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  • Charges dropped against protesters

    Socialist Alliance member Alex Bainbridge and environmental activist Jimi Cocking outside the Launceston Magistrate's Court on August 17, after police dropped charges against them. The two activists had been arrested protesting against PM John

  • Sick Afghan boy to be 'deported'

    In a July 29 media release, the refugee rights group Project SafeCom condemned the immigration department's decision to order a sick nine-year-old Afghan boy living in community detention in Brisbane to be relocated to the detention facility on

  • Sydney activists support Craig Johnston

    SYDNEY — On May 1, 100 people attended a Skilled Six campaign fundraiser at the Gaelic Club. The Faigans, Denis Kevans and the Solidarity Choir perfomed. Melbourne Skilled Six campaign activist Simon Miller addressed the gathering along with other

  • Sword-Gusmao condemns Canberra's gas revenue offer

    Vannessa Hearman Kirsty Sword-Gusmao, the Melbourne-born wife of East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao and chairperson of the Alola Foundation for women and children of East Timor, has condemned the stance taken by the Howard government on the

  • Construction union under attack

    Sarah Smith, Perth The WA branch of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has come under increasing attack since the federal Coalition government's Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act was passed in September.

  • Student and staff solidarity in the face of cuts

    @intro2 = As students campaign against proposals to make higher education more expensive and more polarised, many university workers are arguing for their union to actively support the protests. RMIT staff member LISA FARRANCE, a member of the

  • 'End the lies!'

    Duncan Meerding & Jim McIlroy More cities have now taken up the call to hold demonstrations in the week prior to the federal election. The Hobart Peace Coalition has initiated a broad group to organise an "End the lies" rally — a similar theme

  • 800 attend civil liberties rally

    Kamala Emanuel, Hobart "No police state" and "No to Howard's terror laws" were the mobilising slogans of a civil liberties rally held on November 12 and attended by 800 people. Organised by the Tasmanian Council of Civil Liberties, the rally was

  • Resistance pledges support for Iraqis

    Chris Atkinson, Melbourne "We support the mounting campaign of the Iraqi people to rid their country of foreign military occupation", said Adelaide Resistance activist Amy McDonell in the opening report of Resistance's national conference on April

  • Detention centre vigil

    Phil Chilton, Perth For the second time in a month, 30 refugee-rights activists maintained a vigil outside the Perth Immigration Detention Centre on July 17. Nine people stayed overnight. The vigil was initiated by the Refugee Rights Action

  • Moore creates political tidal wave

    Chris Williams Outside cinemas around the country, a new "parliament of the streets" is developing as people discuss and debate Michael Moore's new film, Fahrenheit 9/11. Cinemas have been packed out by people attending previews of what is fast

  • 'No police state'

    HOBART — After a lengthy recess, the Tasmanian Council for Civil Liberties recommenced activity in August in response to recent government attacks on democracy. Demanding "no police state in Australia", the council will hold a rally on November 12