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Green Left Weekly issue #709, 16 May 2007
Christmas Island: Australia's Guantanamo?

BRIEF “Anyone who says this camp is being built for refugees is talking nonsense”, union activist and former leader of the 1985 SEQEB dispute Bernie Neville told a Socialist Alliance meeting of around 25 people on May 9. Neville recently returned from working on the construction of the secret ne... » Fundraiser for Barry Hemsworth

BRIEF The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) will be holding a trivia competition at 7pm on June 1 at its Lidcombe offices (12 Railway Street) to raise funds in support of sacked union delegate Barry Hemsworth. » Fundraiser for Barry Hemsworth

BRIEF The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) will be holding a trivia competition at 7pm on June 1 at its Lidcombe offices (12 Railway Street) to raise funds in support of sacked union delegate Barry Hemsworth. » Protesters reject Downer's 'diplomacy'

BRIEF HOBART — Thirty people greeted foreign minister Alexander Downer on May 11 with chants and fliers critiquing Australia foreign policy in Iraq. The lecture hosted by the University of Tasmania was about “diplomacy”. The demonstration was organised by the Hobart Peace Coalition and prot... Aunty Veronica Brodie, 1941-2007

On May 3, Adelaide lost one of its strongest defenders of human and Indigenous rights with the death of Aunty Veronica Brodie, a widely respected and loved elder of the Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri peoples of South Australia. On May 11, more than 500 people attempted to crowd into the small Centennial Pa... » Blockades stop logging

Two blockades halted logging in high conservation value native forests two hours east of Melbourne on May 8, Friends of the Earth reported. » Campaigning against anti-worker laws

An industrial relations forum on May 8, hosted by the Socialist Alliance, brought together trade union and political activists to discuss their responses to the ALP’s recently released IR policy and the campaign against Work Choices. » CFMEU protests John Holland shift to Comcare

On May 8, 150 unionists rallied outside the NSW parliament to protest against the move by the John Holland construction company to abandon the NSW workers’ compensation scheme in favour of the federal government’s Comcare. » Drawing a line in the sand at Anvil Hill

The proposed Anvil Hill coalmine in NSW is rapidly becoming a central battleground in the fight against climate change. » More money for `terrorism'

The federal budget includes a multi-million package of extra spending on "security" during coming years, according to media releases from the attorney-general's department. » Protests planned for Talisman Sabre '07

From the end of May to July 2, the largest military training exercise in Australian history will take place, involving 14,000 US and 12,000 Australian military personnel. The Talisman Sabre ’07 war games will be held at joint US-Australian “training facilities” — Shoalwater Bay i... » QUT threatens free speech

Well-known left-wing academic Dr Gary MacLennan and his Queensland University of Technology colleague John Hookham are facing possible suspension or dismissal without pay on charges of “straight misconduct” over their public criticism of a PhD project approved of by the QUT ethics committe... » Staff, students oppose humanities school closure

On May 10, 60 people attended a public meeting opposing the closure of the humanities department of the Queensland University of Technology. The meeting was held at QUT’s Kelvin Grove campus. » Villawood refugees continue hunger strikes

Two Chinese detainees have been on hunger strike in the Villawood detention centre for more than 40 days. During that time, an asylum seeker in Stage One has stabbed himself. His condition is deteriorating. »


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