GLW issue 586, published 2004-06-23.

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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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