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Green Left Weekly issue #737, 30 January 2008
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BRIEF Electricity privatisation: how the public will pay

Professor Sharon Beder, a research fellow at the University of Wollongong, prepared a submission on behalf of Unions NSW to the Ownen Inquiry that makes a powerful case against Premier Morris Iemma’s government’s proposed energy privatisation. » Invasion Day protests

Around the country, hundreds of people marked white invasion of Australia on January 26 by attending protests and festivals. » Foster’s workers step up campaign

Workers at the Foster’s brewery at Yatala, south of Brisbane, have stepped up their campaign for a union agreement, following a victory over the latest attempt by the company’s management to impose a non-union agreement on the workforce at the plant. » Don’t privatise Freo’s beaches!

Two protests in one week have demanded that government plans for the development of South and Bathers beaches in Fremantle be canned. » NSW TAFE set to strike

NSW TAFE teachers will consider industrial action when they return to work on January 29, in an attempt to maintain a quality TAFE system. A campaign of rolling stoppages and longer-term action will be discussed. » Residents organise after chlorine fire

A December 22 warehouse fire in a shared residential and industrial zone on the outskirts of the western Melbourne suburb of Tottenham has caused local residents to demand information and better emergency response procedures after a cloud of chlorine gas covered a substantial part of the suburb. » Australian Tamils call for sanctions on Sri Lanka

SRI LANKA The Australian Federation of Tamil Associations (AFTA) has called on the Australian government to impose sanctions on Sri Lanka, following the Sri Lankan government’s decision to abrogate the 2002 Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. »


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