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Israel's commits new Gaza massacre, so will it be made to pay a price?
investigation. Palestinians are calling for global protests. In Australia, protests have been planned in Brisbane ...
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Protest and you'll cop it
thousands, perhaps even tens of thousands, of people are expected to take to Brisbane's streets on the ... strategy in Brisbane is very clearly to make it seem like it will be too dangerous to join the ... that they've long wanted". Intimidation Merran Lawlor is the director of Brisbane ...
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North Queensland's hidden history
Responding to the Brisbane-based Australian Labour Federation's call for a general strike in September ... 1890, the Brisbane Courier ranted: "The ALF has thrown off the mask and boldly raised the flag of ... inception. A nother radical flare-up occurred in Brisbane in 1919. A number of different factors contributed ...
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Write on
Brisbane police I'm not surprised by the events of November 8 in Brisbane. There has since ... been living in Brisbane for a year now. In fact, living in the heart of a great deal of tension, ... a pedestrian crossing into the mall. Indeed Brisbane displays a rawness on the streets I've not witnessed ...
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Black deaths in custody must stop!
By John Nebauer BRISBANE — The death in custody of an 18-year-old youth has sent waves of anger ... in Bereton Street near Musgrave Park in South Brisbane along with another 17-year-old Aborigine. The ... vehicle arrived at the car park of the Brisbane city watch-house. The youth also said that it was more ...
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Vigils light the dark against cruelty
1146 The Brisbane vigil. Photo: Alex Bainbridge News ...
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African community hits back at Dutton’s racist hysteria
racism towards African Australians, and a Brisbane family has been followed home and attacked by a far ...
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Sam Watson: ‘We need treaty and sovereignty’
Detention of Children in the Northern Territory Sam Watson, a leading Murri activist from Brisbane, has been ...
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Four union victories this month
vote Brisbane night-fill worker Penny Vickers waged an 18-month legal battle to terminate an agreement ...
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Transburban and its toll road empire
overcooked. The same thing happened in Brisbane in the famous airport link, where there was a fraudulent ...
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Fate of Adani’s mine in the balance
her party at risk of losing two inner Brisbane seats to the Greens. For any veto to be effective ...
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Thousands of unionists rally against government
back any worker targeted by their boss for going on strike today." Melbourne march In Brisbane ... as Queensland Council of Unions, with most speakers opposing the attack on penalty rates. BRisbane ...
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May Day marches around Australia
Sunday, May 5 marches will be held in the following cities. Brisbane 9.30am assemble cnr Wharf and Turbot ... Streets, Brisbane, for 10am march start. 10.30am Family Fun Day at RNA showgrounds. Cairns 9.45am march ...
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Workers affected by floods, cyclone left unprotected
that they assist with clean-ups without pay. Brown told the Brisbane Times on January 25 that employees ... at a Brisbane childcare centre were stood down without pay as the floodwaters approached. The ...
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‘Equal marriage rights now!’
rallied in Brisbane’s Queens Park. Andrew Bartlett, a former Australian Democrats senator and now Greens ... candidate for the federal seat of Brisbane, told the rally: “We all need to stand up for our principles. If ...
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Health workers fight for new agreement
Bill Mason, Brisbane Staff in the Queensland public health system have launched a campaign for ... conditions. According to the September 9 Brisbane Courier Mail, Scott warned that unless the state Labor ...
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Postal workers strike for 24 hours
and services branch secretary Len Cooper. Bill Mason reports from Brisbane that postal workers ... a mass meeting at the CEPU offices in south Brisbane. Australia Post angered unionists by bringing in ...
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'Lying rodents' to target Howard's election launch
Marce Cameron, Brisbane An alliance of progressive organisations is planning a peaceful rally and ... the Earth, the Wilderness Society, the Brisbane Anti-Bases Group, Rally for Peace, the Indigenous ...
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SIEV X trial commences
Sarah Stephen The trial of accused people-smuggler Khaleed Daoed began in the Brisbane Supreme ... Brisbane to give evidence. Commonwealth crown prosecutor Glen Rice told the court that 14 of the 45 ...
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'Leave the Iraqis alone!'
Dave Riley, Brisbane Four-hundred anti-war activists — mostly young people — gathered on March 18 ... march through Brisbane streets. From Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, March 22, 2006. Visit the Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly home ...
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Qantas sacks 480 maintenance workers
workers, and transfer 140 of the positions to Brisbane and to Melbourne's Avalon airport. The ... Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly that he doesn't see how an extra 70 jobs at Avalon and Brisbane can take on all ...
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Another peace activist detained by ASIO
Brisbane Airport on February 3. O'Reilly, an Australian citizen, was detained for 30 minutes in ... and arms of the USS Ronald Reagan in Brisbane last week and the ongoing targeting carried out by Pine ...
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and ain't I a woman: Abortion access for all women
extremely expensive and disruptive. In Queensland, just three clinics outside Brisbane offer abortion ... charges a staggering $625 more than the rebate for the 15-minute operation. The clinics in Brisbane charge ...
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Defiant nurses stand ground
BY REBECCA MECKELBURG & MARCEL CAMERON BRISBANE — Despite the state ALP government's ... health workers from Brisbane will converge in a mass march on parliament house. Queensland Health has ...
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Qld government faces mounting industrial pressure
BY REBECCA MECKELBURG BRISBANE — The current dispute between the Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) and ... by Brisbane's Courier Mail like, "they definitely deserve better pay and conditions", ...