CANBERRA — Destruction of Canberra Nature Reserve by the ACT Labor government to make way for the Gungahlin Drive extension. A Save the Ridge protest rally took place at the site on July 24.
Photo by Geoff Woolfenden.From Green Left Weekly,
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PERTH — One thousand people rallied in Perth on March 27 to demonstrate their outrage at the assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin by the Israeli military. The rally, organised by the Muslim community, called for a peaceful
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Kim Bullimore, Melbourne On February 24, 35 people attended a legal briefing by Brian Walters, president of Liberty Victoria and lawyer for one of the "Melbourne 10" arrested in the November 8 "terrorism" raids. The meeting was organised by
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Clayton McDonald, Sydney There are 800,000 children under 14 years of age in Gaza, and the sonic booms being deliberately created by low-flying Israeli military aircraft are inflicting psychological damage on these children, Dr Bernard Sabella, a
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#1 News briefs #1 CFMEU retains right of entry PERTH - Up to 300 building workers converged on the Holiday Inn Burswood construction site on June 28, following the sacking of six construction workers. The sacked workers, all members of the
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2 Bougainville liberators tour Australia SYDNEY — Bougainville Women for Peace and Freedom (BWPF) representative Josephine Takunani Sirivi, and former Bougainville Revolutionary Army commander Sam Kauona addressed a gathering and film
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Sue Bull, Ballarat After the defeat by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) last year of two ballots for a non-union enterprise agreement at the University of Ballarat, management resorted to offering Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs)
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Kerry Smith Engineered nanoparticles are being used in virtually every type of personal care product on the market, from sunscreens and anti-aging creams to shampoos and toothpastes, despite preliminary scientific evidence that many types of
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Kerryn Williams More than 1000 people joined rallies and marches on March 13 to mark International Women's Day. These followed rallies in a range of cities a week earlier. Kathleen Scott reports that in Sydney, 500 people marched to Hyde Park,
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The National Union of Workers has condemned a decision by Nestle to shed 44 jobs — one-third of its work force — at the Purina PetCare factory in the small central-western NSW town of Blayney. NUW state secretary Derrick Belan said on July 20
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The following abridged letter from Zwelinzima Vavi, general secretary of Congress of South African Trade Unions, was handed to the Australian High Commissioner on June 13. Workers' interests in Australia are being increasingly undermined. The
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Kerry Vernon, Newcastle "Working people in this town are under attack from many sides; they need an ally in the local government to help them fend off these attacks", said Geoff Payne, the Socialist Alliance's candidate for lord mayor in the March