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Green Left Weekly issue #779, 21 January 2009
Hobart protests against war on Palestine

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA Seventy people attended a protest on January 15 outside MP Duncan Kerr’s office in Hobart to voice their outrage against Israel’s attacks on Gaza. » Australia — world’s biggest climate vandal

AUSTRALIA Australia is already the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases per capita in the world. Even more worrying is that the nation’s emissions continue to spiral out of control. » Garrett gives mill go ahead

AUSTRALIA On January 5, federal environment minister Peter Garrett delayed final approval for the Gunns' Tamar Valley pulp mill in Tasmania, rejecting three modules of the environmental assessment while approving nine others. » ALP retains control of NSW PSA

AUSTRALIA The incumbent ALP faction has scraped back in to retain control of the 43,000-strong NSW Public Service Association (PSA) after elections held on December 5. » CDEP under attack from ALP

AUSTRALIA The Federal Labor government has decided to push ahead with major changes to Indigenous welfare despite outrage from affected Aboriginal communities. » Christmas Island detention centre reopened

AUSTRALIA The refugee policy of the Kevin Rudd Labor government has been slammed in a new report released by the Australian Human Rights Commission. » Climate Action Summit to meet in Canberra

AUSTRALIA Environmental activists and climate action groups from across Australia are joining together for a Climate Action Summit in Canberra from January 31 to February 3. » Climate change to most affect Indigenous people

AUSTRALIA Indigenous people living in remote communities in northern and central Australia will be among the hardest hit by climate change, according to an article in the Medical Journal of Australia on January 5. » Demanding justice for Aboriginal Australia

AUSTRALIA The following is abridged from a call for a convergence in Canberra on the opening day of federal parliament, February 3, to say ‘no’ to racism and demand justice for Aboriginal Australia. » Forest activists arrested at Camp Florentine

AUSTRALIA Twenty seven environmental activists have been arrested for blockading a planned forestry road after a police raid on January 12. » Peace walk for Aboriginal rights

AUSTRALIA Aboriginal activists launched a “peace walk” on January 9 from Sydney to the steps of Parliament House in Canberra in protest against the continuation of the NT intervention and the mining of nuclear materials on Aboriginal land — policies that they label “Rudd’s betrayal of... » Students organise against Israel’s war

AUSTRALIA Activists from the National Union of Students, University of Western Sydney, University of NSW, University of Technology, Ultimo TAFE and University of Sydney have established a cross-campus collective to oppose Israel’s attack on Gaza. » Unions to challenge Fair Work Australia bill

AUSTRALIA A group of Victorian trade unions have sought legal advice on the possibility of lodging a complaint with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) against the ALP federal government. » Australian protests demand a free Gaza

Protests against the Israel’s ongoing military assault and siege on Gaza have continued across Australia as the Palestinian death toll mounts. »


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