BRISBANE — Three of the 10 One Nation MPs in the Queensland parliament resigned on February 5, citing undemocratic control of the party by founder Pauline Hanson and party directors David Ettridge and David Oldfield. Two other
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BRISBANE — The mass media has been attempting to quieten fears of the possibility of One Nation winning seats at the federal election. The September 6 Sunday Mail said Hanson could lose the seat of Blair, claiming that an
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Whatever the final seat count in the Queensland election, the June 13 poll was a massive victory for One Nation. The left in Queensland is asking how the apparently spent force that was One Nation was able to establish itself as
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BRISBANE — The International Socialist Organisation (ISO) is presently touring Giles Ungpakorn around the country. Ungpakorn is billed as a visiting Thai socialist, speaking on "The Asian crisis and the struggle for
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BRISBANE — Around 200 people crammed St Mary's Catholic Church on April 27 to here a report on the sacked Patrick wharfies' campaign for reinstatement. Earlier in the day, the church's priest, Father Peter Kennedy, was
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After Cheryl Kernot's resignation from the Senate, the Australian Democrats quickly appointed Andrew Bartlett to fill the casual vacancy. Bartlett, the former Queensland president of the party, told Green Left Weekly that he does
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On October 5, 250 people marched along the Cardwell foreshore to protest the destruction caused by the Port Hinchinbrook development in north Queensland. At a similar protest on September 14, protesters were assaulted by
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BRISBANE — On September 3, Friends of Hinchinbrook lodged an application for leave to appeal to the High Court. The appeal relates to the refusal of the Federal Court to review environment minister Senator Robert Hill's
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On August 30, eight activists were arrested in Townsville while trying to prevent the transport of the dredge to be used in the Hinchinbrook Channel for the building of Keith Williams' 1500-room resort, canal estate and marina
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The national campaign to save the Hinchinbrook wilderness has escalated following Keith Williams' Cardwell Developments getting the green light from the federal government to develop its Oyster Point holdings. On July 19, 600
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TOWNSVILLE — "Boong bashing with a giant bludgeon" was how Carpentaria Lands Council coordinator Murrandoo Yanner described mining multinational Rio Tinto's attempts to secure agreement for the Century Zinc mine in
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TOWNSVILLE — Around 600 students from campuses all around Australia and Papua New Guinea attended the Students and Sustainability Conference, held at James Cook University here July 14-18. "The conference has been a great