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Green Left Weekly issue #758, 16 July 2008
‘An incredible experience’

BRIEF Another NSW council gets the sack

BRIEF Venezuelan Independence Day celebrated

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA CANBERRA — The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela celebrated its national independence day on July 5 under the theme “For true independence and sovereignty”. » Coalmining damage

BRIEF Forests and Gunns

BRIEF Tasmanian power workers take action

BRIEF Venezuela independence speak-out

BRIEF WA uranium expansion planned

BRIEF Militancy brings rail workers pay and conditions

AUSTRALIA Rail workers’ militancy against Morris Iemma’s NSW Labor government has won some important concessions and forced the government onto the back foot. » ‘Annoyance laws’ challenged

AUSTRALIA Activists have asked the Federal Court to rule that the recently gazetted NSW regulation declaring that people can be fined $5500 for “annoying” behaviour during July, but especially during the pope’s World Youth Day (WYD) visit, be declared invalid. The case was heard on July 11. » Green Left Weeklys $250,000 Fighting Fund: introducing the Flame

AUSTRALIA According to the 2006 census, the most commonly spoken language in Sydney households, after English, is Arabic. In Australia as a whole, Arabic is the fifth most commonly spoken language. » Call for action against power privatisation

AUSTRALIA The following letter was sent last week to the secretaries of Unions NSW and unions covering the NSW power industry. » ETU organiser: ‘Cuban unions are enmeshed in society’

AUSTRALIA “Unions are totally enmeshed in Cuban society”, Scott Wilson, an organiser for the Queensland branch of the Electrical Trades Union told a July 9 public forum, sponsored by the ETU and the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network (AVSN). » Minimum wage rise leaves workers behind

AUSTRALIA On July 8, the Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) granted a pay rise of $21.66 per week to around 1.3 million workers earning the standard federal minimum wage. This 4.15% rise translates into an hourly increase of 57 cents. Last July, the minimum wage was increased by only $10.26. » NAIDOC week celebrated

AUSTRALIA Each year, National Aboriginal and Islander Day of Observance Committee (NAIDOC) week, July 6-13, celebrates Indigenous history and culture, with events taking place in regional and urban places. Organisers say a record number of people took place this year. » NSW teachers rally

AUSTRALIA On July 8, 600 NSW teachers and principals gathered outside the Department of Education to protest against the state ALP government’s attacks on teacher transfer rights. » Posties’ campaign against privatisation

AUSTRALIA Postal workers protested outside Australia Post HQ on June 25 to voice their opposition to AP’s policy of hiring new employees on lower pay rates and the splitting up their jobs. » Power privatisation? Let the people decide

AUSTRALIA Socialist Alliance candidates in the upcoming local government elections are calling for a state-wide referendum on power privatisation to be conducted alongside council elections. » Students of Sustainability

AUSTRALIA Australia is a leading exporter of coal, shipping millions of tonnes every year around the globe. It was appropriate, therefore, that the annual environmental conference, Students of Sustainability (SoS), was this year held in the world’s coal export capital: Newcastle. » Tamils call for solidarity

AUSTRALIA One thousand Tamils gathered in Federation Square on July 5 for Pongu Thamil (Tamil upsurge). The event included traditional Tamil dancing, music and speeches on the Tamil people’s struggle for self-determination in Sri Lanka. »


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