NSW Mining has sponsored a radio competition on one of Sydney鈥檚 top-rated breakfast shows, in which a listener has the chance to if they register to be a 鈥渕iner鈥.
The promotional poster for the competition, which features hosts Amanda Keller and Brendan Jones wearing miners鈥 hard hats, carries the slogan: 鈥淣SW Mining. Good for jobs. Good for Sydney鈥檚 economy.鈥
When registering, participants have the option to receive more information from NSW Mining.
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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.
East Timor has taken Australia to an international court in an effort to take control over large oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea.
But this isn't the only time the Timorese have come up against Australia 鈥 which has sought to impose its interests on the former Portuguese colony in recent decades.
The Portuguese had a presence in Timor from 1509, trading sandalwood, converting Timorese to Catholicism and fighting against the Dutch for control. In 1859, the Treaty of Lisbon finally stopped the colonial conflict, dividing the island into the Dutch western half and Portuguese east.
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.
Australian activists have written to Prime Minister Tony Abbott calling on him to recognise East Timor's rights under international law to oil and gas resources in the Timor Sea.
The Melbourne-based Timor Sea Justice Campaign is calling on Australia to 鈥渆nter discussions about the establishment of permanent maritime boundaries in accordance with current international law. In situations such as this, current international law overwhelmingly favors a 鈥榤edian line鈥 solution 鈥 a line halfway between the two coastlines.鈥
On January 28, the NSW government announced coal seam gas (CSG) reforms, including exclusion zones and a gateway process for some of the state's farmland. Under these 鈥渇inalised鈥 reforms, 96.6% of NSW can still be developed for CSG mining, including drinking water catchments.
Stop CSG Illawarra spokesperson Jess Moore stated: "These exclusion zones are a win for the campaign and for the people of NSW, but they are not enough to protect land and water.
"The gateway process cannot block CSG proposals. Under these reforms 96.6% of the state can still be developed for CSG mining.
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