Three activists partially won a case in the Federal Court against Victoria Police’s extraordinary powers over designated areas in the CBD. Chloe DS reports.
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Merri-bek City Council held its annual Day of Mourning Ceremony at Coburg Town Hall on the unceded land of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples. Darren Saffin reports.
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Peter Boyle joins Green Left Radio to discuss the grave threats against the Rojava Revolution.
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Workers and unionists gathered at Station Pier, Port Melbourne, to protest Carnival Cruise’s exploitation of its migrant workforce. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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After a 15-year campaign by the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people, Victorian Labor handed back the Ballerrt Mooroop site. Sue Bolton reports.
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Daylesford New Years Eve Parade Committee called Victorian Police to remove a participant waving a Palestine flag. Kerry Smith reports.
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More than 300 people joined a Chanukah vigil called by the Jewish Council of Australia in Naarm/Melbourne to commemorate the lives lost in the Bondi massacre. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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The Community and Public Sector (Victoria) called a protest, which drew 200 people, to oppose cuts to the State Library of Victoria. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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A mass meeting of the Victorian branch of the Community and Public Sector Union drew more than 1500 workers to discuss government recommendations to cut the public service and a campaign against it. Brandon M reports.
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War is not an unfortunate accident that occasionally interrupts “normal” economic life; it is built into a system that puts private profit and imperialist rivalry above human need, argues Warren Smith.
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Nearly 100 delegates from two dozen unions and peace organisations discussed the need to build the peace movement and how to go about it. Tim Gooden reports.
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Protesters condemned the United States’ threats to Latin America, particularly Venezuela and Colombia. Jacob Andrewartha reports.