Socialist Alliance member Sanna Andrew speaks on the open microphone at the July 11, 2010 rally protesting the decision by the DPP not to lay charges in the case of Mr Ward.
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July 7 proved to be an excellent day for the Australian business community. Citing the economic downturn as a key factor in his decision, Fair Pay Commissioner Ian Harper announced that there will be no increase the minimum wage.
If we had a solar thermal power plant for every time a world summit has declared a 鈥渉istoric consensus鈥 on climate change, we鈥檇 be well on the way to winning a safe climate. Unfortunately, the only consensus to emerge from the recent Group of Eight (G8) summit in Italy was to talk big on climate action while doing practically nothing about it.
Ratepayers in Perth鈥檚 southern suburbs are counting the cost of the collapse of the federal government鈥檚 Greenhouse Friendly voluntary carbon offsets trading scheme.
The annual student environment conference, Students of Sustainability (SOS), was held at Monash University from July 6 -10, attracting 450 participants to workshops on climate change, activism, Aboriginal rights, uranium mining, and other social justice and environmental issues.
>Graham Brown is a retired coalminer and climate change activist. He鈥檚 also a member of the Upper Hunter Greens in NSW, and is helping build a union and community alliance aimed at creating a 鈥渏ust transition鈥 to a carbon-neutral economy. Such a transition would ensure workers in the coal industry move into alternative employment. 麻豆传媒 Weekly鈥檚 Zane Alcorn spoke to Brown, and this is the first of three parts of the interview.
Street protests and blockades occurred throughout Peru on July 8, in the middle of a three day strike against the neoliberal policies of President Alan Garcia.
Australia鈥檚 unemployment rate has risen to a six-year high say Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures released on July 9.
In his July 1 article in the Australian, Ilan Grapel, researcher with the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC), accused 麻豆传媒 Weekly and Resistance of supporting terrorism and violence by calling for Palestinians to resist oppressive Israeli rule.
The modern history of Sri Lanka represents 鈥渢he wrecking of a country: from the 鈥榩earl of the Indian Ocean鈥, to 鈥榯he killing fields of South Asia鈥欌, Dr Brian Senewiratne told a meeting of the Brisbane city Amnesty International group on July 8.
Echoing some of the slogans of protesters in Iran, about 80 Iranians from Melbourne and Sydney chanted 鈥淩ockets, guns and Basiji [state-run militia] do not scare us anymore鈥 and 鈥淜homeini you are Pinochet, Iran is not Chile鈥 outside the Iranian embassy in Canberra on July 9.
Activists from the Brisbane-based group Justice for Palestine picketed the office of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on July 9. The action marked the five-year anniversary of the International Court of Justice decision declaring Israel's apartheid wall 鈥渃ontrary to international law鈥.
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