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BRISBANE — On October 7, a snap protest was organised by the University of Queensland student union women's rights group outside the Liberal Party headquarters in Bowen Hills. The protest was in response to a Family First candidate's comments that

Justin Tutty, Darwin On August 23, environmentalists conducted a site inspection of the Browns mining project at Batchelor. Spokesperson John Oakley said that Compass Resources' secrecy about its activities at the old Rum Jungle uranium lease had

Katie Cherrington, Wollongong On May 19, 35 student anti-war activists from universities in Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong attended a cross-campus Students Against War conference hosted by the University of Wollongong Undergraduate

Sue Bolton, Melbourne After Hawker de Havilland, a subsidiary of Boeing, unjustly sacked three union delegates at the Fisherman's Bend site in Port Melbourne, an August 17 meeting of workers voted to strike until the workers were reinstated. The

Paul Oboohov, Canberra On September 23, candidates for the October 9 federal election addressed a forum at the Australian National University organised by the National Tertiary Education Union. The Liberal candidate for the seat of Fraser, Adam

Politicians grilled about refugee policy CANBERRA — A jam-packed forum on June 22 of 220 people organised by the Refugee Action Committee grilled politicians and activists on their policy and actions towards refugees. ACT MLA Kerrie Tucker

Justin Tutty, Darwin Members of the Northern Territory's No Waste Alliance (NWA) attended the annual Country Liberal Party conference on August 27, urging the party to disendorse federal CLP MPs intent on turning the territory into a nuclear

More unions and campaign groups have endorsed the national "End the lies" protests scheduled for the October 2-3 weekend, including the Western Australian branch of the Maritime Union of Australia. Following are some messages of support for the

SYDNEY — Residents on Howard Avenue in Dee Why and Howard Street in Lindfield have shown their support for asylum seekers by displaying hearts in the windows of their homes. From Green Left Weekly, June 23, 2004. Visit the Green Left Weekly

More than 60 people helped on polling day for Socialist Alliance candidate Sam Watson in the Brisbane Central electorate, where Watson ran against Queensland's Labor premier, Peter Beattie. Watson received 1.85% of the vote, campaigning for the

Paul Benedek, Sydney "The union would have no control, we'd lose the award, lose hours, lose jobs - we're being flushed down the cleaners!", said Condell Park High School cleaner John Everett, one of 2000 cleaners who rallied on September 8 to

Shua Garfield, Hobart Since the Coalition's federal budget was launched, the Socialist Alliance has waged a campaign to raise support for its demands to tax the rich more and the poor less. A tax tug-of-war has emerged in the local newspaper,