Well-known Darwin performer, artist and Larrakia elder June Mills is releasing her debut album I'll be the One in October. This CD is a wonderful musical anthology, full of beauty and surprises with lines, melodies and riffs that stay long in the
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Murray Smith
The mobilisation for the one-day strike and day of action on October 4 called by a united front of French trade unions was expected to be massive, and it lived up to expectations. Across the country there were an estimated 1.3 million
Winfried Wolf, Berlin
On October 10, a de facto decision was made to form a new federal coalition government, made up of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the "centre-left" Social-democratic Party of Germany (SPD). If that also
Innocents skip hand in hand in pleasure's garden,seeking out love's bloom and pulling the weedsof jealousy from the field of hope.But wait, my thigh is bleeding, I am wounded,struck down by the vicious rumour of pain.My life force drains away. There
Craig Hall
A petition was launched by the Indigenous Social Justice Association Melbourne Supporters Group (ISJA MSG) on October 8, calling on the NT government to open a new inquiry into the death of Douglas Bruce Scott in Darwin's Berrimah Prison
Nick Hamilton, Melbourne
On October 18, 200 people attended a forum at Preston Town Hall on the federal government's industrial relations changes. Organised by the Darebin Workers' Rights and Community Justice Campaign, speakers included Victorian
Sarah Stephen
Over the July 29-30 weekend, the immigration department (DIMIA) released the last remaining families from detention, including 42 children. This was one significant outcome of the passing on June 29 of the Migration Amendment
Federico Fuentes, Caracas
Some 500 residents of the township of Cumanacoa, in the state of Sucre — mostly workers and cooperative members directly or indirectly employed by the local sugar processing plant, Central Azucarero Cumanacoa — turned
Stuart Munckton
The Venezuelan government has reacted to fresh allegations, originating from inside the US. According to an October 11 Venezuelanalysis.com article, the Miami-based Inter-American Press Association accused the left-wing government
Chris Slee, Melbourne
"Union rights are civil rights was the theme of an October 12 public meeting organised by the Socialist Alliance at the Victorian Trades Hall bar.
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union legal officer Jesse
A report commissioned by SA Unions, which took two years to compile and surveyed 800 young workers from South Australia, showed that:
36% of young workers were pressured to work overtime without pay;
43% were pressured to work while sick;
42%
Tim Doughney
The next major anti-war protests, to be held on November 5 and 6 around Australia, will focus on the main aspects of the "war on terror", calling for the immediate withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq, and also an end to the attacks
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