Call for women's solidarity
BRISBANE — Murri women here have issued an appeal for support and solidarity from all women regarding black deaths in custody:
"We, the women of the Aboriginal community send this plea for support and
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James Caufield, Canberra On May 10, 100 people chanting "Refugees yes, racism no, Johnny Howard has got to go", rallied outside federal parliament. The demonstration was called by the Refugee Action Committee to protest against the introduction of
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Tony Iltis, Melbourne More than 3000 people joined a march on October 1, organised by the Refugee Action Collective, to call for an end to the persecution of refugees in Australia and an end to the Coalition government. Speakers included Annette
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Justin Tutty& Jon Lamb, Darwin Environmentalists rallied June 28 to demand a moratorium on water extraction licenses in the Northern Territory's Daly River Basin. The protest was held before a meeting of the Daly Community Reference Group. The
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Sarah Stephen Soon after the federal government's decision to grant 42 West Papuan asylum seekers temporary protection visas, an April 2 national day of action in solidarity with West Papua welcomed the decision while urging the government not to
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Dale Mills The Queensland Labor government has dismissed recommendations that adult survivors of child abuse be financially compensated. At the moment there is a legal limitation period, meaning that someone cannot normally bring an action beyond
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Pentagon failed to get export permit "Forced nudity, hooding and the use of dogs all were interrogation techniques approved for use in Guantanamo Bay prison — but, top Bush administration lawyers insisted this week, never meant to be applied in
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Ray Fulcher, Melbourne Joseph "Jack" Thomas was sentenced to five years' jail on March 31 for receiving $3500 and an airline ticket from an al Qaeda operative. Thomas was convicted by the Victorian supreme court in February of receiving support
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Free enterprise "Oil refineries, power plants and other large industrial operations in California typically pay fines of a few thousand dollars for exceeding air pollution standards, not enough to deter them from repeated violations." — Los
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SYDNEY — Three-thousand people rallied for World Refugee Day in Hyde Park on June 20. They called for the abolition of temporary protection visas and an to end mandatory detention, including the closure of off-shore refugee camps. Among the many
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Susan Austin, Hobart When the news broke on March 30 that a local El Salvadoran family was being threatened with deportation, the Socialist Alliance and Tasmanians for Refugees called a protest action for that afternoon. The Refugee Review
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2 Free Craig Johnston campaign gains support SYDNEY — The campaign to free jailed Victorian union militant Craig Johnston has achieved its first union support in NSW, with the adoption of motions of support by three local branches of the NSW