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Australian News

Green Left Weekly issue #792, 29 April 2009
Industrial action planned at Sydney university

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA SYDNEY— University of Sydney members of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in pursuit of a decent agreement with the university’s administration. » Solutions to climate change

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA The Melbourne Climate Action Centre hosted the launch of the book Global Warming and the Political Ecology of Health — Emerging Crises & Systemic Solutions on April 23. » Wesfarmers did it again

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA A bulk carrier with the name Ipanema arrived at Port Fremantle, Western Australia, on April 15. The ship carried phosphates from occupied Western Sahara, in violation of international law. » Wollongong says no to nuclear cycle

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA WOLLONGONG— Fifty people, many from the local Aboriginal community, turned out to a public meeting called “Break the nuclear chain” on April 22. » Yarrabah protests CDEP scrapping

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA CAIRNS— Residents of the Indigenous community at Yarrabah held a public meeting on April 22 to discuss the Rudd government’s proposal to scrap the Community Development Employment Program (CDEP) on July 1. » Tamils rally for end to genocide

AUSTRALIA Four hundred Tamils and their supporters gathered in Melbourne on April 23 for an emergency protest. It was organised in response to the Sri Lankan government’s latest brutal military escalation in the north of the island. » Abortion law raises its ugly head

AUSTRALIA A 19-year-old Cairns woman faces up to 14 years in jail after being charged under Queensland’s abortion laws. It is the first time in more than 50 years such charges have been laid. » ‘Stand up and fight back’

AUSTRALIA The following article is based on an April 24 statement from Aboriginal activist Michael Anderson. A co-founder of the Aboriginal Embassy in Canberra and a leader of the Euhalyi Nation, Anderson has called on Aboriginal affairs minister Jenny Macklin to resign. He explains why here. » Campaign for a nuclear-free future

AUSTRALIA A public meeting on April 21 organised by the Beyond Nuclear Initiative and the Sydney Nuclear Free Coalition, at the University of Sydney, attracted 100 people. » Socialists, Greens collaborate in Fremantle by-election

AUSTRALIA Greens candidate Adele Carles and Socialist Alliance candidate Sam Wainwright argued for cooperation among progressive candidates in election campaigns at an April 22 meeting. Both activists are contesting the May 16 Fremantle by-election. » Unionists visit revolutions

AUSTRALIA Most of the world’s governments are quickly moving to shift the burden of the economic meltdown onto workers. However, on May 1, the revolutionary government of Venezuela will officially raise the minimum wage by 10%. » Volunteers to travel to Kalgoorlie inquest

AUSTRALIA The Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Watch Committee is organising volunteers to travel to Kalgoorlie for the next stage of the Coronial Inquest into the January 2008 death of Warburton elder Mr Ward. The inquest reopens on May 11. »


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