About 7000 people rallied at Cottesloe Beach in Perth on February 1 to protest against the shark cull being carried out under the orders of the Western Australian Liberal government. This follows large protests in January when the plan was first proposed.
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鈥淪teve's case is really a case about all of us,鈥 renowned Indian environmentalist in support of organic farmer Steve Marsh.
It is about the right to 鈥渉ave the freedom to eat healthy, safe organic food鈥.
Marsh lives in Kojanup in Western Australia, and is embroiled in a landmark 鈥淒avid v Goliath鈥 legal case about the effects of genetically modified (GM) crops on his farm.
The Socialist Alliance released this statement on January 31.
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The Socialist Alliance condemns the federal government's attempts to use allegations of criminality in the building and construction industry to launch a full-scale attack on the union movement.
Fairfax media and the ABC鈥檚 7.30 raised the serious allegations of corruption, which relied on statements from a few individuals in the building industry, including a builder and a former employee of the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU).
Gunns Limited, the Launceston-based company that made a fortune turning Tasmanian forests into woodchips for Japanese papermakers, has had a long relationship with Tasmanian premiers and government ministers.
In 1989, the chairman of Gunns, Edmund Ruse, was convicted by a Royal Commission of trying to bribe Labor MP Jim Cox into crossing the floor to allow the pro-logging Liberal Party headed by Robin Gray to assume power.
A 40-year-old library assistant, Sally Kuether, was arrested and charged on January 24 under Queensland鈥檚 controversial anti-bikie laws.
She has been charged under new laws that prohibit more than two alleged bikies from meeting in public.
The mother-of-three met her partner Phillip Palmer and friend Ronald Germain at the Dayboro Hotel, north-west of Brisbane, on December 19. The ABC said they were supposedly 鈥渨earing club colours鈥 and were 鈥渁lleged associates of the Life And Death motorcycle club鈥.
The Abbott government has sunk to a new diplomatic low, with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop suggesting Israeli settlements should not be considered illegal.
Bishop made the comments during a visit to Israel. In a January 15 interview with the Times of Israel, she argued 鈥渢he issue of settlements is absolutely and utterly fundamental to the negotiations that are under way and I think it鈥檚 appropriate that we give those negotiations every chance of succeeding鈥.
Unions and community groups have strongly criticised a bill that aims to give Victorian police unprecedented power to disband protests and ban individuals from taking part in protest activity.
The will increase powers available to police under 鈥渕ove on鈥 laws.
As 麻豆传媒 Weekly approaches its 1000th issue, more than 20 years after it first hit the streets, we will be looking back at some of the campaigns it has covered and its role as an alternative source of news.
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The first editorial of 麻豆传媒 Weekly, urging the Bob Hawke government to not lift sanctions against South Africa until apartheid was completely dismantled, set the anti-racist tone of the paper.
Hundreds of residents rallied on January 26 in response to a proposal to build a large residential island between 200 metres and one kilometre off Nightcliff Beach.
The proposal, dubbed 鈥淣ightcliff Island鈥, was revealed in Northern Territory parliament in June last year. Approval has only been given for exploration at this point but environmentalists are concerned about the impact on fauna-rich mangroves in the area.
Friends of the Earth released this statement on January 30.
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A research report by environment group Friends of the Earth shows the financial cost to governments and the community in Victoria from natural disasters was $19.9 billion over a 10-year period, from 2003 to 2013.
The Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network released this statement on January 30.
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Mothers in Darwin detention centres are growing increasingly despondent as immigration minister Scott Morrison鈥檚 cruel suite of policies takes effect.
Darwin detention centres are increasingly being used as holding centres for pregnant women who, six weeks after they give birth in Royal Darwin Hospital, are removed back to Christmas Island and the threat of deportation.
Unions NSW has endorsed a 鈥淪top Abbott: Save Medicare鈥 rally planned for February 15, 1pm, at Town Hall Square.
Mark Lennon, secretary of Unions NSW, will speak at the action with representatives of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association, and the Health Services Union.
Other speakers will include members of the Doctors Reform Society, Aboriginal and pensioner organisations, and political parties. The main rally demands are: no fees for GPs, free and fully funded health care, and no privatisation or cuts.
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