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Green Left Weekly issue #718, 25 July 2007
Haneef frame-up: Why 'terror‘ laws should be repealed

The decision by immigration minister Kevin Andrews to throw 27-year-old Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef into immigration detention — despite a Queensland court granting Haneef bail on charges of “recklessly” (meaning not deliberately) supporting terrorism — has further exposed the Howard govern... » Defending the right to protest

Lawyer Michael Bozic, unionist Peter McLelland and investigative journalist Wendy Bacon addressed 100 people at a July 16 Sydney public forum. The meeting was organised by the Stop Bush Coalition in the lead-up to protests during the September APEC summit, which US President George Bush will attend.... » Esselte picket stops delivery trucks

On July 18, 100 people supported 15 striking workers at the Esselte office supply warehouse in Minto by stopping delivery trucks entering the site for seven hours. » Protests condemn Haneef's detention

On July 20, 80 people rallied outside the Brisbane immigration department offices to protest against the detention of Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef. The rally was called by the Stop the War Collective. » QUT sets police on students

On July 18, six students were arrested on the Garden’s Point campus of the Queensland University of Technology when 20 police brutally attacked a peaceful protest outside the University Council, which was meeting to pass the final decision to shut down QUT’s humanities and human services f... » Sex workers campaign against reversal of decriminalisation

On June 2, 1975, sex workers in Lyon, France, occupied a church for two months, an action that inspired the contemporary sex-worker rights movement. On June 2 this year, 60 sex workers and supporters held a demonstration at Circular Quay to protest against the NSW parliament’s passage of the Br... » Students, Indigenous activists discuss sustainability

The global climate crisis and campaigns for environmental and social justice, including the defence of Aboriginal land rights against the Howard government’s takeover of Northern Territory communities featured prominently at the Students of Sustainability (SoS) conference at Murdoch University ... » Tamil `terrorism' suspects granted bail

Two Tamil men, Sivarajah Yathavan and Aruran Vinayagamoorthy, who were arrested in Melbourne in May under the “anti-terrorism” laws, were granted bail by Justice Bernard Bongiorno on July 17. » Terrorism ‘go bag’ for Sydney residents

The “anti-terror” hysteria in the lead-up to the Sydney APEC summit in September has been ramped up still further — this time by Lord Mayor Clover Moore. » `Ford has no right to destroy lives'

Ford’s decision to close down its Geelong engine plant will have a catastrophic effect on the town. It’s not just the 600 jobs at Ford that will be lost; hundreds of jobs will probably also be lost in the car components factories and various supply companies. This flow-on could mean up to ... »


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