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Green Left Weekly issue #793, 6 May 2009
Brown: Greens want to amend CPRS

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA On April 28, the Greens on Campus and the Law Students Society hosted a forum on the University of Melbourne with Greens Senator Bob Brown. » NSW Abortion law reform?

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA SYDNEY— On May 1, 100 people gathered inside NSW Parliament House for a meeting to discuss the need for abortion law reform in New South Wales. » Save the Loft

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA NEWCASTLE— One hundred people rallied outside the Newcastle Council Chamber on April 29 to show support for the Loft, a Council-sponsored youth venue. » Victorian unis gear up for strike action

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is planning industrial action at most Victorian universities on May 21. » Boycott causing Israel ‘problems’

BRIEF After Israel’s December-January military assault on Gaza, the global boycott campaign against Israel is starting to have an impact. » Workers stand strong in West Gate dispute

AUSTRALIA Construction company John Holland and unions are locked in discussions to settle a nine-week-long industrial dispute. » ‘We want unions of our choice to represent us’

AUSTRALIA The speech below was made by Darren Vanderkaay at a solidarity picnic on April 26 at Melbourne’s Yarraville Gardens. The picnic was hosted by the Western Suburbs Community and Unions Coalition. Darren is one of 39 workers unfairly sacked from the West Gate Bridge strengthening project by constr... » Anti-desal protesters target plant site

AUSTRALIA Anti-desalination campaign group Watershed has called a protest for May 9 at the site of the proposed desalination plant in Wonthaggi, Victoria. The slogan of the protest will be, “If they build it, we all will pay!” » CFMEU considers Israel boycott

AUSTRALIA SYDNEY— On April 24, more than 30 organisers and officials from the NSW Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) heard a presentation on the Palestinian resistance and the growing movement for boycotts, divestments from and sanctions against Israel (BDS). The presentation was given by... » For a green-collar future

AUSTRALIA More than 50 people gathered outside the Mercure Hotel in Hobart on April 30 where Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and state premiers met for the Council of Australian Governments forum. » May Day: ‘We must never give up’!

AUSTRALIA More than 300 people marched for May Day in Wollongong on May 2. The lead banner read: “People before Profits; Export CEOs not Jobs!”. There were many different union and community contingents. » Rudd adds billions to war spending

AUSTRALIA Despite the economic crisis, the Australian government has announced it will increase military spending by billions of dollars over the next 20 years. »


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