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October 28th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) has started in Perth with Prime Minister Julia Gillard telling her fellow leaders the time has come to renew the beleaguered body.
After months of preparation and a week packed full of lead-up meetings, the Queen officially opened the three-day leaders’ gathering in a lavish ceremony today.
The leaders – consisting mostly of government heads from more than 50 nations – will spend the next three days discussing global challenges such as climate change, human rights and economic turmoil.
They will also be debating ways to reinvigorate the Commonwealth – which brings together mostly former British colonies – amid persistent claims it is becoming increasingly irrelevant in the modern world.
Ms Gillard said the world had changed and the Commonwealth needed to change too.
“So as the Commonwealth journeys towards its centenary, it is time for renewal,” she told her fellow leaders and the gathered crowd.
“To answer the question posed of our organisation: how do we best pursue our timeless values in a world of change?
“Let us make CHOGM 2011 memorable for answering this question.
“Memorable for being the meeting that gave the Commonwealth the direction it needed at a time of global uncertainty and risk.”
The Queen said she was delighted to join the leaders for the meeting, which she said promised to inject new vibrancy into the Commonwealth.
She made a point of thanking the Eminent Persons Group, a collection of prominent thinkers which has presented leaders with a bold blueprint for Commonwealth reform.
“I look forward to hearing the outcome of discussion on their recommendations,” she said.
“And I wish heads of government well in agreeing further reforms that respond boldly to the aspirations of today and that keep the Commonwealth fresh and fit for tomorrow.”
She urged leaders not to forget the Commonwealth was a body not just of governments but of people.
She also reflected on the summit’s theme of “women as agents of change”.
“We must continue to strive in our own countries and across the Commonwealth together to promote that theme in a lasting way beyond this year,” she said.
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma thanked Perth for becoming the third Australian city to host CHOGM.
“I’m confident that Perth 2011 will stand as an even greater watershed in the way we serve our people and uphold our values,” he said.
The ceremony also heard from Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the outgoing chairwoman of the Commonwealth.
She too urged leaders to listen to the “voice of the people” and embrace reform.
She said she hoped the institution would have a bright future for all.
“But hope without action is useless, my friends,” she said.
“And so today I say let us recommit and pledge to translate hope into action.”
The opening ceremony began with the sound and images of bells ringing, set to orchestral music, before each leader was introduced and ushered on stage in turn.
The leaders and guests stood for a rendition of Advance Australia Fair and then sat through a traditional Aboriginal welcome.
Indigenous leaders presented the Queen with a message stick before Aboriginal dancers performed a traditional dance.
The ceremony also heard from entertainers including pop singer Guy Sebastian.
Perth’s CBD went into security lockdown for what is the largest meeting of world leaders Australia has ever hosted.
Nonetheless, hundreds of protesters gathered in central Perth with plans to stage a sit-in near the summit venue.
CHOGM Action Network spokesman Alex Bainbridge said he understood that police would tolerate the sit-in and not try to remove protesters.
AAP
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