Three hundred climate activists participated in Australia鈥檚 second national Climate Action Summit in Canberra on March 13-15, marking an important step forward for the grassroots climate movement in this country.
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Victorian police have been rocked by allegations of racism, physical abuse and harassment of young Africans in inner-urban Melbourne.
Aboriginal services workers and community members from across the Illawarra and Shoalhaven regions held a 鈥渃ommunity issues workshop鈥 on March 17.
For the 2009 climate summit, I wrote a short article titled 鈥淟ooking back 鈥 moving forward: ten lessons for the climate movement鈥. It attempted to articulate some of the challenges and opportunities for the community climate movement after two years of rapid growth in scope and capacity.
鈥淭he feminist movement was one of the strongest parts of the radicalisation of the 1960s and 1970s鈥, said Carla Gorton, a pro-choice activist and Socialist Alliance member from Cairns. She addressed a March 16 forum called 鈥淔eminism: Theory and Action鈥, presented by Resistance and the Socialist Alliance.
Journalists at the ABC have come under strong pressure from the organisation鈥檚 chairperson to give more weight to the views of climate change deniers.
In the Christmas Island detention centre's Alpha Compound 鈥 a maximum security-style section holding refugees from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka 鈥 Tamil refugees are desperately appealing to the Australian government not to send them back to Sri Lanka.
The inquest into the fatal boat explosion involving Afghan asylum seekers and the Australian navy in April 2009 has ended with appalling conclusions. Despite evidence suggesting the five deaths and extensive injuries could have been avoided if defence personnel had operated differently, the refugees received sole blame and may face criminal charges.
On March 15, opposition leader Tony Abbott said the shadow cabinet would support the federal ALP government鈥檚 extension of 鈥渋ncome management鈥 to more welfare recipients in the Northern Territory 鈥 not just those living in targeted Aboriginal communities.
On March 15, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, spruiking his plans to revamp Australia鈥檚 ailing health care system, was told by Queanbeyan Doctor Jeannie Ellis, who has spent some time in Cuba, that he should look to the Caribbean island for ideas on how to develop a decent public health system.
鈥淭he Aboriginal community is moving to call for a national day of action against Black deaths in custody on Saturday April 10鈥, Queensland Aboriginal leader and Socialist Alliance member Sam Watson told 麻豆传媒 Weekly on March 19. 鈥淲e are calling on all state and federal governments across Australia to conduct a national audit of the implementation of the recommendations of the 1991 Royal Commission into Black Deaths in Custody.
An arepa is a Venezuelan food staple. It is a round type of bread made from corn flour and water and slapped into shape with both hands. Venezuelans say they cannot live without eating an arepa each day.
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