GLW issue 586, published 2004-06-23.

Save the Ridge blockades tree-clearing

Paul Oboohov, Canberra Sixty members and supporters of Save the Ridge blockaded tree-clearing machinery to prevent it leaving a fenced compound on the Bruce/O'Connor Ridge on June 18. They aimed to stop tree-clearing for the Gungahlin Drive

Free the refugees!

SYDNEY — Three-thousand people rallied for World Refugee Day in Hyde Park on June 20. They called for the abolition of temporary protection visas and an to end mandatory detention, including the closure of off-shore refugee camps. Among the many

Doug Cameron re-opens factional war in AMWU

Ben Courtice & Sue Bolton, Melbourne In the wake of the high-profile court case of former Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union state secretary Craig Johnston, current AMWU state secretary Dave Oliver sent a highly factional and inflammatory

Mitsubishi: 700 jobs to go, 2700 jobs insecure

Janet Burstall Mitsubishi announced on May 21 that the engine assembly plant at Lonsdale, employing nearly 700 workers, will close in 18 months' time. This is part of a $5.7 billion global restructure. Mitsubishi will invest $600 million in the

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Australian News

Campaign for same-sex marriage rights

Kylie Moon, Sydney On June 18, 20 people took to the Births, Deaths and Marriage Registrar to protest the passing of the Marriage Amendment Act. The day before, the bill, which outlaws same-sex marriage, was passed in federal parliament. The

Human shield calls for 'Troops out'

Tamara Pearson, Sydney SYDNEY - Frequent, long power cuts; dirty water that is often turned off; people queuing for petrol for seven hours in 45°C heat and soldiers aiming guns at them when they get to the petrol station. This is the Iraq

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International News

UNITED STATES: June 5 anti-war protests

Up to 10,000 people, including veterans carrying photos of US soldiers killed in Iraq, march in San Francisco on June 5 to demand an end to the occupations of Iraq, Palestine and Haiti. Simultaneous anti-occupation marches attracted up to 7000

IRAQ: Australian military lawyer helped conceal torture

Rohan Pearce The exposure of the brutal policy of torture carried out by the US occupiers in Iraq is just the latest political debacle for the governments of the US-British-Australian invasion coalition. Just like the scandal over Iraq's

Further International News

Cultural Dissent

Bridging the forestry debate

REVIEW BY FRANK NICKLASON The One Tree ProjectDirected by Helen Cameron Tasmanian filmmaker Helen Cameron's documentary The One Tree Project is a fine work that deserves to become a cult film. Its power is that it is not a polemical piece. The

On the box

Water: The Drop Of Life — Examines the impact of social, economic, cultural, strategic and agricultural factors on drinking water. SBS, Friday, June 25, 1pm. Organ Farm: Man Made Pigs — Looks at the highly secret, multibillion dollar industry

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