Protests will take place across the country on July 17 to demand the federal and Victorian state governments close down Australia鈥檚 dirtiest power station and replace it with clean energy by 2012.
The call for a national day of action was issued by groups active in the 鈥淩eplace Hazelwood鈥 campaign, including Melbourne鈥檚 Climate Action Centre and Environment Victoria.
The call has been endorsed by the Community Climate Network, which brings together more than 100 climate action groups nationwide.
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On June 15, climate sceptics held a forum at the Brisbane Irish Club. This forum was the subject of a protest by climate change activists. Ewan Saunders is the Socialist Alliance candidate for Brisbane who helped organise the protest. His speech is reprinted below.
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Ian Plimer, Bob Carter, Peter Ridd: these are the real climate fraudsters, never mind the so-called scandals around a few emails last year.
Thousands rallied around Australia in support of Ark Tribe, a construction worker facing jail for simply failing to attend an interrogation by the construction industry police 鈥 the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC).
Workers held an overnight vigil outside the ABCC offices in Melbourne, 500 rallied and marched in Sydney and up to 1500 rallied outside the Adelaide Magistrate's court where Tribe is on trial. Trade unionists from around the country travelled to Adelaide to show their solidarity.
After seven years, the police officers responsible for the killing of Palm Island Aboriginal man Mulrunji Domadgee 鈥 and the cover-up that followed 鈥 may face new charges as a result of a Crimes and Misconduct Commission (CMC) report.
In November 2004, Mulrunji was found dead in a Palm Island police cell within an hour of his arrest by senior sergeant Chris Hurley. Mulrunji鈥檚 liver had been nearly cleaved in two by an extreme force and there were signs of bruising to his face.
Many Australian football fans left Durban鈥檚 Moses Mabhida Stadium early on June 13 following Australia鈥檚 particularly dismal four-nil loss against Germany. Had they remained they would have witnessed scenes more dramatic than any that had unfolded on the field, when police violently attacked 500 stewards striking over a pay dispute.
According to a recent study by the United States Geological Survey, Afghanistan has nearly one trillion dollars in mineral deposits. The study claimed to have found previously unknown reserves of lithium, gold, cobalt and other minerals.
According to the New York Times: 鈥淎n internal Pentagon memo 鈥 states that Afghanistan could become the 鈥楽audi Arabia of lithium鈥, a key raw material in the manufacture of batteries for laptops and BlackBerrys.鈥
The Socialist Ideas Conference, organised by the Socialist Alliance in Perth, is shaping up to be the biggest and most interesting socialist event in Perth for some time.
Alongside international guests such as Malaysian socialist parliamentarian Jeyakumar Devaraj and 麻豆传媒 Weekly Caracas bureau journalist Kiraz Janicke, a number of respected speakers have confirmed their attendance in recent weeks.
麻豆传媒 Weekly鈥檚 Niko Leka spoke to refugee advocate Saradha Nathan. Last year, Nathan travelled to Indonesia with other refugee advocates, to inspect conditions in Australian-funded detention centres there and take aid and visa application forms to the Tamils stranded on the boat at Merak.
She spoke about the fate of those refugees, some of who are now in detention, and some who recently tried again to come to Australia 鈥 with fatal consequences.
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May Day in Caracas, Venezuela, was 鈥渄eeply inspiring鈥, Adrian Evans, deputy state secretary of the WA Maritime Union of Australia, told a meeting of 40 people in Fremantle on June 16. Evans travelled to Venezuela as part of the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network鈥檚 2010 May Day brigade.
鈥淚 love May Day in Fremantle鈥, he said. 鈥淏ut, I can tell you, being with one-and-a-half million workers was incredible.鈥
June 5, 2010, Sydney, Australia: Thousands took to the streets for the second time in less than a week to demand the end of Israel's illegal blockade of Gaza following the murderous Israeli commando assault on and unarmed aid convoy to Gaza on May 31.
Melbourne rallies against Israeli attack on Gaza aid flotilla
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