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Green Left Weekly issue #708, 9 May 2007
Cops target gays again

BRIEF — Speaking on behalf of the Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Project, Adrian Lovney told the April 26 Sydney SX newspaper that the NSW Police’s lesbian and gay liaison officer program was “utterly inadequate”. » Perth students rally

BRIEF Press freedoms under further pressure

BRIEF “The Australian people now know less than they would have historically about what is happening in their society”, Chris Warren, secretary of the journalists’ union, told the April 26 Australian, following the release by the union of a report detailing how press freedom is becoming inc... » Protesters picket Howard speech

BRIEF Radio doco series on waterfront struggle

BRIEF The Workplace has Become a Warzone: Reflecting on the Waterfront Dispute of 1998 The Stick Together Show, 3CR May 4, 11 & 18, 8.30am (repeated May 6, 13 & 20, 10am) <http://www.3cr.org.au> » Scorcher launch in Brisbane

BRIEF — Australia will face a moral duty to accept thousands of “environmental refugees” when rising sea levels caused by global warming displace the peoples of small Pacific island states in future decades, Clive Hamilton, director of the Australia Institute, told an audience of around 300 at the I... » Kevin Rudd's Work Choices lite

The April 27-29 ALP national conference adopted an industrial relations policy for the forthcoming federal election. Forward with Fairness confirmed Kevin Rudd’s announcement on April 17 that a future ALP government would seek to enforce the Howard government’s ban on all strikes outside of a re... » Esperance lead scandal worsens

On April 24, the Locals for Esperance Development (LED) residents' group told the WA south coast town’s local council they wanted a complete ban on the shipment through Esperance of lead for nickel to be transported in closed containers, and community consultation about further transportation of h... » Gold Coast socialists select candidates

On May 2, the Socialist Alliance announced that two candidates from the Gold Coast will stand in the next federal election. Amelia Taylor will run on the alliance’s Senate ticket in Queensland, alongside Aboriginal activist Sam Watson. Tim Kirchler will stand for the seat of Moncrieff, currentl... » Labor changes its refugee policy, slightly

The ALP made some minor changes to its refugee policy at its April national conference but maintained its approach: deterring asylum seekers from applying for refugee status after entering Australian waters. » Labor endorses state relationship registries

At its national conference, April 27-29, the ALP revised its policy on same-sex relationship recognition, supporting state-based registries for same-sex relationships modeled on the registry scheme in Tasmania. The conference also endorsed legislation to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sex... » Melbourne contingent planned for APEC protests

Melbourne’s Stop the War Coalition (STWC) held a public meeting at Trades Hall Bar on May 1 to discuss organising a contingent to protests at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference, being held in Sydney in September. » Powderfinger silenced by lawyer

Brisbane rock band Powderfinger have removed a song from their upcoming album after being threatened with legal action by the lawyer of a cop who is on trial for beating aboriginal Palm Island man Mulrunji to death. » QUT student-staff rally save humanities

On May 2, 200 students and staff rallied at the Carseldine campus of the Queensland University of Technology to demand that vice-chancellor Peter Coaldrake’s foreshadowed closure of the QUT humanities and human services school be withdrawn. » RMIT plans to disable students

RMIT university is proposing to sack note-takers and Auslan (Australian sign language) interpreters currently working at its Disability Liaison Unit (DLU), replacing them with contracted staff from outside RMIT to “save” a mere $98,000 a year. » Sacked for refusing to sign an AWA

Twelve workers have been sacked for refusing to sign AWAs (individual contracts) with their employer, Vopak Terminals, a Port Botany company that stores and handles bulk petroleum and chemical products. » Sydneysiders urged to stay for anti-Bush protest

“Activists are calling for Sydneysiders to stay in the city during the APEC summit in September to protest against climate change and war, despite the NSW government urging people to go away for the weekend to ease expected congestion”, Australian Associated Press reported on May 3. » Tamils reject ‘terrorism’ allegations

Two leaders of Melbourne’s Tamil community have been arrested and charged with terrorism offenses. Aruran Vinayagamoorthy and Sivarajah Yathavan have been accused of diverting funds raised to help tsunami victims to assist the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). »


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