Last week was one of much activity in the regional city of Cairns, as the push for abortion law reform in the state shows no sign of slowing down.
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聯Hey Gillard, you can聮t hide! You support genocide!聰 chanted protesters outside the June 11 Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Sydney. The luncheon was addressed by deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
ADELAIDE鈥 On June 5 鈥 World Environment Day 鈥 climate change activists occupied the Adelaide office of federal climate change minister Penny Wong for more than an hour. They urged Wong to abandon the government鈥檚 suicidal climate policy.
The Chaser comedy team had its top-rating show, The Chaser聮s War on Everything, suspended by the ABC for two weeks after an outcry over a sketch screened on June 3 that joked about the Make a Wish Foundation charity for sick children.
Veolia is the French corporation that owns Connex, which runs Melbourne鈥檚 train system. It has been the target around the world, including in Melbourne, of protests by the Palestinian solidarity campaign as part of the growing 鈥渂oycott, divestment and sanctions鈥 (BDS) campaign targeting Israel in protest against its apartheid policies towards Palestinians.
Saharawi workers met in El Aaiun in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara on May 15 to discuss their grievances with their former employers: both Spanish companies and the Spanish government.
聯Delivering for all Working Australians聰 was the slogan for the 2009 Australian Council of Trade Unions congress held June on 2-4. This raises the question 聴 what if you are not working or an Australian citizen? But the congress will not be remembered for such philosophical questions 聴 there were many more immediate issues at stake.
The recent freeing of two Israeli spies shows that, if the US government really wanted to, it could also free the Cuban Five, noted Annalucia Vermunt, a participant in the recent international youth gathering in Cuba in support of the five Cuban men held in US prisons on trumped-up charges.
My Name is Rachel Corrie
From the writings of Rachel Corrie, edited by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner
Directed by Shannon Murphy
With Belinda Bromilow
Seymour Centre, Sydney until June 20
Tickets from $20
Visit
From the writings of Rachel Corrie, edited by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner
Directed by Shannon Murphy
With Belinda Bromilow
Seymour Centre, Sydney until June 20
Tickets from $20
Visit
On May 29, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told radio 3AW that his government has 聯absolutely no plans to make any change聰 to the superannuation preservation age 聴 the age at which workers may access the superannuation paid into a super fund by their employer.
More than 200 supporters chanted 鈥淥ne law for all!鈥 as construction worker Ark Tribe entered Elizabeth Magistrates Court through an arc of union flags and banners on June 9. He faces charges that could lead to a six-month jail term or a $22,000 fine.
On the morning of May 31, international students in Melbourne began a powerful protest against the recent street violence that has targeted South Asian international students in particular.
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