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Green Left Weekly issue #776, 26 November 2008
‘Blue-collar workers are not terrorists!’

On November 16, the Community Solidarity group took part in the annual Fremantle Festival parade, calling for the Rudd government to repeal all of the Work Choices legislation and completely scrap the Australian Building and Construction Commission’s powers. » ‘Deduct ABCC fines from funding to ALP’

Geelong Trades Hall secretary Tim Gooden thinks it’s high time for the construction industry unions to “stop feeding the hand that strangles us”. Gooden was referring to the fact that under the legislation that set up the Australian Building and Construction Commission, unions and wor... » Academic discusses IR laws, unions

On November 11, around 50 people attended a public meeting at Unions NSW on building unions under a Labor government, organised by new left-wing “think-tank” Catalyst. » ALP extends welfare quarantining to WA

The federal Labor government announced on November 18 that it will extend into Western Australia a key component of the racist intervention into Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. » Drought-proof our parks: socialist candidate

When the beautiful 100-year-old elm trees in Methven Park, Brunswick began to show signs of stress from lack of water, a group of local residents came together to pressure the local council for a plan to save the trees. » Families for a nuclear-free future

Families For a Nuclear Free Future (FFANFF) is a recently formed community group of families in Alice Springs with a united voice against the exploration and mining of uranium. » NT language policy condemned

Areyonga community members have begun a campaign to defend teaching in Pitjantjatjara at their local school. » Pacific Islander speaks on climate crisis

Bette Boreham, an activist recently returned from volunteer work in Kiribati, told a Socialist Alliance meeting on November 12 about how the low-lying Pacific Island country is facing annihilation by rising seas. Boreham spoke of the courage of the Kiribati people, and the horror of knowing their co... » Socialist launches book on unionism

On November 14, 70 people attended the Gleebooks launch of Trade Unionism in Australia — From Flood to Ebb Tide by Queensland academic and Socialist Alternative activist Tom Bramble. » Teachers fight NSW gov’t over staffing, pay

NSW teachers stopped work for two hours on November 19 to consider the next stage in their campaign for the reinstatement of a centralised staffing system and salary justice. » Union defend tertiary education

The Victorian division of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) rallied 500 supporters of tertiary education on November 20. » WA gives go ahead for uranium mining

The Liberal Party government of Western Australia announced on November 18 that it has lifted the state’s ban on uranium mining. »


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