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Australian News

Green Left Weekly issue #760, 30 July 2008
Long Bay education slashed

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA The NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) and the Greens have condemned a move by the state government to cut access to education programs at the Long Bay Forensic Hospital when it relocates. » Police raid Muslim Aid

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA SYDNEY On July 24, Australian federal police raided the Lakemba office of Muslim Aid Australia. The charity is accused of being linked to Interpal, a Palestinian aid organisation based in Britain. » Remote teachers strike

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA On July 25, the Queensland Teachers' Union announced that around 500 teachers from remote parts of the state, including the Torres Strait, will take part in 24-hour stop-work actions. » Arnhem Land leaders slam ‘wasteful’ NT intervention

AUSTRALIA Aboriginal leaders from Arnhem Land met with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on July 23 and called for the restoration of the Racial Discrimination Act. The act was suspended in June 2007 to allow for the passing of the bi-partisan Northern Territory (NT) intervention legislation. » Action to save the Mary River

AUSTRALIA An enthusiastic audience of 60 attended a public meeting on July 23 to hear the environmental, social and economic case for opposing the Queensland government’s decision to construct a dam on the Mary River. » Ambulance drivers exhausted and stressed

AUSTRALIA For three years, the Health Services Union (HSU), which covers ambulance drivers, has been pleading with the state Labor government to employ 300 additional ambulance service staff in NSW. In late July they lost patience. » Another APEC arrestee cleared

AUSTRALIA A documentary film-maker arrested and held without bail overnight after the September 2007 anti-APEC protest in Sydney was cleared of all charges on July 21. » Another Tamil arrested on ‘terror’ charges

AUSTRALIA Thulasitharan Santhirarajah, the director of a Mebourne business college, was arrested on July 14 by the Australian Federal Police at the request of the US FBI. » Anti-racist activists to contest elections

AUSTRALIA A team of three experienced activists will contest the September 13 local government elections in Blacktown for the Socialist Alliance. » AWU: apologists for polluters?

AUSTRALIA On July 23, Australian Workers Union national secretary Paul Howes teamed up with a select group of CEOs of some of the richest companies and major employers of AWU members in a roundtable discussion on climate change. » New government offer to NSW rail workers

AUSTRALIA The NSW combined rail unions negotiating and campaign committees met on July 23 to discuss RailCorp’s latest offer for a new enterprise agreement. » Protest remembers Black July

AUSTRALIA Despite the heavy rain, more than 100 people participated in a rally through Sydney’s CBD on July 25, protesting the ongoing discrimination, abuse and killing of Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan state. » Qantas: destroying workers’ lives and the environment

AUSTRALIA Qantas chief executive officer Geoff Dixon announced on July 18 that the company will sack 1500 workers by December and that its plan to hire 1200 more people has been cancelled. The sackings include 99 workers in Qantas call centres in London and Tucson, Arizona, when those centres are shut down. » Truckies promise national strike

AUSTRALIA Following a week of protest action, Mick Pattel, organiser of the lobby group National Road Transport Shutdown Forum, confirmed a planned national transport shutdown from July 28. »


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