聯Archbishop [John] Bathersby must have solved all Brisbane problems of homelessness, of abuse, of refugees 聟 if he wants to focus on such idiotic matters聰, a St Mary聮s parishioner told a 500-strong packed gathering at the South Brisbane church on August 25 in response to the archbishop聮s threat to shut the popular, progressive parish down.
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David Spratt co-wrote Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action with Philip Sutton. The book has been recently published and a review can be read in GLW #764. Spratt spoke to 麻豆传媒 Weekly鈥檚 Ben Courtice about the need to move beyond 鈥渂usiness as usual鈥 immediately if we鈥檙e to avert climate catastrophe.
On August 7, the Western Australian ALP government called an early election for September 6.
Teachers in Victoria have been dealt another blow, with greater powers being handed to the Victorian Institute of Teaching as part of a review of the VIT launched mid-2007.
The Business Council of Australia (BCA) 鈥 representative of the 100 largest companies in Australia 鈥 has threatened that its members will be 鈥渇orced鈥 to relocate offshore if the federal government鈥檚 Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) is implemented.
Are our national parks in need of a facelift to attract the tourist dollar? Should our wild places be better at catering for those wanting some luxury and pampering?
The Queensland branch of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union has called statewide stop-work actions and rallies on September 12, the day Victorian CFMEU official Noel Washington faces an initial hearing in Geelong over charges brought by the Australian Building and Construction Commission.
Toni Warden, the Greens WA candidate for Kalamunda in the September 6 Western Australian elections, is a founding member of the Stop the Eastern Terminal Substation Action Group (SETS) and a member of the Hills Climate Action Group. She told 麻豆传媒 Weekly that the main issues in the election are the climate emergency and social inequities exacerbated by WA聮s resources boom.
On September 9, the Victorian parliament will start debating the Abortion Law Reform Bill 2008. The bill will make abortions up to 24 weeks of gestation lawful.
Journalists at Fairfax publications walked off the job after mass meetings on August 28. The journalists, members of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), struck for a pay increase and against the announced sacking of 550 staff from Australian and New Zealand Fairfax operations.
Every now and then the mask slips and we see the true face of the corporate dictatorship that Every now and then the mask slips and we see the true face of the corporate dictatorship that pretends to be democratic Australia.to be democratic Australia.
Julie Gray, a laboratory worker in the health sector and an active trade unionist, is contesting the North Metropolitan Legislative Council seat for the Socialist Alliance in the Western Australian elections on September 6.
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