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1. Hamilton speaks at Brisbane Institute

   David White Magan-djin/Brisbane BRISBANE — On February 13, 600 people attended a public meeting at ... the Brisbane Institute to hear Canberra-based Australia Institute executive director Clive Hamilton ...

2. Brisbane rallies to close Manus and Nauru detention centres

   Anti-racism Refugees & migrants Alex Bainbridge Magan-djin/Brisbane 3-400 people rallied and ... marched in Brisbane on October 11 calling for the closure of detention centres at Manus Island and Nauru. ...

3. ALP leaders heckled at Brisbane Labour Day march

   May Day (International Workers' Day) Labour Day Magan-djin/Brisbane Queensland ALP deputy premier ... Day march in Brisbane on May 3. The main message from the union contingents, numbering 10,000, was ... government was committed to giving all workers a fair go. May 8, 2010 836 ASU contingent at the Brisbane ...

4. Occupy Brisbane’s 'Free University' gets creative

   Economy Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane The second Sunday forum of the Free University of Occupied ... Brisbane discussed “creative forms of protest” on October 30 in Post Office Square. Phil Monsour from ... staged by Justice for Palestine Brisbane had been the “We will boycott Israel” flash mob taken against ...

5. Brisbane protests coal seam gas industry: ‘No fracking way’

   Coal Climate crisis Environment Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane A group of about 50 protesters ... chanted “No coal seam gas! No fracking way!” outside the Queensland Gas Conference at the Brisbane ... Convention Centre on August 17. The rally, which coincided with “People's Day” at the Ekka (the Brisbane ...

6. Thousands rally for abortion rights in the rain

   Abortion rights Equal Love Brisbane Magan-djin/Brisbane More than 2000 people marched through winter rain ... in Brisbane/Meanjin on July 1 to protest the United States overturning of abortion rights. "Fuck ... march. Other chants raised included "From Brisbane to the USA, fight bigots all the way" and ...

7. Eco-socialist to run for Brisbane City Council

   Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Long-time environmental campaigner David White has been ... preselected by the Socialist Alliance to contest the inner-city Central Ward in the March 15 Brisbane City ... president of the Campaign to Stop the Tunnels, which is opposed to Brisbane Liberal Lord Mayor Campbell ...

8. Finding Brisbane's radical heart

   REVIEW BY JIM MCILROY Radical Brisbane: An unruly history Edited by Raymond Evans & Carole ... Radical Brisbane: An unruly history is a timely reminder that Australian cities, and Brisbane in ... audience. Most people until recently have thought of Queensland, and its capital city Brisbane, as the home ...

9. Huge police raid evicts Brisbane Aboriginal Embassy

   Indigenous Magan-djin/Brisbane More than 200 police staged a dawn raid on the peaceful Aboriginal ... Sovereignty Embassy in Musgrave Park, South Brisbane on May 16. They evicted the 80 people defending the site ... Torres Strait Islanders'," the May 17 Brisbane Times reported. The police attack on the embassy ...

10. Palestine solidarity tour rocks Brisbane

    Sam Bullock Magan-djin/Brisbane US singer/songwriter David Rovics, Brisbane-based musician Phil ... passport. Kathryn De Richleau spoke on the work of Brisbane solidarity group Justice for Palestine. Green ...

11. Brisbane's first Palestinian film festival

    Fay Waddington Magan-djin/Brisbane "Palestinian Days", Brisbane's inaugural ... Palestine (Brisbane), offers audiences a glimpse of Palestinian life since dispossession and the brave ...

12. Murri leader launches Qld. Socialist Alliance campaign in South Brisbane

    Elections Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane On February 25, prominent Murri community leader Sam ... Watson launched the campaign for Liam Flenady, the Socialist Alliance candidate for South Brisbane in the ... South Brisbane. “Let’s support a campaign which stands for real change, not just more of the same.” ...

13. An eco-vision for Brisbane's council

    Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane "For a council that won't cost us the Earth", was ... the slogan for the campaign for the Brisbane City Council by David White, a member of the Socialist ... transport; providing incentives to walk and cycle; positive steps to reduce traffic congestion; make Brisbane ...

14. Murri activist Sam Watson speaks to Occupy Brisbane

    Economy Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane “It’s great to see the sense of coming together shown in ... Brisbane camp at Post Office Square on October 29. Watson spoke at a special forum as Occupy Brisbane ... man from Mount Isa has died in a Brisbane prison cell, just last week. “His pleas for help were ...

15. Brisbane Port: gone for a song

    Democracy Economy Jim McIlroy Anti-privatisation Magan-djin/Brisbane "The Queensland ... Brisbane for $2.3 billion to a group of local and offshore buyers”, the November 11 Courier-Mail said. The ... Brisbane. Photo: Roberta W.B./Flickr News ...

16. Groups unite to occupy Brisbane

    Economy Liam Flenady Magan-djin/Brisbane The people of Brisbane have many reasons to join the ... Brisbane will meet at Post Office square in the city at 9am. Protesters plan to occupy for as long as is ...

17. Unionists remember Brisbane’s 1912 general strike

    Workers & unions Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane About 200 unionists gathered at King George ... Square on February 2 for a meeting to commemorate the centenary of the 1912 Brisbane General Strike, one ... feminist Emma Miller in Brisbane's King George Square. Photo: Jim McIlroy News ...

18. Brisbane: The real issue not lost on March 26

    Jason Cahill Magan-djin/Brisbane On March 26, Books Not Bombs rally continued the success of the ... through the streets of Brisbane in an attempt to show the world that Brisbane students oppose any war in ...

19. Walk against Warming march in Brisbane

    Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane On August 25, 500 people braved unseasonal rainstorms to ...

20. Corporate scumbag awards in Brisbane

    BY KAREN FLETCHER BRISBANE — The M1 Alliance has issued a call for nominations for "Corporate ... Scumbag of the Week" in the lead up to the blockade of the Brisbane stock exchange on May 1. The ... wrought by BHP at its Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea. The Brisbane M1 Alliance plans to highlight the ...

21. Audio: Brisbane pro-choice forum

    Democracy Feminism Alex Bainbridge Magan-djin/Brisbane Young Queenslanders for the Right to Choose ... University College of Medicine, Cairns); Benedict Coyne (human rights lawyer based in Brisbane and the ...

22. Brisbane rallies against Campbell Newman

    Magan-djin/Brisbane A week before the Queensland election more than 500 people rallied against premier Campbell Newman ... democracy". Greens candidate for South Brisbane Jonathan Siri said: "We need a complete ban on political ...

23. Occupying Brisbane City Hall

    Anti-racism Freya Moran Magan-djin/Brisbane On May 2, following the rally in King George Square to ... spoke to them. Brisbane City Hall is a civic building that holds political and cultural significance and ...

24. Protest marks Al-Nakba in Brisbane

    Middle East Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane More than 100 people rallied in King George Square on ... The rally was organised by Justice for Palestine Brisbane. For more details visit ...

25. Migrant fiesta set for Brisbane

    By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Fiesta '95, the migrant fiesta held annually here, is set for Sunday ... November 5 at Musgrave Park, South Brisbane. According to fiesta organiser Penny Glass, this year's ... lead-up to Fiesta '95, the Brisbane Migrant Resource Centre is holding an Open Week from October 28 ...

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