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Aaron Benedek& Susan Mullan, Sydney At very short notice, 20 refugee supporters, including Merlin Luck from Channel Ten's Big Brother program, rallied on July 14 to protest the forced transfers of asylum seekers from Sydney's Villawood detention

SYDNEY — More than 200 people packed a February 25 forum to hear Venezuelan revolutionary and deputy to the Latin American parliament Carolus Wimmer speak. Participants engaged in several hours of thought-provoking discussion about Venezuela's

Alison Thorne Activists in the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) are mobilising to back a number of proposals to go before the union's 26-28 March National Council. Most motions were developed by activists from around the country aligned

HOBART — More than 10,000 people marched to save Tasmania's forests on March 13. It was the largest pro-environment mobilisation in Tasmania for more than 15 years. A full report will appear in the next issue of Green Left Weekly. From Green

Dale Mills Ciaron O'Reilly, a Catholic peace activist, says he was treated in a heavy-handed way by two Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) officers when he was detained at Brisbane Airport on February 3. O'Reilly, an Australian

Jess Melvin, Sydney The University of NSW Student Guild has launched a major attempt to ban students' freedom of speech by calling police onto campus to shut down campus bookstalls run by left-wing UNSW students. Since campus started for the

Jim Green, Adelaide Friends of the Earth (FoE) is being relaunched in South Australia with a focus on promoting sustainable, socially and ecologically conscious technologies as an alternative to the nuclear industry. FoE Adelaide will also be

MELBOURNE — On February 23, 200 people attended a rally at Telstra's Melbourne headquarters, called by the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), to protest against the planned transfer of information technology jobs to India. CPSU national

Kerry Smith On July 11, more than 1000 workers at Coles Myer distribution centres — 440 in Somersby near Gosford and 580 in Hampton Park in Melbourne — received redundancy notices. The Somersby workers say they had heard rumours the warehouse

Renfrey Clarke, Adelaide The January 18 meeting of the South Australian branch of the Socialist Alliance decided to stand a candidate in the seat of Port Adelaide in the March 18 state election. The Port Adelaide community has some of the strongest

Sarah Stephen, Sydney Journalist and film-maker John Pilger and former intelligence official Andrew Wilkie addressed a packed crowd of 1000 at a public meeting organised by the Stop the War Coalition on February 15. Addressing the impact of the

Sunday, August 6 No nuclear power, no uranium mining, troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan and no attack on Iran Sydney 1pm rally at Hyde Park North for a march through the city. Ph Diane 0413 003 148 Brisbane 2pm rally at Queens Park.