One of our Darwin runners found this collection of political tin buttons. The one far left features what appears to be an Aboriginal art drawing of a frog ( in a sock ?) announcing that the age of 18 is the year you can vote for the first time. At the centre , displaying the dove on which is superimposed the outline of Australia, the badge calls on workers to unite on May Day 1985 for peace, disarmament and friendship. At the end is a badge for another May Day march for peace and full employment.
While on the subject of peace and disarmament, the above surreal photograph of the Pine Gap US-Australia spy base, near Alice Springs, has gone on display at the Alice Prize Exhibition , causing widespread comment and raising eyebrows in high places as it is supposed to be illegal to photograph and show pix of the establishment . It is the work of Kristian Laemmle-Ruff , of the Nautilus Institute for Security .
This comes after the incredible act of the Northern Territory CLP government, approved by sleepy watchdogs in Canberra, of leasing the port of Darwin to the Chinese for 99 years . The Yanks, building up the number of Marines coming to Darwin and talk of basing super bombers there , must be wondering what next to expect in the NT. In a helpful, spoofy post some months ago, this blog suggested approval had been given to build a Chinese dim sim and fortune cookie factory overlooking Pine Gap, which had annoyed the Pentagon.
This comes after the incredible act of the Northern Territory CLP government, approved by sleepy watchdogs in Canberra, of leasing the port of Darwin to the Chinese for 99 years . The Yanks, building up the number of Marines coming to Darwin and talk of basing super bombers there , must be wondering what next to expect in the NT. In a helpful, spoofy post some months ago, this blog suggested approval had been given to build a Chinese dim sim and fortune cookie factory overlooking Pine Gap, which had annoyed the Pentagon.
