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Unions rally to stop Qld gov't sell-off
Dave Riley Magan-djin/Brisbane Fifteen hundred trade unionists and supporters marched through the ... streets of Brisbane to state parliament on July 3 to oppose the ALP state government's planned ... fight against the privatisation of the Brisbane City Council bus service in the 1990s with community ...
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Cops will be watched
Mike Crook Magan-djin/Brisbane On August 21, a new group, "Forcewatch", was launched to ... meeting took place in Brisbane's West End, a gathering area for homeless and Indigenous people. It is ... Brisbane news footage showing excessive police force, including the use of a Taser gun on a 16-year-old and ...
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Activists confront Pearson on support for NT intervention
Paul Benedek Magan-djin/Brisbane Aboriginal rights supporters and environmental activists ... protested at the opening of the Brisbane Writers' Festival on September 9, where the keynote speaker ... blame the victims of racism, rather than the perpetrators. Watson was angry that the Brisbane ...
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Sand mining to be phased out on Stradbroke Island
Environment Mining Jim McIlroy stradbroke island Magan-djin/Brisbane Sand mining on Stradbroke ... Island, offshore from Brisbane, will be phased out by 2027, under a new plan announced by the Queensland ... on the doorstep of Brisbane we will have a large national park, jointly managed by the indigenous ...
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Indigenous activist launches campaign
Aboriginal deaths in custody Magan-djin/Brisbane “The major parties, Labor and Liberal, have failed to ... were Ewan Saunders, SA candidate for the seat of Brisbane, and Hamish Chitts, Revolutionary Socialist ... Party candidate for the seat of Griffith. Watson’s campaign has been endorsed by the Brisbane Aboriginal ...
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Protest denounces forced deportations
Refugees & migrants Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane The question of refugees "is as ... a rally of around 100 in Brisbane on April 9. The rally was organised by the Refugee Action Collective ... Brisbane on April 9. Photo: Freddie Steen News ...
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Partial native title win on Nth Stradbroke Is.
Indigenous Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Under an agreement endorsed by the federal court, the ... Quandamooka Aboriginal people of North Stradbroke Island, 22 kilometres off the Brisbane coast, have gained ... Bligh said the agreement opens the way for settlements of other native title claims in the Brisbane ...
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Rally says Serco unfit to run detention centres
Refugees & migrants Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane A protest for refugee rights outside the ... people attended the protest, which was organised by the Brisbane Refugee Action Collective (RAC). A RAC ... Australia July 29, 2011 889 Refugee rights protest, Brisbane, July 29. Photo: Jim McIlroy. News ...
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Cleaners rally against Caruso
Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Chants of, "Hey Brisbane, listen up; the cleaners are ... standing up!" and "Caruso workers´ rights, worth fighting for!" rang through the Brisbane ...
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Don't dam the Mary River!
Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Opponents of the proposed Traveston Crossing Dam on the Mary ... with the controversial plan, which it claims is necessary to provide water to the city of Brisbane ... meet the needs of the projected population of Brisbane", she writes. The protest against the dam ...
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Union council to hold affiliates' meeting on M1
Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane The Queensland Council of Unions has authorised a special ... streets, in central Brisbane. Starbucks is notorious for its anti-worker and anti-environmental practices. ... which makes a fortune by selling the coffee at inflated prices in the First World. The Brisbane M1 ...
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LNP government goes after unions
Workers & unions Magan-djin/Brisbane Members of a number of unions rallied outside Brisbane ... health minister weeks beforehand. A byelection will be held in his North Brisbane seat. The magistrate ... the court in Brisbane. Photo: ETU Queensland & NT/Facebook. News ...
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Women rally for full equality, abortion rights
Feminism Rosa Louverture Magan-djin/Brisbane Hundreds of people donned as much green as they could ... find on March 10 and crammed into the Irish Murphy’s pub in Brisbane to start their celebrations for ... where performances of pro-woman poetry and music took place. Australia March 12, 2012 915 Brisbane ...
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After elections, prepare to fight Newman
Elections Liam Flenady Magan-djin/Brisbane The day after the Queensland election was a very dark ... these parties. It stood in three electorates, South Brisbane, Sandgate and Dalrymple. It made some good ... the next occupy. [Liam Flenady was the Socialist Alliance candidate for South Brisbane in the March 24 ...
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Socialist candidate wants to fight Qld’s return to Bjelke-Petersen days
Elections Magan-djin/Brisbane Liam Flenady has been endorsed as the Socialist Alliance’s candidate ... in the April by-election for the South Brisbane seat of former ALP Queensland premier Anna Bligh. ... state election, I am running for Socialist Alliance in the South Brisbane by-election on a platform of ...
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Red and Green candidates discuss way forward
Elections Democracy Jim McIlroy Australian Greens Magan-djin/Brisbane At a September 7 Â鶹´«Ã½ ... progressive movements since the election. Bartlett was Greens candidate for the seat of Brisbane in the recent ... Labor in the central Brisbane region. Two-thirds of this loss went to the Greens, with around 85% going ...
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Deadly Dance draws a crowd
Indigenous Ewan Amyntikos Magan-djin/Brisbane The Aboriginal Rights Coalition (ARC) held the ...
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Queensland climate summit organises for action
Karl Miller Magan-djin/Brisbane To win the battle to stop climate change, climate activists in ... Brisbane in October. Activists will also take part in a national climate convergence on Canberra in ... public event in Brisbane during the Copenhagen talks on December 12. A major network campaign to prevent ...
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QUT day of shame
Menessia Nagie Magan-djin/Brisbane On July 29, Queensland University of Technology staged ...
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Wicked Campers vans could be deregistered
Magan-djin/Brisbane Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath has announced plans to introduce legislation holding ... A Wicked Campers protest in Brisbane. News ...
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West End rally for community control over development
Absoe Magan-djin/Brisbane "We can't afford your units and we can't afford the bus; if you ... the Brisbane City Council and one of the organisers of the rally, Jonathan Sri, told the crowd that ...
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Traditional owners take on Adani coal giant
Indigenous Environment Mining Coal Climate crisis Margaret Gleeson Magan-djin/Brisbane More than ... 150 people, including Reef town locals and traditional owners, gathered outside the Brisbane ...
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Qld Aboriginal rally tells police: ‘Racism has got to go’
Anti-racism Indigenous Robert Leech Magan-djin/Brisbane Under the theme "Racism has got to ... police assaults on Black youth in that city. Speakers at the Brisbane rally expressed solidarity with the ...
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Picket targets BHP-Billiton to support coalminer safety campaign
Workers & unions Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Passersby were handed leaflets supporting ... striking Central Queensland coal mineworkers at a picket of the BHP-Billiton Brisbane office on June 1. The ...
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Stop CSG campaigners hold ‘people’s conference’ outside industry event
Gas Environment Ewan Amyntikos Magan-djin/Brisbane Under the banner of the Lock the Gate Alliance, ... about 100 demonstrators assembled outside Brisbane’s Convention Centre for the Queensland Gas Conference ...