GLW issue 529, published 2003-03-12.

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Protest against poison bait

HOBART — On February 12, forest activists showed what they think of Premier Jim Bacon allowing Forestry Tasmania to use carrots laced with 1080 poison as bait to kill native animals. The poison causes a painful death, and is not monitored

Anti-war activist notebook

Bankstown against the war BY ANDY GIANNIOTIS SYDNEY — On March 2, 70 people gathered in the Bankstown City Gardens for a "Peace Picnic". Local anti-war activists used the get-together to form the Canterbury-Bankstown Peace Group. Following a

Iranian refugee runs for parliament

BY SUSAN PRICE Jamal Darwand escaped from Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War in 1991. Twelve years later, on the eve of another Gulf war, Darwand is standing as a member of the Socialist Alliance ticket for the Legislative Council in the March 22 NSW

Write On: Letters to Green Left Weekly

Anti-war protest in Taree Two-hundred-and-fifty protesters marched from Johnny Martin Oval to the Queen Elizabeth Park in Taree on Saturday February 14, where they listened to speakers from across the board. All spoke against the war in Iraq. As
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