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Green Left Weekly issue #793, 6 May 2009
Write on — letters to the editor

LETTERS Rudd’s hypocrisy is killing people

EDITORIAL, AUSTRALIA On April 29, PM Kevin Rudd announced an extra 450 troops would be sent to Afghanistan to participate in the latest US-led “surge”. » ’You fail to act’

RESISTANCE!, AUSTRALIA The following open letter is to Tasmanian federal Labor MP Duncan Kerr, from Resistance. » Boats a last resort — let them stay

AUSTRALIA The government and most of the mainstream media want Australia to believe we are facing a “surge” of asylum seekers, threatening Australian borders as they arrive in dangerous and non-seaworthy boats. » Thousands protest ABCC

AUSTRALIA Thousands of workers across the country rallied on April 28, including more that 15,000 in Melbourne. The rallies protested the Rudd government’s maintenance of the anti-union Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC), which was established by the previous government of John Howard... » Tamils speak out against genocide

AUSTRALIA In an act of peaceful civil disobedience, more than 500 Tamils occupied George Street in Sydney’s CBD for more than an hour. The May 1 action protested the genocide being carried out by the Sri Lankan government against the Tamil people in the north and east of the country. » Abortion: a woman’s choice

AUSTRALIA On March 21, Anna Bligh’s election victory night, she answered a question from a journalist about how it felt to be the first female premier to be elected in Australia. She suggested the snide remarks made when she was a young woman, about Queensland being a “backward” state, could now be laid... » All foreign troops should leave Afghanistan

The article below is based on an April 30 statement by the Stop the War Coalition Sydney http://www.stopwarcoalition.org. » Can the Greens snatch a win in Fremantle?

AUSTRALIA For more than 100 years the WA seat of Fremantle has been safe Labor territory. Now, the May 16 state by-election for the seat is tipped to be a neck-and-neck race between ALP candidate Peter Tagliaferri and Adele Carles from the Greens. » Greens and socialist candidates speak

AUSTRALIA Green Left Weekly spoke to Fremantle by-election candidates Adele Carles (WA Greens) and Sam Wainwright (Socialist Alliance) to ask what they hoped to achieve through their election campaigns » New laws gut workplace safety

AUSTRALIA On April 4, 2008, federal workplace minister Julia Gillard announced a review into occupational health and safety (OH&S) laws. The government said the review was aimed at harmonising OH&S laws across Australia. » Traditional owners agree to Kimberley development

AUSTRALIA The Kimberley Land Council has made a controversial in-principle agreement with Woodside Petroleum and the federal and WA state governments to develop a liquefied natural gas project at James Price Point near Broome. » Australian brigade sees Venezuela’s revolution

VENEZUELA The ninth Australian solidarity brigade to Venezuela, sponsored by the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network (AVSN), visited Venezuela from April 16 to 24. Participants saw first-hand the reality of the Bolivarian revolution, led by socialist president Hugo Chavez. »


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