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  1. Government 'censoring the truth' about the war

    BY MARCEL CAMERON BRISBANE 鈥 "Our bombs and missiles will be as effective [in fighting ... terrorism] as fighting fire with kerosene", retired brigadier Adrian D'Hage told a packed Brisbane ...

  2. Politicians seek to tarnish campaigners

    BY EWAN SAUNDERS BRISBANE 鈥 Scenes of clashes between protesters and heavily-armed Italian riot ... anti-capitalist groups planning actions during the October Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Brisbane ...

  3. Unionists to rally for maritime workers

    By Nick Everett BRISBANE 鈥 Several thousand trade unionists are expected to rally in ... Brisbane's King George Square on March 4 in support of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA). The rally, to ...

  4. Action updates

    Freeway protest BRISBANE 鈥 About 50 people attended a rally on June 17 to protest against the city ... freeways". Students protest GST BRISBANE 鈥 Thirty students picketed the Democrats' offices here on June ...

  5. MUA activists foresee bigger fights

    By Bill Mason BRISBANE 鈥 Two men who took part in the Patrick lockout dispute as Maritime Union of ... Resistance Centre. The film, which features interviews with MUA members and supporters on the Brisbane picket ...

  6. Mercury danger in new hospital buildings

    By Paul Jones BRISBANE 鈥 Queensland health minister Peter Beattie plans to continue uncontrolled ... planned for Royal Brisbane Hospital (RBH). In response to complaints from registered nurses, Beattie has ...

  7. Manning Clark smear exposed

    By Bill Mason BRISBANE 鈥 The vicious smear campaign mounted by the Brisbane Courier-Mail newspaper ...

  8. Aboriginal unionist: Gov鈥檛 failing to create jobs

    work, want to have a go鈥, Aboriginal activist Mark Fordham told 60 people at Brisbane鈥檚 Kurilpa Hall on ... Union of Australia and a visiting Colombian Unionist. In Brisbane, 20 people held a protest outside ...

  9. 'Not another Tampa election'- thousands to rally for refugees

    William and Hay Streets, Perth. In Brisbane the rally will also be on Sunday June 20, 1pm at Brisbane ...

  10. Qld election: a complacent Labor win

    Dave Riley, Brisbane While many Queenslanders will probably recall September 2006 as the occasion ... the alternative vote went to them. In two Brisbane seats, the Greens received first-preference support ...

  11. First Reclaim the Night march held in Maitland

    and belly dancers. In Brisbane, Stellar Riethmuller reports that more than 500 women converged on King ... Melbourne, Brisbane, Geelong and Hobart. From 麻豆传媒 Weekly, November 2, 2005. Visit the 麻豆传媒 ...

  12. National tour against Gunns lawsuit launched

    Jim McIlroy, Brisbane "Can you imagine being sued for trying to protect something ... described as "Defendant number one", told the Brisbane meeting that "the effect of this ...

  13. Invasion Day protests

    attending protests and festivals. In Brisbane, 350 Murris and their supporters gathered at Parliament House ... ready to protest again then. He said that the Brisbane Murri community had a history of leading the ...

  14. Meetings protest attack on abortion access

    working groups were established to investigate possibilities for the campaign. In Brisbane, reports Lynda ... Brisbane Rape and Incest Survivors Support Centre. The picketers called on the state Labor government to ...

  15. Police attack Camp Platypus

    Jim McIlroy, Brisbane At dawn on July 12, 130 police officers invaded the site of Camp Platypus on ... between cement trucks and the development, according to the July 16 Brisbane Courier-Mail. "We want ...

  16. Indigenous groups wary on alcohol plan

    BY BILL MASON BRISBANE 鈥 Indigenous organisations and leaders in Queensland have cautiously ... Brisbane. Premier Peter Beattie has stopped short of this, instead placing the canteens into the hands of ...

  17. Why protest at CHOGM

    BY TIMOTHY KERSWELL BRISBANE 鈥 Premier Peter Beattie's February 12 media statement, entitled ... Coolum (outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel). To travel on a bus from Brisbane, phone (07) 3831 2644.] From ...

  18. Rape victim refused abortion

    BY ROBYN MARSHALL BRISBANE 鈥 After attending an evening lecture at one of this city's ... repealed." Repeal of abortion laws will be a demand of the International Women's Day rally in Brisbane ...

  19. Big turnout for refugee support meeting

    BY TIM E STEWART BRISBANE 鈥 A crowd of 1500 people packed City Hall on August 28 to commemorate ... government's treatment of asylum seekers. The meeting was opened by Brisbane Labor mayor Jim Soorley who said ...

  20. Nurses act to end crisis

    BY KERRY VERNON BRISBANE 鈥 Queensland's nurses have begun a state-wide industrial campaign ... situation is much worse. "In November, the official vacancy figure for Royal Brisbane Hospital was 15, ...

  21. QCU 'maintains peace'

    BY TIM STEWART BRISBANE 鈥 When the leaders of the trade union movement in Queensland proclaimed to ... the war" at 4pm on March 14 at King George Square, Brisbane. [Tim Stewart is an assistant ...

  22. Support the 4ZZZ Radiothon

    BY JASON CAHILL BRISBANE 鈥 4ZZZ FM is a community-based radio station that is famous for the ... in the Brisbane area by tuning to 102.1 FM. You can also subscribe at ...

  23. Bradken workers locked out

    BY MARCEL CAMERON BRISBANE 鈥 Workers employed at the Bradken company's Karrabin railway ... construction industry in Brisbane and the Gold Coast as part of Campaign 2003. To send a message of solidarity ...

  24. Flotillas of Hope sets sail for Nauru

    Jim McIlroy, Brisbane "We sailors who go to sea are all 'boat people'", the ... people on May 23. The send-off was held on the banks of the Brisbane River, as the eight crew members ...

  25. Activists debate blockading

    BY KAREN FREDERICKS BRISBANE 鈥 The decision to blockade the Australian Stock Exchange was the ... activists should be saying "yes" to alternatives, such as FoE Brisbane's Reverse Garbage ...

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