If the rhetoric of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission鈥檚 report on Australia鈥檚 health system is taken at face value, health care in Australia will get an impressive overhaul courtesy of the federal government.
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The Tasmanian Labour Party held its state conference in Hobart on July 26. It adopted a new policy in support of same-sex marriage after a close vote.
鈥淭he system here in Victoria for delivering quality training to both domestic students and international students is working very, very well鈥, Jacinta Allan, Victorian skills and workplace participation minister told ABC Stateline on July 24 in response to criticisms of Australia鈥檚 international education market.
To win the battle to stop climate change, climate activists in Queensland have an important part to play. The Queensland ALP government is a strong backer of Australia鈥檚 biggest polluters.
Australian Coal Association (ACA) executive director Ralph Hillman believes the industry doesn鈥檛 want special treatment from the Rudd Labor government. It just wants the same 鈥渇air treatment鈥 given to other big polluters under the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS).
Five Filipino workers holding 457 visas, who were employed at a Fletcher International abattoir near Albany, were made redundant and given 10 weeks鈥 entitlement pay on June 2.
The article below is abridged from a July 27 statement by the National Black Fraternal Organisation of Honduras on the one month anniversary of the military coup that overthrew elected President Manuel Zelaya. It is reprinted from .
On August 1, thousands of supporters of same-sex marriage rights rallied around the country demanding equal rights for gay and lesbian relationships. On the same day, the ALP national conference passed a policy motion supporting the recognition of same-sex relationships but opposing gay marriage.
The national ALP Conference was held in Sydney from July 30 to August 1. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd鈥檚 speech on the opening day of the conference was full of congratulatory remarks about the greatness of his party and the way the ALP federal government had handled the economic crisis.
We鈥檝e heard it all before 鈥 especially those of us who can remember the rhetoric of the Hawke and Keating governments. A little pain now and everything will be much better for everyone in the long run.
The eyewitness account of events in Honduras on July 30 is by Al Giordano. It is abridged from Rightsaction.org. Hundreds of activists have been arrested by the illegal coup regime that overthrew Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on June 28 and an unknown number assassinated.
With the June 28 military coup in Honduras, the agreement for five United States military bases in Colombia and the intensification of a dirty propaganda campaign against Venezuela, 鈥渢he big question is whether the US will look at launching a war that will undoubtedly spread throughout the region, or whether it will decide to postpone such a scenario and attempt to continue dealing regular blows.
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