Justine Kamprad, Geelong
Inspired by the activities of Union Solidarity, a Melbourne community-union campaigning group, a group of 30 people met at South West Trades Hall on June 21 to set up South West Community Solidarity.
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Speaking clearly I "I understand that the enemy could misread what I say. That's why I try to be as clearly I can." — Emperor George Bush II, September 23. Speaking clearly II "Our strategy is to help the Iraqis help themselves. It's
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Ian Jamieson, Fremantle Up to 300 union activists attended the second biennial conference of the Western Australian branch of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), held July 26-28. Coming at a time when the union movement is facing vicious attacks
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The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is to launch a website, the contents of which will be secret, for large corporations to be fed information about "threats". It is expected that the site will contain information about protest
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#4 Migrant forum supports refugee rights BRISBANE — Strong support for refugee rights was the overwhelming sentiment of a forum sponsored by the Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland in the Brisbane Town Hall on September 30. Election
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Strikes hit Sydney Buses SYDNEY — Bus mechanics at NSW government-owned Sydney Buses workshops struck for three hours on June 30, disrupting morning peak-hour services. The strike was over conditions in their latest enterprise bargaining
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Kerry Vernon, Sydney Rotem Mor, a young Israeli "refusenik" — a conscript who refuses to serve in the military to protest against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza — has just finished an Australia-wide speaking tour. His last
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Rachel Evans Activists are disappointed and angry about Attorney-General Philip Ruddock's June 6 announcement that the federal government will overturn legislation for same-sex civil unions in the ACT by August 1. ACT Attorney-General Simon Corbell
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Nicole Hilder, Wollongong On September 24, 200 people attended a feisty meet-the-candidates forum on "family values", held in the Wollongong mall. Referred to by its critics as "the big day out for homophobes", the event was organised by Jeff
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DARWIN — Participants in a June 7 protest against the Australian government's theft of East Timor's oil and gas resources. The protest was organised to coincide with the annual South East Asia Australia Offshore Conference. Photo by Kathy
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Ray Fulcher, Melbourne The Victorian Court of Appeal quashed the conviction for "terrorism" offences of Jack Thomas and released him from custody on August 18. Thomas was the first person to be convicted under the federal government's so-called
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Fred Fuentes Chanting "Too young to vote, so hear us yell! Work Choices go to hell!", more than 500 young people, most of them high-school students, marched in Sydney on June 1 to protest against the Howard government's attacks on young workers