April 2009 Matt Clarke Laffan Island In his own words Postcards Page 2 The Review – Page 14 NUMBER SEVENTY APRIL ’09 CIRCULATION 22,000 ALEXANDRIA BEACONSFIELD CHIPPENDALE DARLINGTON ERSKINEVILLE GLEBE KINGS CROSS NEWTOWN REDFERN SURRY HILLS WATERLOO WOOLLOOMOOLOO ZETLAND Ellice Mol at the new 2SER studios at Broadway Photo: Andrew Collis Women’s Day on 2SER Coopers on King Street Photo: Ali Blogg ELLICE MOL a third of those remain un-sentenced and DRUG DOGS IN NEWTOWN awaiting trial. International Women’s Day was the I spoke to feminist author Sheila Joy NICHOLAS MCC AL LUM the man that Mr Bolwell had attempted was captured on the pub’s CCTV and focus of a special nine-hour broadcast Jeffries about the globalisation of the to assist was never charged. submitted in evidence. at Radio 2SER FM’s brand new studios sex industry. She said the $75 billion Imagine that you and a mate According to the evidence from one The 37-year-old solicitor and former on March 9. Producer of the broadcast, stripping industry alone exceeds the are enjoying a quiet drink at your of the arresting officers, Mr Bolwell had Greens staffer has been a long-time Ellice Mol, writes about the day. income generated by the baseball league local when troops of police from the forcibly approached a police operation advocate for citizens’ rights and civil in the US. Some highlights included our Proactive Crime Team enter as part in an attempt to inform the man who liberties, having been involved in International Women’s Day (IWD) 50 Years of Barbie celebration and the live of a “drug dog operation”. The police was being searched of his legal rights. At the NoToPope coalition which had began as a rally for women in Austria, interactive discussion of gender issues begin skulking around the pub, taking this point Mr Bolwell attempted to give successfully advocated for the reduction Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. using Twitter. up positions at exits and bathrooms. the man his card. Only 10 seconds had of the powers granted to police for the Women called for voting rights, to be We also had some special live As someone is sniffed by a dog, and passed before the lawyer was pushed 2008 World Youth Day. able to hold public office, and better performances by Sarah Kelly of consequently searched, for carrying with two hands by one of the officers and The treatment that Kristian received on working conditions. IWD was given theredsunband who performed a little more than a peculiar odour, you then set upon by another three. According the night in question is a clear example official recognition by the United Nations poignant song, written by her ex, about decide to offer some assistance that you to the police at the scene, Mr Bolwell was of how easily the new powers can be in 1975. It’s celebrated all around the her. Joy&Lara also came in to celebrate draw from your experience as a lawyer. given several opportunities to remove abused. The police “manhandled” Mr world in acknowledgment of the political, with us, playing their special brand of And instead of the police allowing the himself from the police operation. Bolwell to the point that one of his economic and social achievements honeyed folk on violin and guitar, and we arrested patron his or her right of legal The police stated that the lawyer ribs was fractured, a medical report of women. got retrospective with Holly Throsby who council, you too are arrested. was “moderately intoxicated” and also from Royal Prince Alfred confirmed the For the last decade or so, women have performed a track from her very first EP. threatening and intimidating. Other following day. taken to the airwaves to celebrate IWD. I It was also great to play some killer music This is exactly what happened to witness testimony stated that Mr Bolwell The Magistrate found that Mr Bolwell was approached to help co-ordinate and from influential female artists of the past, Kristian Bolwell in July 2008 as he and had merely “sauntered” toward the scene was in no way attempting to interfere produce nine hours of radio for this year’s such as Janis Joplin and Cyndi Lauper, his friend were both enjoying a few cold in a “laconic” manner. with the police proceedings, nor was he IWD special broadcast. 2SER has a bevy and some Bananarama was thrashed over ones at Newtown’s Cooper Arms Hotel. Court documents state that it was threatening toward police. The court ruled of great female talent and it was such a the airwaves for good measure. As a lawyer still holding to ideals of within 35 seconds of his approach that that the arrest was not lawful, stating that thrill to be able to bring some of these It’s shocking that, today, women still habeas corpus, he approached the police the lawyer was arrested. It was only after an arrest should only be used as a last women together on the day. We wanted face many challenges around the world. who had begun to search another patron his arrest that the police realised the card resort, stemming from a suspicion that to broadcast the stories and songs of Women make a significant contribution to under suspicion of narcotics possession. Mr Bolwell had presented was from the the person has committed an offence. women because, in the face of adversity, the global economy, yet they receive only When the matter finally made it to Law Society of New South Wales. Mr Mr Bolwell now intends to proceed women are courageous and resilient, 10 per cent of the world’s income, and the court on February 24, 2009, the sitting Bolwell was later charged with hindering with a civil action against New South with the ability to empower and inspire wage gap between women and men has Magistrate dismissed the charges, and in a police, resisting police in execution of Wales Police. one another. increased yet again. Women produce half strong signal against excessive police zeal, duty and failure to obey a police direction. We wanted to celebrate women of the world’s food, yet there are 70 per awarded Bolwell costs. Let’s not forget The arrest, but not the alleged offences, See Opinion - page 10 and make it a joyous and entertaining cent of women around the world who go broadcast, and at the same time take the hungry. Women own a measly one per opportunity for some advocacy around cent of the of the world’s property. These unnecessary hysterectomies. She said the poverty line, we need to ensure proportion of women dying in childbirth women’s issues. Fortunately, at 2SER we figures are stifling, and some of the stories he refused to perform any investigations the Australian government maintains by 2015. We have a long way to go to have a great many female presenters with about women we hear are heartbreaking. to confirm his diagnoses, instead taking its commitment to the Millennium achieve gender equality worldwide. diverse interests. Former 2SER Jailbreak One such heartbreaking story comes out ovaries, propelling women into Development Goals – to promote gender IWD is a national holiday in China, presenter, Ariane Minc, kicked off the from my friend, a med student who has menopause, sometimes at ages less than equality and empower women, ensuring Russia, Bulgaria and Romania. Even if it’s day with a special focus on women in the just returned from an elective period at 20, and even when the ovaries removed girls have the same access to schooling not a national holiday in Australia (yet), prison system. There are now over 500 a rural hospital in Tanzania. There she were shown to be perfectly normal. as boys by 2015, and improving maternal it’s a day that will continue to hold great women in full-time custody in NSW, about saw an unlicensed doctor performing For the 21 million women living below health – reducing by three-quarters the significance at 2SER.Rockin! 2 NEWS April 2009 PUBLISHER South Sydney Uniting Church Raglan Street, Waterloo Telephone 0400 008 338 Phone/fax 02 9698 8949 The views expressed in this newspaper are those of the author and the article and are not necessarily the views of the Uniting Church. 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An expensive upgrades, new buildings and playground upgrade of the Square in 2006 by upgrades. the City of Sydney Council, said Mr “Council adopted an Inclusion Gyorgy, added an extra set of stairs (Disability) Action Plan in May 2008 to the area but still didn’t change the following extensive community position of the bollards and therefore consultation which is now being used Matt Laffan Photo: Ali Blogg neglected to address the lack of to ensure a consistent approach to wheelchair access.