On May 7, the Melbourne Magistrates Court denied bail to two men arrested under 鈥渁nti-terror鈥 laws for raising funds for tsunami relief in the Tamil areas of Sri Lanka.
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A group of construction workers in Somerton have proved that it is possible to get off an individual contract (Australian Workplace Agreement 聴 AWA) and onto award rates and an enterprise agreement.
In the early hours of March 13, the National Liberation Party of Unity (Papernas) regional office in Palu, Central Sulawesi, was attacked by around 30 men. Three Papernas members were hospitalised.
Less than two days after its launch, more than 100 people had signed an 聯online pledge聰 to take part in peaceful direct action against the construction of a third coal export terminal at Newcastle聮s port. The pledge notes that the terminal would increase Newcastle聮s coal exports by 聯66 million tonnes per annum, producing 160 million tonnes of greenhouse pollution聰.
Packer protest trial
I have serious doubts about the results of the Packer protest trial ("Charges against Packer protesters dismissed", GLW #707). While I appreciate the support of the NSW Council of Civil Liberties (CCL), and the lawyers who
A young woman working in a juice bar is fired and rehired at a casual rate significantly less than her former wage. She is forced to sign an AWA (Australian Workplace Agreement 鈥 individual contract) to get her job back. A young man, aged 13, is fired after retaliating against his manager who assaulted him in a South Australian fast food business.
The shambles of the Airline Partners Australia (APA) private equity takeover attempt for Qantas demonstrates the greed and rapaciousness of this rotten capitalist system. All parties involved in the grubby business have shown up the irrationality of capitalism.
HARARE 聴 On May 15, members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police bashed vendors in the Eastgate area and arrested leaders of the Progressive Youth Movement and the Zimbabwe Youth Movement, charging them with inciting vendors to resist arrest. Some 60-80 Harare vendors have been rounded up and arrested by the state police for illegal selling of products on the black market. Massive inflation and more than 80% unemployment have created harsh conditions for those in the informal sector to make a living. The youth were charged with assaulting police and are in custody with the vendors at the central police station. The Free-Zim Youth Movement called on President Thabo Mbeki to comply with human rights legislation and demanded that the Pan African Parliament send a fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe immediately.
Activists from climate-action groups, environment collectives at the University of Queensland and Griffith University, Friends of the Earth, the Queensland Nuclear Free Alliance, Resistance and the Socialist Alliance are coming together to organise a 聯Stop Global Warming聰 rally in the week of World Environment Day (June 5).
Vote Yes for Aborigines 鈥 While many people believe that the 1967 referendum gave Aborigines the right to vote, it in fact removed two 麻豆传媒 of the constitution which discriminated against Aborigines. SBS, Sunday, May 27, 8.30pm.
The Tracker
The shambles of the Airline Partners Australia (APA) private equity takeover attempt for Qantas demonstrates the greed and rapaciousness of this rotten capitalist system. All parties involved in the grubby business have shown up the irrationality of capitalism.
Since the ALP national conference in April, the big companies have had the ear of the Liberal and Labor parties about what sort of changes should be made to Australia鈥檚 industrial relations laws. The voice of workers and their unions have not been heard.
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