This time next year the Beijing Olympics will be getting underway, though not if a lot of lobby groups have their way. The one year to go marker has produced a range of reactions, reports and protests against the repressive ways of the Chinese. The worldwide free Tibet movement is worried that China is planning to use the Games as a way of legitimising their long running occupation of Tibet. They say Tibetan imagery features prominently in a lot of the Olympic advertising. Yesterday six protestors from the UK , the US and Canada propelled themselves off the Great Wall of China unfurling a banner saying One World, One Dream, Free Tibet – and they were promptly arrested by Chinese authorities. Kate Woznow from Students for Free Tibet is in Hong Kong waiting for news of her fellow activists.

Today marks exactly one year until the Beijing Olympics begins and protestors and human rights groups are using the moment to focus on the darker aspects of Chinese politics. One of those aspects is how the Chinese government treats the Falun Gong movement, with accusations that Falun Gong practitioners are being tortured and having their organs removed. Falun Gong supporters around the world are holding an alternative Olympic Torch relay to attract attention to these claims ….it’s called the Human Rights Torch Relay, and it started in Greece today. The president of the National Civic Council, Damian Wyld; Hera Sandison - a 'Free China' member; and the MC for the Adelaide Protest Rally, Jesse Le Cotte explained more.

We’re beginning to get used to legislation being proposed in the name of security in Australia, it’s become the latest political catch phrase. Yesterday the Senate were busy dealing with yet another bill tipped to improve our safety, this one particularly concerns the Australian police and how much power they have. But not everybody is happy that the changes will keep us out of harm’s way. Time Bugg, the President of the Law Council and George Mancini, Chairman of the South Australian Council for Civil Liberties talk about the changes.

Newly installed East Timorese president Jose Ramos Horta earlier this week invited the Xanana Gusmao’s CNRT headed coalition to form a government after recent elections saw the Fretilin party lose their parliamentary majority. Fretilin however won more seats than any other single East Timorese party, and their leader, former president Mari Alkitiri, has argued he has the right to lead the new government. The dispute has once again sparked violence in the capital Dili as international forces struggle to maintain control. Jose Belo is a senior Timorese journalist, and the founder of the national newspaper Tempo Semanal. Bruce Haig is a former senior Australian diplomat on the Indonesian desk and author on East Timor and Indonesian relations. They spoke with the Wire about the current situation in East Timor, the responses and reasons for the current situation.

A report addressing the issue of youth crime in South Australia was released by the Social Inclusion Commissioner Monsignor David Cappo today. There were 46 recommendations in total and all 46 were accepted by the SA government. The report, 'to Break the Cycle' was commissioned by the SA government in response to Adelaide's so-called 'Gang of 49', in order to provide some answers as to how to address problem youth offenders. The report's author, Monsignor David Cappo, contributor Tauto Stansbury and UniSA Aboriginal Studies lecturer, Syd Sparrow speak with The Wire.

Dreams of competing at an international level at anything seem to fade as we get older and realise we are cursed with two left feet or when running a hundred metres also means a trip to the hospital. Well it may not be too late to represent Australia provided you are good at your job, as the work skill olympics are coming up in November. Mark Culligan explains more.