The expected showdown in the struggle over the NSW Iemma government鈥檚 proposed electricity privatisation has stalled.
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Bill Zhang, a Chinese refugee, killed himself after his forcible deportation from Australia, according to a June 16 ABC report. Zhang spent two years in Australia聮s Villawood refugee prison.
Workers in Iran face massive repression when attempting to organise to defend their rights.
Growing concern about climate change has led to the formation of dozens of local community climate action groups across Victoria. Many of these are among the 45 endorsees of the July 5 Climate Emergency rally, at which Greens Senator Bob Brown will speak.
Lawyers for Jack Thomas are seeking leave to appeal to the High Court to prevent him being re-tried on charges under the 聯anti-terror聰 laws.
On June 11, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown聮s proposals to extend the time that police are allowed to detain 聯terrorist suspects聰 without charge narrowly scraped through a vote in the House of Commons. The MP vote was 315 to 306 to back Brown聮s proposal to extend the limit on detention without charge from 28 to 42 days.
Five hundred people attended an anti-pulp mill public meeting in Launceston on June 10. It was organised by the Wilderness Society to pressure Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett into ensuring that no more public funds are used to support Gunns鈥 proposed Tamar Valley pulp mill or its pipeline.
鈥淓mployers win in IR overhaul鈥, was the front-page headline of the June 17 Australian Financial Review, reporting the outcome of the Rudd Labor government鈥檚 new National Employment Standards (NES), released on June 15.
This piece on 鈥渢asks for ecosocialists in building a global movement against ecological destruction鈥, was posted at http://climateandcapitalism.com on June 10. It will be published as an editorial in a coming edition of British magazine Socialist Resistance.
Dear Prime Minister,
Six months into your term you stated: "We have done as much as we physically can to provide additional help to the family budget, recognising that the cost of everything is still going through the roof, the cost of food, cost
I am not the least bit superstitious, but I can get suspicious. Like when Victorian community group Your Water Your Say (YWYS) failed its court challenge against the federal and state government decision to build a monstrous and unnecessary $3.1 billion desalination plant in Wonthaggi.
The latest surge in the spot price of crude oil (to US$139 a barrel 鈥 87.4 cents a litre) dramatises the urgent need for society to wean itself off 鈥渂lack gold鈥. The longer we remain hooked the greater the devastation both to our environment and to the living standards of millions, especially the poorest peoples of the planet.
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