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Queensland rail workers stop work BRISBANE — Rail workers around Queensland stopped work on ... Brisbane, Rockhampton, Townsville and Gladstone. "Given that senior executives of the corporation have ... — but it hasn't happened so far." Protest against irradiation plant BRISBANE — Three hundred ...
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M1: carnival of the oppressed
demands of the M1 protests. The Brisbane-based street theatre group, Carnival of the Oppressed, has ... percussion workshops will be held in Brisbane before Christmas. A high school-based street theatre group is ... a Brisbane-based mask maker, puppeteer, animator and an activist in the Democratic Socialist Party.] December 6, ...
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News briefs
the Howard government's "reforms" to the public sector. Defeat for bus drivers BRISBANE ... secretary David Matters said the drivers were unhappy with the deal but had accepted it because the Brisbane ... mainland states met in Brisbane on May 7 to call on the Queensland government to reject Mount Isa Mines ...
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CPSU members reject performance-based pay
a CPSU members' meeting in Brisbane on April 15, the proposal was soundly rejected by members, 71 ... Centrelink's network of 20 call centres. Jim McIlroy, a CPSU delegate at the Brisbane Call Centre said, ... deal." [Nick Everett is a CPSU delegate at the Brisbane Centrelink Call Centre] April 21, 1999 357 News ...
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Three minutes of fame
more interstate entries. Last year we decided to have a Brisbane festival which was a great ... Gloves Film Festival will take place in Brisbane on October 1 at the Hoyts Regent at 7.30pm; in Sydney on ... more information phone Brisbane 3368 1820, Sydney 212 6419, or Melbourne 9534 9953. October 3, 1995 205 ...
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By Philippa Stanford
By Philippa Stanford BRISBANE — Representatives of the Irish, Palestinian and Australian ... Aboriginal movements spoke on October 31 at Brisbane's political infotainment night "Green It ... city council, it culminated the Brisbane leg of his successful tour. His message calling for talks to ...
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Cuban women: 'morale is high'
By Jim McIlroy BRISBANE — "The Cuban people have full confidence in Fidel Castro and the ... international position. Chairperson Gay Pittam, Brisbane president of the ACFS, announced the launching of ... 30-year illegal and immoral economic blockade of Cuba. During their stay in Brisbane, Alemany and Seone ...
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Mall fines raised: 'Attack on free speech'
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Labor-controlled Brisbane City Council has massively increased fines ... 1000% — the maximum possible under the City of Brisbane Act. Ignoring civil libertarians, the council ...
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'Stop the Dump' team for Qld elections
By Karen Fletcher BRISBANE — "When I become Lord Mayor of Brisbane there will be no dump in ... Brisbane several weeks prior to the poll at which he was elected lord mayor, in March. "I have those ...
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Queensland Brisbane 4EB 105.3 Brisbane 4MBS FM 103.3 Brisbane 4ZZZ FM 102 Burleigh Heads 4CRB FM 89.3 ...
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Just say no!
Brisbane had a spirited march and rally of 3000, marching from King George Square to the Roma Street Forum. ... 50,000 demonstrated in Sydney. Adelaide had 15-20,000, Brisbane 6000, Perth 4000, Hobart 3000-5000, ... there were further large demonstrations in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Wollongong; on ...
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Queensland riot squad condemned
Queensland riot squad condemned By Bill Mason and Kerry Vernon BRISBANE — The Queensland Civil ... February 4. Soorley said thugs and hoods were threatening Brisbane's reputation and would be removed ... problem is chronic unemployment." The Democratic Socialist candidate for Central in March Brisbane ...
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Action updates
BRISBANE — The Democratic Socialist Party presented a launch of the magazine Links at a dinner ... America. Hundreds of local residents rallied at Jacobs Well, near Beenleigh, south of Brisbane, on ... service a community half the size of Brisbane. DARWIN — Supporters of independence for East Timor picketed ...
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News briefs
"the fund [NIB] only includes de facto couples of the opposite sex". Toxic dump BRISBANE — Greg ... a matter of time before the Brisbane City Council's hazardous waste treatment plant would have ... devastating effects on the environment if located at the favoured site — at the mouth of the Brisbane River. ...
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We need kids, families and all refugees out of detention
supporters outside Peter Dutton's office in Brisbane on September 22. Photo: Alex Bainbridge Robert ...
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Labor’s refugee policy needs to change
issue at the forthcoming ACTU Congress in Brisbane. Australia July 5, 2018 1187 Unions for Refugees ...
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Vale Njabulanj Helen Williams
the Liverpool River. When she visited Brisbane she went looking for places to hunt or fish. She is ... across Arnhem Land, the Territory, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and across the world. Her smile will live ...
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Thousands March for Science around the country
Sydney, 2000 in Melbourne and 1000 in Brisbane gathered on April 22, heeding an international call by ... knowledge over 50,000 years in this country. In Brisbane, spokesperson Joel Gilmore told Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly: ... 1135 March for Science Brisbane. Photo: Alex Bainbridge News ...
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Campaign to #StopAdani ramps up
Thousands of people turned out to packed out and sold out #StopAdani roadshow meetings in Brisbane, Sydney, ... Australian chief at the Brisbane Hilton on March 31 and an occupation of Queensland Deputy Premier Jackie ... Facebook and follow us  on Twitter. Australia April 8, 2017 1133 Protesting in Brisbane when Adani boss ...
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Adani breaks laws, given billions of litres of water
21, 2018 1197 Anti-Adani protesters with a community 'Stop Work' order in Brisbane on ...
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Photos: Marches held to ‘Reclaim the Night’
October 27. Photo: Zebedee Parkes In Brisbane, around 100 people gathered that same day at Queens Park ...
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Meeting debates abortion reform
BY JULIA HALDANE BRISBANE — The Brisbane Feminist Collective held its first public meeting here on ... laws. Brisbane Feminist Collective will meet again on June 19, 6pm, at the ACTU Queensland building, 16 ... Peel Street, South Brisbane. June 7, 2000 408 News ...
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CHOGM Action Network launched, plans march
BY TIM STEWART BRISBANE — Members of 20 organisations came together on June 26 to plan protests ... outside the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Brisbane. The meeting unanimously decided that ... a blockade of CHOGM, instead of other forms of protest. The state Labor government and the Brisbane City ...
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Beattie rushes to reassure business
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Within 24 hours of being sworn in as the new Queensland premier, Labor ... leader Peter Beattie met with Brisbane's business and industry leaders to confirm the new government ... candidate for the federal seat of Brisbane, said on July 3. "But Beattie's previous offer to ...
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Blackouts hit Queensland government
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Queensland Coalition's electoral stocks plummeted even further ... in the week beginning February 23, as rolling power blackouts hit Brisbane and regional centres ... interÂ鶹´«Ã½; raw sewerage poured into streams; and some Brisbane suburbs lost power for up to 20 hours, not the ...