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  • Loose cannons

    Efficiency "An evacuation of small island nations threatened by rising sea levels might be more efficient than forcing industrialised countries to reduce emissions ... [said the] executive director of the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and

  • Western Australians rally to stop road developments

    Rob Cover PERTH — An estimated 500 people gathered in poor weather on June 15 as a display of rejection of the Court Liberal government's Northbridge Tunnel. Prominent local figures and politicians to address the Cities for People Campaign rally

  • Uranium mining increasing at Roxby Downs

    ADELAIDE — Western Mining Corporation is in the process of doubling the size of its mine at Olympic Dam in northern South Australia. Green Left Weekly spoke to Steve Baker from Friends of the Earth about the mine, the potential

  • Discrimination against 'park people'

    BRISBANE — On June 19, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission held mediation talks between the Townsville City Council and Aborigines who live in the town's Hanrahan Park, known as the "park people". The Aborigines,

  • Fremantle's socialist tradition revived

    FREMANTLE — The Democratic Socialist Party is launching its new branch here on June 28, and as DSP member Michael Bramwell puts it, "The party is very excited about the possibilities of interesting more people in socialist

  • Loose cannons

    Difficult "To convince the international community that equity requires us to be treated somewhat differently is a difficult negotiating task." — Environment minister Senator Robert Hill, looking forward to the international greenhouse

  • Greens, Democrats holding the line on Telstra

    The government's leader in the Senate and minister for the environment, Robert Hill, announced on May 26 that the government is receiving legal advice from the Attorney General's Department about how it can bypass the Senate to

  • Delegates protest IR laws

    MELBOURNE — Two thousand union delegates attended a Victorian Trades Hall Council/ACTU rally against the proposed federal industrial relations legislation on May 28. The meeting was addressed by Tim Pallas of the ACTU, who explained

  • Support for democracy in Burma

    The All Burma Students' Democratic Organisation (Australia) organised protests in several Australian cities on May 27. The actions marked the anniversary of the 1990 general election in Burma which was won by the

  • Meeting defends maritime workers

    SYDNEY — Eighty people gathered to express their solidarity with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) against attacks by the Coalition government at a May 30 meeting at the Teachers Federation. The speakers were Warren Smith,

  • Australian companies in Burma

    By Jamie Parkerand Maung Maung Than Big companies such as CRA and BHP come to mind as examples of multinational destruction and exploitation. Yet in Burma, smaller companies are playing a significant part in legitimising and resourcing the

  • Threat to forests grows

    If more proof was needed of the falsity of the federal Coalition's claim that its proposal to privatise Telstra is motivated by a concern for the environment, its move to allow an expansion of woodchip exports provides it. The