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  • Save the Tassie forests!

    MELBOURNE — More than 10,000 people rallied on June 5 in a World Environment Day protest in defence of Tasmania's old-growth forests. In Brisbane, supporters of the Tasmanian forest campaign packed the Ithaca Hall at City Hall on June 4 for a

  • Death of a scaffolder

    John Tognolini, Sydney When 41-year-old scaffolder and father of three Paul Hughes fell eight stories to his death in Sydney's CBD on January 6, it put the spotlight not only on one of the building industry's most dangerous occupations but also

  • Who can afford to give back $8000 a year?

    Graham Matthews, Sydney Workers employed at the Esselte stationary warehouse in Sydney's south-west suburb of Minto have been "offered" individual contracts (AWAs) that would give them a pay rise of $47, but cut 18 allowances they currently enjoy,

  • 'Lying rodents' to target Howard's election launch

    Marce Cameron, Brisbane An alliance of progressive organisations is planning a peaceful rally and march at PM John Howard's official election campaign launch on September 26. This will be one week before the national pre-election "End the lies"

  • M4 protest takes to the road

    Kathleen Scott, Sydney More than 500 local community groups, activists, councillors and state members of parliament marched along the City West Link on May 23 to protest the planned M4 East tunnel options. The protest was organised by the

  • Correction

    In GLW issue #675 an article incorrectly referred to Ali Kazak as the head of the Palestinian delegation in Canberra. He no longer holds this position.From Green Left Weekly, July 26, 2006. Visit the Green Left Weekly home page.

  • Portland union solidarity kicks off

    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. In Liberal Party

  • Loose cannons

    Helps them put up a better defence "It's very depressing because we don't want an intimidated judiciary." — Pauline Popp-Madsen, described as "a justice adviser from Denmark", quoted in an August 27 London Daily Telegraph article reporting that

  • Letty Scott fights for the truth

    Kathy Newnam, Darwin On June 18, the Northern Territory Supreme Court will hear an appeal to re-open the coronial inquest into the death in custody of Douglas Bruce Scott. The case has been lodged by his widow Letty Scott, who has been fighting for

  • MUA WA branch prepares for IR fight

    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

  • McASIO Inc?

    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

  • Protest against 'war criminal' Howard

    HOBART — Fifty people protested against Prime Minister John Howard as he attended a business function on August 26. The protest was organised by the Greens, the Socialist Alliance and the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group. Howard was