The Victorian division of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) rallied 500 supporters of tertiary education on November 20.
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On November 16, the Community Solidarity group took part in the annual Fremantle Festival parade, calling for the Rudd government to repeal all of the Work Choices legislation and completely scrap the Australian Building and Construction
Commission聮s powers.
Fishing boats have become the latest target in Israel鈥檚 war on the Palestinian territory of Gaza.
The Liberal Party government of Western Australia announced on November 18 that it has lifted the state聮s ban on uranium mining.
On November 16, in his first interview since his election victory, US president-elect Barack Obama told the CBS program 60 Minutes that his administration would close the notorious US concentration camp on the illegally occupied Cuban territory of Guantanamo Bay, and end the use of torture.
NSW teachers stopped work for two hours on November 19 to consider the next stage in their campaign for the reinstatement of a centralised staffing system and salary justice.
Anyone would have thought there would be a profound debate on the thorny issue.
Geelong Trades Hall secretary Tim Gooden thinks it聮s high time for the construction industry unions to 聯stop feeding the hand that strangles us聰. Gooden was referring to the fact that under the legislation that set up the Australian Building and Construction Commission, unions and workers have been hit with $1.39 million in fines ($654,000 of which has been suspended).
The article "Trial of the Goulburn Nine" (GLW #775)contained an error, claiming the Melbourne "terror trial" in September resulted in "six people [being] convicted of conspiring to commit a terrorist act". In fact, they were convicted of belonging to
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for a 鈥渞evolution within the revolution鈥, at an 8000 strong United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) rally on November 18.
The Greens are fielding almost 100 candidates across Victoria in local council elections on November 29. There will be Greens candidates in almost every ward.
The National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) is a non-government organisation formed in 1997 that includes 聯Zimbabwean citizens and civic organisations including, labour movements, student and youth groups, women groups, churches, business groups and human rights organisations聰, as well as political parties, according to .
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