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Green Left Weekly issue #800, 29 June 2009
GM activist: Australians are eating unsafe food

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA PERTH — A Canadian food safety expert, Dr Shiv Chopra, has claimed the US and Canadian governments are the most corrupt when it comes to unsafe food practices. Australia is not far behind. » Talisman Sabre protest launched in Brisbane

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA A banner to announce the upcoming Peace Convergence in Rockhampton from July 10-12 was unfurled on the Kangaroo Point cliffs in Brisbane on June 25. » Tax office tries to axe conditions

BRIEF, AUSTRALIA The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has called on Australian Taxation Office (ATO) staff to vote against a new agency agreement proposed by management. Voting was to place between June 23 and June 30. » ACTU motion supports Western Sahara

AUSTRALIA The June 2-4 Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) congress passed a motion in support of the right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination. » Conference warns of dangerous climate shifts

AUSTRALIA The biggest international scientific conference on climate change since 2007 gave an implicit rebuke to the governments of the biggest polluting nations, including Australia. Its message was that the threat is undeniable and inaction is inexcusable. » Non-stop coal deliveries fuel anger

AUSTRALIA Since 1982, coal-truck deliveries in Wollongong were restricted to between 7am and 6pm, Monday to Saturday. But now the NSW planning department has lifted this curfew. » Tamil plight: 'More than a humanitarian crisis'

AUSTRALIA A June 23 forum on the Tamil struggle for self-determination drew 30 people to the Brisbane activist centre. » Unions NSW re-enters privatisation fight

AUSTRALIA On June 25, 330 delegates from 19 unions covering public sector workers met in Sydney to launch Unions NSW’s “Better Services Campaign”. The launch marked the return of the peak body to the battlefield over privatisation and public services. »


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