Action updates

PERTH — The WA Forest Alliance and Wilderness Society are encouraging people of all ages, levels of fitness and degrees of concern to see the Sharpe Forest and be active in its preservation. On April 24, the Department of Conservation and Land Management successfully challenged a court order prohibiting roading operations in the forest. For more information call Wade Freeman at the Wilderness Society on (09) 430 6664, the Denmark Environment Centre on (098) 48 1644 or the Fremantle Environment Centre, (09) 335 2137.

SYDNEY — Sixty students marched through the Sydney University Campus on April 23 to protest against the ALP's attacks on education. The action started with a rally at which Adrian Ryan, secretary of the New South Wales branch of the National Tertiary Education Union, pledged support for students' struggles against fees. Nadya Haddad, president of the Students Representative Council, condemned the university administration's failure to protect the interests of students and the academic community. The students then marched across the campus to the office of the vice chancellor. The march finished with a discussion about how students would build the national day of action against fees on May 3.

From GLW issue 185