Archive for February, 2014

Australian govt forces owners of tattoo parlours to be fingerprinted

Australian govt forces owners of tattoo parlours to be fingerprinted

Last week,the Akashic Times revealed that both New South Wales and Queensland had proposed legislation to force individuals to register their tattoos with the state government. We were inundated with angry emails from nameless individuals claiming that the story was nonsense. In an ironic way they are right. The law is not as bad as we stated – it’s actually[Read More…]

NHS unveils plans to sell patient data to corporations

NHS unveils plans to sell patient data to corporations

The government has recently unveiled plans to sell all of the private medical records and data about NHS patients to third party businesses and corporations. Effectively, this means that later this year, companies will be able to buy information on us from the NHS’s new universal patient database – including everything from mental health conditions, sexually transmitted infections and diseases[Read More…]

Govt review could see state pensions privatised

Govt review could see state pensions privatised

The state pension could soon be privatised, under new government plans. In an effort to make up billions more in austerity savings, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a review into how it issues pension statements each year. The report – which is entitled DWP Efficiency Review, runs to over 80 pages and is marked “restricted” –[Read More…]

Prince Charles accused of bullying village after invoking ancient law to mine under their homes

Prince Charles accused of bullying village after invoking ancient law to mine under their homes

Prince Charles has been accused of bullyboy tactics after invoking an ancient law to acquire the rights to mine underneath the homes of residents in a Cornish village. Residents of Stoke Climsland village spoke out after each of them received a letter from the Prince of Wales’s Duchy of Cornwall estate to mine underneath their houses. He is even trying[Read More…]

Indigenous tribe give the boot to miners attempting to exploit their land

Indigenous tribe give the boot to miners attempting to exploit their land

An indigenous tribe in Brazil has kicked out a group of miners and barred them from exploiting the minerals and resources on their land, it has been reported. When miners came to dig up precious metals on the Tropas River, a tributary of Tapajós river, in a region west of Pará, the indigenous Munduruku people turned up to drive the[Read More…]