HOBART — More than one thousand people protested against war on March 15, in a protest organised at less than a week's notice in response to the escalation of US plans for war.
The rally, called by the Peace Coalition,
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Employment minister Tony Abbott is notorious for describing the unemployed as "job snobs". On July 9, he went further, blaming the poor for their own plight. He told the ABC Four Corners program: "We can't abolish poverty
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BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE & ROHAN GAISWINKLER HOBART — For the first time in the company's 20 year history, workers at boat-building company Incat took strike action on April 3, after management walked away from negotiations on a new enterprise
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DARWIN — In a tragic event which puts the Northern Territory's mandatory sentencing laws under the national and international spotlight, a 15-year-old Aboriginal boy committed suicide here on February 10,
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Candlelight march for political prisonersDARWIN — A rally, candlelight march through the city streets and an overnight vigil outside the Indonesian consulate took place here on June 19-20. The events, organised by the East
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Ramos Horta on the 'winds of change in Asia'DARWIN — 250 people heard Jose Ramos Horta, international representative of the East Timor independence movement, give a public lecture entitled "The winds of change in eastern
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Protest against One Nation planned in DarwinDARWIN — A coalition of political and community groups is organising a peaceful rally to be held adjacent to a One Nation party recruiting meeting in Nightcliff on August
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Unionists from unions covering the community, health and education sectors participated in a blockade of the Heemskirk Link Road on March 24, calling upon the government to stop the environmentally destructive development.
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Action against nuclear submarineHOBART — About 20 activists in kayaks and dinghies braved the wintry conditions on November 4 to protest the arrival of the nuclear-powered and probably nuclear-armed USS New York
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Government funds moralistic sex bookletHOBART — A sex information booklet entitled "The Things You Do For Love" was launched here on July 16. The 12-page glossy booklet is a joint project of the Pregnancy Support
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APPM threatens Tarkine, jobsHOBART — APPM on April 23 announced plans to build a $30 million hardwood woodchip mill at Hampshire, on Tasmania's north-west coast. The location would place the mill close to a
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Rainbow Warrior visits HobartHOBART — The Rainbow Warrior visited Hobart from March 11. The launch of the Greenpeace "Cities and Coasts Campaign" took place on board on March 12. The campaign targets