On March 15, I was banned for a period of 12 months from entering any premises or lands belonging to the University of Sydney. Another Socialist Alliance activist, Paul Benedek, was issued with an 鈥渋ndefinite鈥 ban.On March 15, I was banned for a period of 12 months from entering any premises or lands belonging to the University of Sydney. Another Socialist Alliance activist, Paul Benedek, was issued with an "indefinite" ban.
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US maternity death rate doubles in 20 years
"Deaths from pregnancy and childbirth in the United States have doubled in the past 20 years, a development that a human rights group called 'scandalous and disgraceful' Friday ...
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Western Australian attorney-general Christian Porter said on March 17 an interim payment of $200,000 to the family of Aboriginal elder Mr Ward should be 鈥渇inalised鈥欌 by the end of the month (leaving unclear whether this meant 鈥減aid鈥 or 鈥渁pproved鈥).
Two weeks ago, Norrie won the right to have 鈥渘on gender specific鈥 written on zie's (non-gendered pronoun) birth certificate.
A 鈥渕ock wedding鈥 of queer couples was held in Wollongong on March 18, protesting against Australia's legislation banning lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people from getting married.
The following statement was released by the Socialist Alliance national executive.
La鈥檕 Hamutuk, the Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis, calls on the military and civilian commanders of Australian and other foreign soldiers in Timor-Leste to direct their soldiers to avoid involvement in local politics, including asking Timorese citizens their political views or encouraging them to identify with one political grouping or another.
Australian Services Union organiser Julie Kun outlined the ASU鈥檚 campaign for pay equity at an International Women鈥檚 Day meeting organised by the Anatolian Cultural Centre and the Socialist Alliance on March 14.
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.
Hearings in the ongoing coronial inquest into the November 2004 death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee, a member of the Indigenous community on Palm Island, were held on the island and in Townsville from March 8-12.
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