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    PearsonFlotillas of Hope , Nauru, refugees, Lynda Smith"> #1 Islamic Association opposes 'anti-terror' laws SYDNEY — Two-hundred people, mostly from the Muslim community, attended a meeting on June 12 condemning the "anti-terror" laws and

  • Global solidarity fiesta

    MELBOURNE — More than 180 people crammed into the Brunswick Town Hall on September 4 to celebrate and raise funds for Green Left Weekly. A range of prominent GLW supporters addressed the event, including Moreland councillor and Construction,

  • Magistrate blocks deportation

    Kim White, Sydney Last minute legal action in the Federal Magistrate's Court on August 29 resulted in an interim injunction to prevent a Bangladeshi man from being deported to India the next day. The deportation order was the immigration

  • Police shut down socialist campaign stall

    Tony Iltis, Melbourne On May 29, Preston Markets management called the police to a Socialist Alliance campaign stall. Since 1999, the stall has been held regularly on Saturdays at the markets. Activists at the stall were leafleting for the June

  • Brisbane garbos reject offer

    Brisbane garbos reject offerBRISBANE — Brisbane garbage collectors are continuing to campaign for a better redundancy deal when one-person collection is introduced next July. Transport Workers Union state secretary

  • Support grows for 'End the lies' rallies

    Iggy Kim, Sydney "Truth" and "lies" (and "rodents") are fast becoming hackneyed election buzz words. But the national "End the lies" rallies being held on the weekend before the elections will put back some of the real content. Since the election

  • AAWL meeting on Sri Lanka

    MELBOURNE — Lionel Bopage, the former general secretary of Sri Lanka's People's Liberation Front (JVP) party, told a September 5 meeting hosted by Australia-Asia Worker Links that hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankan workers had taken industrial

  • Support grows for peace statement

    Pip Hinman, Sydney A "Statement for Peace" which calls for Australian troops to leave Iraq and the occupation to end, has already gained some well-known signatories and financial support, especially among union ranks. The statement was produced by

  • Howard has worked to 'dehumanise asylum seekers'

    Graham Matthews, Melbourne Prime Minister John Howard's Coalition government has "worked to dehumanise asylum seekers, to use them as a tool in wedge politics", David Ristrom, the lead Victorian Senate candidate for the Australian Greens, told an

  • Venezuelan envoy visits Australia

    On September 7, Hector Navarro, the former Venezuelan minister for higher education, arrived in Australia as a presidential envoy for Venezuela's socialist president, Hugo Chavez. Navarro, who is visiting the Pacific region on behalf of Venezuela's

  • Don't add insult to injury!

    Chris Latham, Perth On May 13, chanting, "What do we want? — Workers' comp!", more than 2500 workers marched on the Western Australian parliament. The rally was organised by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), the

  • 'Howard, industrial terrorist'

    FREMANTLE — On April 6, 100 people picketed PM John Howard when he visited Fremantle harbour for the launch of the Dufyken's voyage around Australia. The protest, organised by UnionsWA to express opposition to the government's new Work Choices