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Green Left Weekly issue #702, 14 March 2007
CFMEU protests OH&S rep's sacking

BRIEF The construction division of the Victorian branch of the Construction, Foresty, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has condemned as a “callous” act the sacking from a building site of occupational safety representative Leigh Scott, the sole provider for and father of five children. » Fighting racism in the NSW election

BRIEF Political fervour, passion and a fighting spirit marked the “Fighting racism in the NSW state election” forum held by the Socialist Alliance Parramatta branch on March 6. » Geelong women win union prize

BRIEF The vice-president of Geelong Trades Hall, Christine Couzens, has been awarded the Jenny George Award for the advancement of women in unions. Couzens was presented with the award by Australian Council of Trade Unions president Sharan Burrow on March 7. » Global Palestine rallies called

BRIEF MELBOURNE — On March 5, the Melbourne-based Women for Palestine group endorsed the call issued on January 31 by the International Coordination Network on Palestine and the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign for global protests on June 9-11 under the slogan “The world says ... » Global rise of indigenous people

BRIEF On March 8 at the Brisbane Activist Centre, 30 people attended a forum to discuss the Aboriginal movement in Australia and indigenous struggles in Bolivia and Venezuela. Sam Watson, Aboriginal rights activist and Socialist Alliance member, spoke about recent developments over the Palm Island killing... » International Women's Day

BRIEF Rallies and other events took place around Australia on March 8-10 to mark International Women's Day. Pictured is Brisbane's rally. In Melbourne, around 300 people gathered on March 8 for a rally initiated by the Victorian Trades Hall Council under the theme of "women and work". Delegations from a w... Rally for James Hardie workers

BRIEF At noon on March 8, 50 protesters gathered outside James Hardie Industries’ Pitt Street offices to express outrage at the company’s decision to lock out 12 maintenance workers at its Rosehill plant in western Sydney and to strip them of entitlements. » Socialists join Mardi Gras

BRIEF SYDNEY — More than 50 people joined the Socialist Alliance contingent in the Mardi Gras parade on March 3, chanting “What do we want? Marriage rights! When do we want it? Now!” For more photos visit <http://www.socialist-alliance.org>. Time's Up

BRIEF @9point non = CAIRNS — The Time’s Up campaign, seeking to throw out the Howard government and its anti-worker laws, held a rally and public meeting on March 5. More than 80 people protested at the office of federal Liberal MP Warren Entsch, while that evening 30 people heard from Andrew De... University bans O-day politics

BRIEF A ban on political content took place during the March 1 orientation day at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, rural NSW. The Student Representative Council (SRC) fought this censorship and successfully negotiated with university management to hold a “political market day” forum the following... » Bracks agrees to compensate injured S11 protesters

In an out-of-court settlement, which became public on March 4, Victorian Labor Premier Steve Bracks’ government agreed to pay compensation to 47 protesters injured at the “S11" blockade of the World Economic Forum in Melbourne in September 2000. The settlement awards $700,000 in compensation, al... » 'Violent ferals' stand for parliament

“Kevin Rudd made a point of letting everyone know which side the Labor Party is on when he went and had a friendly meeting with war criminal Dick Cheney while slandering the peaceful protesters outside as ‘violent ferals’”, student anti-war activist Simon Cunich told Green Left W... » CPSU to affiliate to ALP

The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) voted to affiliate to the ALP at the union’s March 2-4 national governing council meeting. The enabling motion, heavily amended during the course of the meeting, passed by 42 votes to 12. » Demonstration protests poisoning of jailed Kurdish leader

A spirited demonstration of 200 people marched to state parliament on March 9 to protest the poisoning of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is imprisoned in Turkey. Waving Kurdish and Australian flags and holding pictures of Ocalan, the founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the protesters ... » Hicks vigil organiser undeterred by intimidation

Every week since February 3, around 60 people have gathered outside the office of federal Liberal MP Kerry Bartlett to call for Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks to be brought home. The initiator of the vigils, Kevin Hardwick, told Green Left Weekly that the vigils would continue until the Hicks i... » Justice for 'comfort women'

On March 7, 60 people joined with three “comfort women” survivors — Jan Ruff O’Herne AO, Hsie Mei Wu and Gil Won Ok, from Australia, Taiwan and Korea — outside the Japanese Consulate in Martin Place. » Melbourne to host international solidarity forum

The organisers of the Latin American and Asia Pacific International Solidarity Forum, “Fighting and organising globally against neoliberalism”, are calling on all activists, organisations and communities who are committed to building a better world to join together in Melbourne on October ... » Uni students challenge military recruiters

Some 40 Sydney University students held a speak-out outside the army recruitment stall during orientation week on February 28, drawing attention to campus anti-war sentiment. Sydney University anti-war activists passionately poured their knowledge of the war’s criminality into the megaphone and... » Unions back Iraq rally

Several NSW unions have decided to endorse the March 17 Sydney rally against the war in Iraq, organised by the Stop the War Coalition. They are the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA); the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union; the NSW Fire Brigade Employees Union; and the National Tertiary ... » Yeppoon residents oppose military exercise

During May-June this year, Queensland’s Shoalwater Bay will host tens of thousands of Australian and US troops engaged live-fire, large-scale military exercises that will pose grave risks for the environment and people’s health. The Shoalwater Military Training Area (SWMTA) is located insi... »


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