>遂にあの埼玉までもか、と思うのは小生だけだろうか。 >埼玉の読売がこういう状態なら、あとは押して知るべし。 0057無礼なことを言うな。たかが名無しが2011/01/17(月) 11:39:00ID:uGRsXEbn FOR ALMOST 40 years the International Women's Day march has set off from Sydney Square, between the Town Hall and St Andrew's cathedral in the city.
But this year the march organisers received a rude shock. Unknown to them the square is mostly owned by the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. And the church has put the International Women's Day Collective on notice.
Yes, women can rally in the square one more time - on Saturday, March 11 - before heading down George Street. But in future years they must start the march somewhere else, ''on public land''.
Advertisement: Story continues below ''It's just amazing,'' said Anne Barber, one of the organisers. ''It's a traditional meeting point and somehow the church has right of veto.''
The Sydney diocese, under Archbishop Peter Jensen, prescribes that women must submit to the ''headship'' of men in the church and in their marriage. It also opposes ordination of women.
But a spokesman for the diocese, Russell Powell, said the women were not being singled out. A new policy on all rallies in the square was being considered by the board of the Glebe Administration Board, which is the church's business arm.
''It's private land,'' he said. ''Other rallies begin at Martin Place or Hyde Park, where there's more space.''
When Gabe Kavanagh, one of the organisers, received the email from the Glebe Administration Board requesting ''future rallies be arranged to occur on designated public land'' she was shocked. ''The rally has been held there for decades,'' she said. ''There's never been a problem with rubbish or noise.''
She got the strong impression in her follow-up conversations with board managers that it was an ''image issue'' and that the church was sick of having protests in its space.
In previous years the collective has submitted an ''event application'' form to the City of Sydney council, which owns a small strip of the square adjacent to the Town Hall. It has also asked permission from police to march. It was all quite perfunctory.
But this year the police at city central local area command, recently apprised of the church's legal power, told the organisers to ask for church permission, too.
It is the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, which began in Germany. The first big Sydney march, in 1972, was a wild affair remembered for an egg thrown at Germaine Greer, and red dye splashed over an abortion-law reform truck.
The marchers have dwindled from thousand to hundreds over the decades.
''It's time for women to act to have this ridiculous ruling overturned so that we can meet at the Town Hall Square in future if we wish,'' Ms Barber said.
0058無礼なことを言うな。たかが名無しが2011/01/17(月) 11:42:08ID:uGRsXEbn Tony Stewart on Way Back to US After Reported Scuffle in Australia.
Two-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart is reportedly en route to the United States a day after reports that he scuffled with a track owner during his final weekend racing in Australia.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Stewart threw his helmet at track co-owner Brett Morris during an alleged dispute over track conditions at Sydney Speedway. The newspaper said Stewart received a black eye in return from Morris, who the paper described as "not slight in size.''
Stewart's public relations manager Mike Arning said Saturday he was still trying to sort through the news but had spoken with Stewart, who was reportedly detained briefly by the local Rosehill police department for questioning about the incident. Although he was released and cleared for his already-scheduled departure Saturday, the paper says a local official confirmed there is ongoing investigation..
Stewart has been in Australia for the past four weeks -- the second consecutive year he and several other prominent American sprint car drivers have spent the off-season racing sprint cars.
The owner-driver is scheduled to drive his No. 14 Mobil 1-Office Depot Chevrolet in a three-day test session at Daytona International Speedway beginning Thursday. Read More: Tony Stewart Chevrolet NASCAR Australia, NASCAR, Tony+Stewart