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  1. Residents oppose toll bridge

    Paul Benedek, Brisbane "This bridge will mean more cars, more pollution, more asthma, more ... to West End. The 120-strong community meeting was chaired by pro-bridge Liberal Party Brisbane City ... overwhelming community opposition. Many were parents of Brisbane State High School students who fear the toll ...

  2. Centrelink CPSU members vote on welfare reform campaign

    BY JIM MCILROY BRISBANE — Community and Public Sector Union members in Centrelink offices and call ... jobseekers in a open and transparent environment." At lunchtime meetings held at the Brisbane Centrelink ... aims." [Jim McIlroy is a CPSU delegate at Centrelink's Brisbane call centre.] March 28, 2001 442 ...

  3. Skilled Engineering refuse work to Patrick staff

    terminals at Port Botany, Sydney and Fisherman's Island, Brisbane. After Skilled Engineering won the ... delegates. The MUA maintenance work forces in both Sydney and Brisbane are picketing the maintenance ... Road, Fisherman's Island. Contact MUA branches in Sydney (02) 9264 5024 and Brisbane (07) 3395 7215 ...

  4. Rally against development

    Rally against development By Edward Johnstone BRISBANE — Fifty people gathered in Boundary Street, ... Brisbane City Council election, accused the Labor state government and council administration of being in ... league with Brisbane developers. They plan to drive light rail through West End and ultimately funnel ...

  5. Rally against GST on tampons

    disproportionately affect women. It should be abolished." In Brisbane, preparations are under way for the ... networks and political parties have formed the Brisbane Women's Collective to organise the rally. ... in Brisbane. February 23, 2000 394 News ...

  6. Protests expected at CHOGM

    BY MARCEL CAMERON BRISBANE — The Queen and British Prime Minister Tony Blair will both attend the ... 2-4, 2002. The elite summit was to be held in Brisbane from October 6 this year, but, in the wake of ... 6 more than 3000 people marched in Brisbane to "globalise solidarity" with the Third World, ...

  7. Beattie's racist bill

    By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Queensland Indigenous Working Group (QIWG) is considering a court ... — that the perpetual leases extinguish native title — is correct. In a letter to Brisbane ... candidate for the federal seat of Brisbane, said on August 22. August 26, 1998 330 News ...

  8. Public works key to jobs, say socialists

    Public works key to jobs, say socialists By Bill Mason BRISBANE — "A large-scale program of ... candidate for Brisbane Central, said, "Bringing unemployment right down, even below a rate of 5%, is ... of South Brisbane. Other policies in the socialists' platform include: "End privatisation ...

  9. Plug pulled on Jabiluka NDA

    demonstrations are crucial to demonstrate the extent of community opposition to the mine. In Brisbane ... the Brisbane Magistrates' Court on February 18. On February 10, at a public meeting at 7pm in the ... the Brisbane Jabiluka Action Group on 3221 0188. February 11, 1998 305 News ...

  10. People's inquiry builds momentum

    to speak are arriving each day. From Brisbane, Mike Byrne reports that plans for that city's ... Merivale Street, South Brisbane. Speakers will include Joe Teixeira, the Brisbane representative of the ...

  11. A new musical treat

    Brisbane by Canto Coro, a program of choral works titled Exilio (Exile), is now available. Artistic ... two Latin Americans living in Australia, Suchil Tunali from Brisbane and Ramon Cuelho from Melbourne. ... Brisbane this year. July 21, 1999 368 Culture ...

  12. Queensland Labor votes to sell TAB

    Queensland Labor votes to sell TAB By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Queensland Totalisator Agency ... the voices to support the sell-off, after a speech by Brisbane Lord mayor Jim Soorley claiming that ... would be lost if the TAB remained in public hands. The Brisbane Courier-Mail editorial on June 14 ...

  13. Rallies commemorate Hiroshima Day

    on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki, peace activists in Brisbane, Hobart and Sydney rallied to remember ... those who died and to demand an end to the arms trade. Jim McIlroy from Brisbane reported that around ... 150 people held a candlelight procession through Brisbane's city streets on August 6, stopping ...

  14. Chilean activist urges renewed solidarity

    Chilean activist urges renewed solidarity By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Liliana Castillo, president of ... for struggle now and in the future. Castillo's visit to Brisbane was sponsored by a coalition of ... Brisbane, she was also special guest speaker at the Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly dinner-cabaret held at the Resistance ...

  15. Real issues dodged in Queensland poll

    Real issues dodged in Queensland poll By Bill Mason BRISBANE — As the Liberals and Nationals ... Socialist candidate for Brisbane Central Susan Price explained why a green, left alternative is needed in an ... interview published in the September 11 Brisbane Courier-Mail. The campaign is "an opportunity to put ...

  16. 52 left-leaning albums from 2014

    Comment below, on Twitter or Facebook. * * * 1. BRISBANE BLACKS- INVASION DAY MIXTAPE Radical newspaper ... Brisbane Blacks kicked off the year in fine style with a free mixtape of radical Aboriginal hip-hop ... celebrate. In launching the Invasion Day mixtape, Boe Spearim of Brisbane Blacks told Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly: ...

  17. Capitalism can’t halt climate change

    2019 1214 Students 4 Climate in Brisbane. Photo: Alex Bainbridge Analysis ...

  18. Bikers rally against Queensland laws

    Brisbane on December 1. This was part of a series of rallies across the country held to protest against ... Queensland's anti-democratic laws that target bikers. Bikers from around Brisbane and nearby regional centres ... the Brisbane rally on December 1. Photo: Bill Struthers. News ...

  19. Clem7 tunnel proved big mistake

    Clem7, Brisbane’s first and only cross-river road tunnel, into financial administration the previous ... this disaster," White said. “Brisbane ratepayers, through the Brisbane City Council led by Liberal ...

  20. Epic kayak journey takes petitions to Garrett

    Queensland's Mary River, Steve Posselt will kayak from Brisbane to the Sydney office of federal environment ... dragged his kayak from Brisbane to Adelaide in 2007 to highlight the parlous state of the Murray-Darling ... river system, left Brisbane on October 4 to paddle down the coast to Sydney. The Queensland lungfish is ...

  21. Community workers march for pay equity

    women’s refuges and help new migrants, the homeless and those with drug and alcohol problems. The Brisbane ... the Brisbane rally, Queensland ASU assistant secretary Jenny Thomas served notice on the Rudd ... many clients of community services. June 18, 2010 841 ASU rally, Brisbane, June 10. Photo: ...

  22. Climate Justice Tour

    The tour began in Melbourne on April 24, and will finish in Brisbane on May 9. Meetings with the three ... <aid@aidwatch.org.au>. * Brisbane: Open meeting. Thursday May 6, 6.30pm. Senator Andrew Bartlett's office, 421 ... discussions at the Brisbane Social Forum. For more information visit ...

  23. Centrelink demands 7-day working week

    BY JIM McILROY BRISBANE — Centrelink, the federal government's social payment delivery ... membership meetings at Centrelink's Brisbane call centre urged “the section executive to prepare ... assist the development of united action.” [Jim McIlroy is a CPSU delegate at Centrelink's Brisbane ...

  24. US speaker slams 'imperial mafia'

    BY JIM MCILROY BRISBANE — “There are now two superpowers in the world — the imperial mafia [in ... 1000-strong audience. The meeting was organised by the Brisbane Stop the War Coalition and the Brisbane Social ...

  25. Get in touch with your local Socialist Alliance

    (Andrew) Queensland Brisbane brisbane@socialist-alliance.org Info: 3831 2644 or 0438 662 466 Brisbane ...

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