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Brisbane rally and march against racism
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — "We need united action against racism and the other attacks on the ... heard Lawrence Ma from the Brisbane Chinese community, Norman Johnson from the Australian Indigenous ...
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Brisbane garbos reject offer
Brisbane garbos reject offer By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Brisbane garbage collectors are continuing ... union members", Williams said. The Brisbane City Council are voting on a plan for ex-gratia ...
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Greens confident in Brisbane elections
By Michael Bell BRISBANE — Green Alliance lord mayoral candidate Drew Hutton believes Greens can ... expect to win one seat and as many as three in the March 23 Brisbane City Council elections. With the ... of some 50 groups in November 1990. Alliance candidates are contesting 12 of the 27 Brisbane wards ...
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Socialists run in Brisbane
Socialists run in Brisbane By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Democratic Socialist campaign confirmed on ... Brisbane Central in the July 15 Queensland elections. Begg, who has been a key organiser in Brisbane of the ... profits." In the 1992 state election, the previous Democratic Socialist candidate for Brisbane Central, ...
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Brisbane mall protests continue
Brisbane mall protests continue By Maurice Sibelle BRISBANE — Brisbane City Council and police ... adopted a low-key approach at a rally in Brisbane's Queen St Mall on February 19. The rally was the ... on the issue." Price, candidate for the seat of Brisbane, was a speaker on the platform of the ...
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Against VSU in Brisbane
By Ita Breduauer BRISBANE — The March 28 national day of action against voluntary student unionism ...
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Brisbane plans walkout for April 29
Resistance! By Ruth Ratcliffe BRISBANE — Resistance and Jabiluka Action Group (JAG) activists are ...
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Thousands march in Brisbane
BY MARCE CAMERON BRISBANE — Around 100,000 protesters turned up to oppose war on Iraq on February ... Gardens. Brisbane mayor Jim Soorley took over the chair and announced a surprise speaker: Labor leader ...
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Brisbane CPSU members debate response
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — A mass meeting of CPSU members here on April 30 discussed the Howard ... Brisbane City Hall heard union state secretary Claire Moore report on the severity of the government's ...
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White Ribbon Week in Brisbane
By Anthony Brown BRISBANE — One in 10 Australian families experiences chronic domestic violence. ... them. One in five women admitted to the Royal Brisbane Hospital's emergency department is a victim ... acceptable. Brisbane MASA formed in 1991 after the rape at gunpoint of a student at the University of ...
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Brisbane forum urges climate action
Jim McIlroy BRISBANE — The Climate Summit 2010, held in Canberra in March, "provided ... federal seat of Brisbane, told about 100 people at an April 14 CCNQ forum. Saunders summarised the themes ...
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Brisbane garbos vote to end strike
Brisbane garbos vote to end strike By Bill Mason BRISBANE — A dawn meeting of 300 garbage ...
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Filipina union leader tours Brisbane
Filipina union leader tours Brisbane By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Terasita Carpio, a leader of the ...
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Brisbane activists plan CHOGM actions
BY SIMON BUTLER BRISBANE — The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting here in October is set to ... globalisation. Groups and individuals involved in organising the Brisbane contingent to S11 in Melbourne and the ... neo-liberals and human rights abusers possible." At a May19 Brisbane M1 Alliance meeting, attended by more ...
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Brisbane protests on M1
BY TIM STEWART & JULIE GJENGEDAL BRISBANE — More than 400 people protested on May 1, as two ... entrances surrounded by police. The Brisbane M1 Alliance had called a blockade of the building to highlight ... Cardinal recalled how striking Caltex workers marched to corporate headquarters in Brisbane in late April, ...
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Victory for Brisbane women's services
By Lisa Young BRISBANE — "Today marks a historic victory for women and women's ... a Brisbane man, Keith Shew, under the Federal Sex Discrimination Act 1984, was not subject to Commonwealth ... for Brisbane Zanny Begg attended the picket to show her support for women's services. She ...
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Greens poll well in Brisbane
By Michael Bell BRISBANE — Green Alliance candidates polled up to 26% in local government ... Redcliffe, Dorothy Bowes has about 8%. In Brisbane, alliance candidates won between 8% and 15%. Scrutineers ... campaign under the slogan "Keep Brisbane shining". The ALP campaign focussed on the mayor's ...
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Brisbane Reclaim the Night says no to sexual violence
Feminism Feminism Reclaim the Night The Brisbane Reclaim the Night Collective released this ... globally on the last Friday of October. The Reclaim the Night Brisbane event will demand an end to sexual ... violence against women. The night will consist of a rally and march throughout the streets in Brisbane. The ...
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Free tickets for Brisbane readers
BRISBANE — Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly has three double passes to The Weather Underground, which is showing ...
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Cuba night in Brisbane
BRISBANE — The Committee in Solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean's annual fiesta ...
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Good votes for Brisbane Greens, socialists
Good votes for Brisbane Greens, socialists By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Labor Party under Lord ... candidate for Brisbane Central Susan Price said the 7.6% vote she received was "a conscious vote for ... in the Brisbane electorate. The challenge now before us is to mobilise this support and win them to ...
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'Environment before profit' in Brisbane
'Environment before profit' in Brisbane By Zanny Begg BRISBANE — The World Environment ... addressed by the CFMEU, the Wilderness Society, Resistance, HEMP, Brisbane Rainforest Action Group and Veto ... VETO has hit the news recently when activists with dead koalas chased Labor politicians around Brisbane ...
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Brisbane candidates in policy debate
Brisbane candidates in policy debate By Maurice Sibelle BRISBANE — Candidates for the seat of ... Brisbane from the Democratic Socialists, ALP, Liberals, Greens and Democrats debated policy in a meeting ... which contested the Brisbane City Council elections in 1991. "For the left, green and progressive ...
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Brisbane unionists discuss MUA solidarity
By Nick Everett BRISBANE — Three thousand unionists met in City Hall on the April 16 and resolved ... families", and to build the largest-ever May Day rally in Brisbane on May 4. Tracey Walker, whose partner ...
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Brisbane Cabaret to 'wallow in politics'
By Denis Olsen BRISBANE — For many years, the local branches of the Democratic Socialists and ... some of the best alternative performers in Brisbane. This year that tradition of cultural activism is ...