A motion calling for a halt to the Queensland ALP government鈥檚 plans to privatise public rail, port, road and forestry assets was passed with support of 70% of delegates at the ALP鈥檚 Far Northern regional conference on October 18.
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On October 10, a hole was burnt in the doormat of Gunns Limited chairperson, John Gay. Some crude graffiti was also drawn on his fence.
鈥淎 revolution is sweeping Latin America, and Venezuela is at the centre of the process that is radically changing the social order there鈥, Jim McIlroy told a forum on October 22.
The Australian government is getting desperate and showing its true colours. Not long after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd personally intervened to turn away a boat of 260 Tamil refugees in international waters, a second boat 鈥 also carrying refugees from Sri Lanka 鈥 sent out a distress signal off the coast of Sumatra.
Community and conservation groups fighting the controversial Mary River Traveston Crossing Dam proposal, near Gympie, have recently held a series of campaign strategy meetings. This followed the Queensland coordinator general鈥檚 October 6 approval of the proposal, which attached 1200 conditions to the dam project.
Let鈥檚 start by establishing some common ground between myself and anti-nuclear campaigners like Jim Green. Green and I both understand the seriousness of the climate crisis and the imperative for a rapid transformation of our energy system to technologies that emit no carbon when generating power.
The following statement is by Geelong Trades Hall Council secretary Tim Gooden.
A domestic violence shelter in Alice Springs told ABC radio鈥檚 AM on May 1 that between January 1 and mid-April this year, it provided accommodation for 157 children and 149 women. However, due to lack of funding, it turned away a further 158 women and 100 children seeking support.
A wave of deep moral revulsion swept through everyone in this country with a social conscience after Labor PM Kevin Rudd uttered that ugly sentence: 鈥淭his government makes no apology for a hard-line approach to people smuggling and border security.鈥
Five hundred people gathered in West End's iconic Boundary Street on October 17 to protest against a Brisbane City Council development plan.
With the help of Socialist Alliance members in the growing Sudanese community in Australia, 麻豆传媒 Weekly is proud to publish a regular Arabic language supplement. The Flame covers news from the Arabic-speaking world as well as news and issues from within Australia. The October edition can be read at .
Hot on the heels of its hugely unpopular privatisation plans, the Queensland government has waded into more trouble. It announced plans to ramp up the cost of public transport in a five-year plan starting January 2010.
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