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Green Left Weekly issue #761, 6 August 2008
Action for Aboriginal rights

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA SYDNEY — A speakout and concert is being organised for August 16 to unite campaigns for Aboriginal rights in Australia. » ALP as bad as Liberals

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA NEWCASTLE — “The worst ALP government is as bad as the best Liberal government”, Kevin Maher, Newcastle and Central Coast secretary of the Australian Workers Union, told a public sector pay rally on July 30. About 60 AWU unionists, as well as members of services, teachers and public s... » Picket closes CSR site

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA More than 100 workers and union solidarity activists closed down the Yarraville CSR construction site on July 25. They were protesting against construction manager John Kint’s threat to dock the pay of any worker who talked to a union official. Kint is notorious for his anti-union stance. He wa... Public sector workers rally

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA WOLLONGONG — More than 200 workers rallied on July 30 as part of actions across NSW in support of all public sector workers currently negotiating with the NSW government over pay and conditions. » Cuban doctors inspire

BRIEF KATOOMBA — Braving sleet and snow, 35 people attended — and were inspired by — a screening of writer and activist Dr Tim Anderson’s new documentary, The Doctors of Tomorrow, in the Blue Mountains on July 28. » AMWU’s climate plan for manufacturing

AUSTRALIA A survey of unionists in the heart of Australia’s coal regions shows strong sentiment for action to stop climate change. The poll, commissioned by the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), surveyed 400 AMWU members in the Bowen Basin, Gippsland, Newcastle and the Hunter Valley. » Unionists step up campaign against Work Choices, ABCC

AUSTRALIA An estimated 1500 shop stewards and union delegates met at Dallas Brookes Hall on July 30 to discuss the campaign against the charging of Noel Washington, the construction worker facing a jail term for refusing to hand over information to the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC). T... » Celebrating thge Cuban Revolution

AUSTRALIA Two radical events marked July 26, the date in 1953 when Fidel Castro led an attack on the Moncada Barracks that failed militarily, but inspired the ultimately successful Cuban Revolution. » Community rallies against hospital service closure

AUSTRALIA A 150-strong community meeting on July 29 called on the NSW government to urgently re-open the region’s only maternity unit, at Blue Mountains Hospital in Katoomba. » Gold Coast feels the power of community

AUSTRALIA Twenty people discussed the possibilities and challenges for Cuba, socialism and the environment following a screening of the documentary Power of Community — How Cuba Survived Peak Oil at Gecko House in Currumbin on July 27. » Lex Wotton to tour Victoria

AUSTRALIA The campaign to throw out all charges against Palm Island Aboriginal leader Lex Wotton is gaining momentum. The Indigenous Social Justice Association, Melbourne (ISJA) is organising a Victorian speaking tour with him from August 6-10. » NSW farmers take on BHP Billiton

AUSTRALIA Farmers in Liverpool Plains, south of Tamworth, are taking on BHP Billiton’s drive for black gold. » Rally for the river

AUSTRALIA At a “Rally for the River” on August 1, some 2000 people gathered on the steps of state parliament to voice concerns about the plight of the Murray River’s Lower Lakes and the lack of action by state and federal politicians to address the crisis. » Truckies call off shutdown

AUSTRALIA The truck drivers’ national transport shutdown came to an end on July 30, with the Transport Workers Union (TWU) failing to endorse the action and calling on frustrated drivers to instead lobby the federal government. »


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