The death of Gemma Thoms at the Perth Big Day Out music festival on February 1 was tragic and preventable.
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When the authorities put the figures together, the death rates in Melbourne and Adelaide due to the recent heat wave will show a spike in response to the record temperatures over Eastern Australia.
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The Sydney branch of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and its supporters have rallied each day at Circular Quay since February 10.
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With Victorias bushfire holocaust now confirmed as Australias worst-ever natural disaster, people are reasonably asking: are these events linked to climate change?
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The following is an open letter to Indigenous affairs minister Jenny Macklin regarding the Northern Territory intervention. The letter was signed by the Prescribed Area People’s Alliance delegation to Canberra and presented to Macklin and others on February 4, 2009.
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Sydney residents of the lower north shore and inner city are increasingly electing to drive to work despite living a relatively short bus ride from the heart of the city, a report in the February 10 Sydney Morning Herald concluded.
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New South Wales teachers held meetings across the state on February 6 to consider a settlement on salaries and staffing negotiated by the NSW Teachers Federation.
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Eighteen-year-old Cheyene Back was sentenced on February 2 to three months jail, despite having no prior convictions.
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With the Queensland ALP state government rumoured to announce an election date soon, the Socialist Alliance (SA) has selected two candidates to contest the poll.
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Canberra was the site of an historic four days of Aboriginal rights activism in Australia.
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We live in peculiar, troubling times, where the world’s climate scientists are all but screaming from the rooftops for governments to listen and take urgent action to avert climate change.
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“There is a systematic genocide going on in Sri Lanka at the moment and the world doesn’t know about it. That is why we are trying to create awareness about the issue and help put a stop to this genocide.”