Thirty people held a Quaker-initiated vigil at the steps of Newcastle Local Courthouse on May 13 in support of the 聯Kooragang 16聰. The 16 faced charges for trespassing on the construction site of a new coal-loader being built in Newcastle.
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The Whale Warriors: On Board a Pirate Ship in the Battle to Save the World聮s Largest Mammals
By Peter Heller
HarperCollins, 2007
303pages, $28 (pb)
By Peter Heller
HarperCollins, 2007
303pages, $28 (pb)
The article below was originally from Tolo TV news. It was translated by the Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan, see http://rawa.org.
For the last four weeks, Muslim students at the city campus of RMIT have been protesting the university administration聮s decision to convert the newly built Muslim prayer room into another multi-faith centre. Muslim students have held their Friday prayers in congregation in an open public space, to demonstrate their need for a dedicated Muslim prayer facility.
A Sydney protest to mark the International Day Against Homophobia was held outside Gloria Jeans cafe in King Street, Newtown. Gloria Jeans Coffee sponsors activities by the Hillsong Church, which has been criticised for its homophobic positions. The
The battle over the privatisation of NSW electricity continues. A power industry delegates聮 meeting on May 15 condemned the state ALP government聮s push to privatise the retail electricity providers and generators and reaffirmed its 聯total rejection聰 of the government聮s plans.
Below is a May 10 article from the Earth Times. It is reprinted from http://rawa.org.
After more than three years of detention, on May 16 Ali Beg Humayun was told by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship he had been granted permanent residency.
NSW Labor鈥檚 proposal to build a dam in the Tillegra Valley will be a waste of $300 million, according to local residents who picketed the offices of Hunter Water in Newcastle on May 16.
鈥淗ere is a government that has given us a guarantee that working Australians all get a look in, not just the big end of town鈥, said Australian Council of Trade Unions president Sharan Burrow of federal Treasurer Wayne Swan鈥檚 first budget.
The federal Labor government says it is not homophobic. Yet it agrees with its Coalition predecessor that marriage is a 鈥渦nion between a man and woman鈥. Regardless of opinion on marriage, the legal rights afforded this institution should be available to all couples regardless of gender.
I聮m writing on May 13 at 5:19am from the city of Wanzhou, Chongqing Municipality, China. I聮ve just re-entered my apartment after the latest aftershock sent everyone onto the streets once more. It聮s been a long 15 hours since the initial earthquake yesterday afternoon that so devastated Wenchuan and surrounds, such as the beautiful city of Chengdu. At this moment, my understanding of the scope of this disaster is only what I have been able to garner from international news websites and secondhand reports from my Chinese friends.
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