By Sarah Cunningham and Tim E. Stewart
BRISBANE — Around 600 people rallied against One Nation in King
George Square on July 4. The rally heard speakers from Aboriginal organisations,
trade unions, migrant groups and socialist parties.
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Free Burma conference MELBOURNE — To mark the 10th anniversary of the 1988 pro-democracy uprising in Burma, the All Burma Students Democratic Organisation is holding an Activists' Conference for a Free Burma here on July 18-19 at Ridley College,
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BRISBANE — The meaning of the rise of One Nation and the need to build a real alternative to racism and nationalism were the themes of a public meeting held here on June 24. The meeting, sponsored by the Democratic Socialists,
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Resistance calls national high school walkout By Sean Healy Following the success of the high school strike against One Nation in Victoria on June 25, the socialist youth organisation Resistance has called a national school walkout on July 24. A
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One Nation challenged by a multi-ethnic election teamThe Democratic Socialists have announced an initial 13 candidates for the federal election to present a progressive alternative to the economic "rationalism" of the Labor
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MELBOURNE — Delegates to a two-day National Tertiary Education Industry Union conference on June 15 and 16 resolved to go on the offensive against the federal government's cuts and privatisation. The conference was organised to
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Victorian secondary students strike against Hanson By Jo Williamsand Reuben Endean MELBOURNE — On June 25, 1000 secondary students from across Victoria walked out of school to demonstrate their opposition to Pauline Hanson and the racist One
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Youth peak council cutCANBERRA — Federal youth affairs minister David Kemp has announced the end to funding of the Australian Youth Policy Action Coalition, the peak council of youth groups. This move to silence a critic of
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On July 1 the federal government will introduce the Youth Allowance to replace the Youth Training, Newstart and Sickness Allowance, and Austudy for unemployed people under 21 years old and full-time students under 25. The YA has
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By Sean Martin-Iverson PERTH — Hundreds of students from City Beach Senior High School walked out on June 25 to protest a government restructuring plan which would result in schools being closed, merged and downgraded to middle schools (Years
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Don't they all sell them? "He's a rare commodity for the NSW right in that he actually trades in ideas." — NSW ALP assistant state secretary Damien O'Connor on Michael Costa, new secretary of the state Labour Council. Off the rails "My father
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Council tries to ban free speech rallyADELAIDE — Around 100 people attended a rally for free speech in Rundle Mall on June 26, despite attempts by Adelaide City Council to prevent the action from going ahead. The protesters were