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    Canungra protesters on trial BRISBANE — Protesters arrested last year at the Canungra Land Warfare ... Centre went on trial at the Brisbane Magistrates Courts on May 12. Sixteen people were arrested for ... the Ampol oil refinery adjacent to Brisbane's river-mouth suburbs. Ampol's refinery manager ...

  2. Lou Gugenberger, 1930-1998

    Lou Gugenberger, one of the stalwarts of the left and green movements in Brisbane for many years, ... Queensland Greens, and convener of the North Brisbane branch. Greens spokesperson Drew Hutton told the ... movement in Brisbane. <>97> Jim McIlroy January 28, 1998 303 ...

  3. Behind the scenes on stage

    Brisbane City Nightly at 8pm until May 4 Reviewed by Lisa Young The Fall and Fall of Jeromy Hawthorn is an ... a Brisbane actor who studied at the best drama schools in England and is now trying to make a living in ... Brisbane, while striving for that big break to shoot him to stardom. But roles are few and far between, and ...

  4. NOWSA: 'Yes' to women's rights

    By Joy McEntee BRISBANE — More than 500 women from around the country met here July 13-15 for the ... campus coordination of Reclaim the Night. NOWSA also injected energy into Brisbane politics: 70 women ... another woman's hand in the waiting room. About 150 women protested against the Brisbane City ...

  5. Goss runs 'on his record' for July 15 election

    By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Queensland Labor Premier Wayne Goss is running scared in the state ... to be worried. As Democratic Socialist candidate for the seat of Brisbane Central Zanny Begg said on ... Brisbane. The Greens have endorsed 22 candidates around the state, with several more expected. Alternative ...

  6. Bans on One Nation meetings dangerous

    By Tony Lim BRISBANE — On July 29, the Ipswich City Council banned the use of council facilities ... by the racist Pauline Hanson's One Nation party. The next day Brisbane Lord Mayor Jim Soorley ... said he fully supported Ipswich council's decision and that the Brisbane council would also deny ...

  7. Narangba residents say no to food irradiation plant

    BY ADAM BAKER BRISBANE — "I've never been to a public meeting where so many politicians ... April 20 public meeting in Narangba, 30km north of Brisbane. Narangba is the proposed site for a food ... extensive. Among them were Brisbane mayor Jim Soorley and state environment minister Dean Wells. Food ...

  8. Adams welcomed in Australia

    By Dave Riley BRISBANE — According to Brisbane's Courier-Mail, when Gerry Adams entered the ... Brisbane City Hall on February 23. Two hours later another 500 listened attentively as he spoke to the ... Queensland Irish Association. Brisbane was the second city on Adams' four-city tour of Australia. On ...

  9. Building strength and solidarity

    Review by Nick Everett Intuition is the debut CD of Brisbane-based singer-songwriter Ant McKenna. Since ... 1993, McKenna has been playing gigs in and around Brisbane, including several fundraising dinners for ... McCaw and James Harper, and well-known Brisbane vocalist Siobhan Lawless (from the Lawless Murphies), ...

  10. 'Time to get serious about Pauline Hanson'

    By Edward Johnstone BRISBANE — The Democratic Socialists have issued a challenge to the Labor ... challenge in the coming poll", Graham Mathews, Democratic Socialist candidate for the seat of Brisbane ... Brisbane. "The Coalition's decision to preference Hanson's One Nation party is an outrageous ...

  11. Canungra protesters go to court

    By Mark Cronin BRISBANE — A trial date of May 12 has been set by the Brisbane Magistrates Court ... East Timorese and West Papuan peoples. The action attracted around 150 protesters, most from Brisbane ... difficulties they faced travelling to Brisbane for a trial date. Both nevertheless voiced their opposition to ...

  12. Â鶹´«Ã½ battles cash registers

    BRISBANE — "The City Heart Business Association only believes in the music of cash registers. ... in Brisbane", said city centre hairdresser Willy Bach last week after threats to have police ... remove sellers of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly and the Socialist from the Brisbane Mall. The association is ...

  13. Labor’s reproductive health pledge a win for activism

    Brisbane International Women's Day march 2019 Analysis ...

  14. Palm Sunday marches: End the war on refugees

    ARMIDALE: Sun 13 April 11am, Central Park BRISBANE: Sat 12 April 1pm, King George Square CANBERRA: Sun 13 ...

  15. Join the May 18 marches against the Abbott government

    marches on Sunday May 18: Brisbane: 1pm, Queens Park, City Sydney: 1pm, Belmore Park, City (next to ...

  16. Stop racist police violence! Invasion Day — January 26

    Brisbane: Justice for Mulrunji — stop black deaths in custody! March, 10am outside State ...

  17. Hiroshima — Never Again!

    Brisbane 2pm rally at Queens Park. Melbourne 1pm rally at the State Library, cnr Swanston & Latrobe ...

  18. Housing in the market?

    Brisbane. This collection of shanties on private land near the Parmalat milk factory contrasts with the ... redevelopment on the fringes of Brisbane's central business district. Years ago, Freeman's boarding ... for road connections, the shelters may be temporarily exempt from the Brisbane City Council's ...

  19. S11 street theatre workshop

    BRISBANE — In the wake of the S11 protests in Melbourne there will be a street theatre workshop in ...

  20. Treatment of refugees 'heartless'

    BY BILL MASON BRISBANE — Leading indigenous rights activist and Queensland Senate candidate for ... Alliance's Queensland Senate team at a special membership conference in Brisbane on August 28. Outspoken ... candidate for the seat of Brisbane. All three candidates are helping organise the protests against the ...

  21. CHOGM people's march forges ahead

    BY EWAN SAUNDERS BRISBANE — Plans are well underway for a mass people's march and convergence ... their protest to CHOGM as the premier would prefer — silently. Brisbane will also be covered in large ... Brisbane CHOGM will likely be a platform for pressuring Third World delegates into supporting a new round ...

  22. Truck drivers support wharfies

    By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Support for the sacked maritime workers and the MUA has grown stronger ... around 2000 MUA members and supporters marched on the Fisherman Island terminal of the Port of Brisbane ... Brisbane on May 4, commencing at 10am at Grey Street, South Brisbane (alongside Trades Hall Council) and ...

  23. The struggle for the Musgrave Park Aboriginal Cultural Centre

    The struggle for the Musgrave Park Aboriginal Cultural Centre By Anthony Brown BRISBANE — Just ... 1993, both Brisbane Lord Mayor Jim Soorley and local Councillor and Brisbane City Council (BCC) planning ... Brisbane's Aborigines have had enough. In October they gathered to discuss what to do next. This time, ...

  24. Qld meatworkers retain award

    By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Australian Meat Holdings and the meatworkers' union have agreed to ...

  25. News briefs

    Move to ban marijuana cards BRISBANE — Queensland Attorney-General Denver Beanland has launched an ...

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