11th International Cities Town Centres and Communities Society Conference, 12 – 15 October 2010 at the Opal Cove Convention Centre in Coffs Harbour.  Complete information is available at: http://www.ictcsociety.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=F2QeWiKvBMQ%3d&tabid=105.