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1. Residents protest park development

   BY ROBYN MARSHALL BRISBANE — Every square inch of green space is precious in the overdeveloped, ... old inner-city Brisbane suburb. A very small triangular part of the CSR site, on the corner of Welsby ... park. As part of a deal, Mirvac agreed to give the Brisbane City Council $635,000. Some very old fig ...

2. Labor in damage control as Kaiser quits

   BY JIM McILROY BRISBANE — The Queensland Labor government is in deep trouble after one of its ... a Socialist Left candidate in the state seat of South Brisbane in 1986. "I accept the consequences of ... South Brisbane seat in the last state election. "Mike Kaiser's 'youthful ...

3. M1 Sydney discusses CHOGM protests

   in Melbourne and the October 6-8 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Brisbane. The ... supporting a blockade of CHOGM in Brisbane. Members of the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance called ... to travel to either Brisbane or Melbourne for CHOGM protests. Call (02) 9690 1977 for more ...

4. Protests against war games

   By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Early next month, antiwar protesters are planning to converge on the ... Brisbane groups, are organising teach-ins, speak-outs and rallies in the area from March 14-16. A chartered ... bus will arrive from Sydney and cars from Brisbane. "If there is a serious accident or incident ...

5. Anti-Jabiluka mine activists take action

   construction of another uranium mine at Jabiluka is gathering momentum around the country. In Brisbane, reports ... construction began, marks the beginning of a campaign of heightened anti-Jabiluka activity in Brisbane. To get ... involved in the campaign, or find out more, contact the Brisbane Jabiluka Action Group on 3846 5793. JAG ...

6. Borbidge seeks deal with Hanson

   Borbidge seeks deal with Hanson By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The National-Liberal Coalition is ... leader Joan Sheldon has been forced to resign in the aftermath of the electoral massacre in Brisbane ... Socialist candidate for the federal seat of Brisbane in the federal election, said on June 20. "The ...

7. Union supporters arrested

   By Zanny Begg BRISBANE — On April 21, the MUA sent out an urgent message for more people to join ... block the train line out from the Port of Brisbane. MUA organiser Bob Carnegie and two other MUA members ... driven all over Brisbane as watch-houses filled beyond capacity. Some people were not released for more ...

8. Power workers may sue

   By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Power workers at Queensland's four major electricity stations have ... at the federal Liberal Party convention in Brisbane on March 14, Sheldon said she found it "a ... really takes the cake", Graham Matthews, Democratic Socialist candidate for Brisbane Central in the ...

9. Public meeting condemns white Australia policy

   Public meeting condemns white Australia policy By Edward Johnstone BRISBANE — �鶹��ý Weekly ... restrictions on asylum seekers. Rafael Pacheco, from the Brisbane Refugee Claimants Support Service and himself ... party's position on immigration is now "far more unequivocal", Hutton said. Brisbane Democratic ...

10. Rally for abortion rights

    By Robyn Marshall and Stella Riethmuller BRISBANE — About 300 women attended a rally in King ... to reform the legal code. Coral Wynter, an activist in Brisbane's International Women's Day ... mayor of Brisbane, came out of his office to tell the Right to Life picketers to leave the rally, which ...

11. Resistance role in campaign defended

    By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Letters to the editor in the Courier-Mail newspaper indicate widespread ... anarchist motives", Mackie added. Brisbane Resistance organiser Zanny Begg replied: "The real ... Alliance, the coalition which has organised most of the protests against French nuclear testing in Brisbane ...

12. Murris rally for Referendum Day

    Murris rally for Referendum Day By Bill Mason BRISBANE — "May 27, 1967, represented ... Brisbane. Brisbane Lord Mayor Jim Soorley accused Hanson of "spewing out her anger on those who are ...

13. Action updates

    Philippines. BRISBANE — Protesters from the Stop AIDEX Campaign and the Newstart Opposition Group picketed Bob ... Hawke as he arrived in Brisbane on August 12. The protest continued on August 14 outside the Brisbane ...

14. Men Against Sexual Assault group formed

    Men Against Sexual Assault group formed By Brad Adamson BRISBANE — A branch of Men Against Sexual ... Brisbane. The broad aim is to encourage men of all backgrounds to begin taking responsibility for, and ... assault leads almost inevitably to radical conclusions. Brisbane MASA member Adam Hughes says MASA can ...

15. Activist: 'Venezuela is a revolution, not a dictatorship'

    Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney. “People’s revolutions are being demonised around the world,” she said. “I ...

16. Hutchison assemblies holding firm

    onto the site. Community assemblies continue at Port Botany and at Port of Brisbane, where the 97 ... a waterside worker for 13 years, now sacked from Hutchison in Brisbane and visiting the Sydney assembly, said: ... "It is heartening to see the public support from all over the community. “In Brisbane, an elderly lady ...

17. Newman government halts Stolen Wages case

    Indigenous A Brisbane court has upheld the state government's application for a permanent ... alleging that Yeatman's account of events had faded. The Brisbane District Court ruled in favour of ... Australia June 13, 2014 1012 Conrad Yeatman speaking outside the court in Brisbane. Photo: Support the ...

18. Refugee dies: Manus claims another victim

    Hamid Kehazaei, who was urgently medivacced from Manus Island to Brisbane on Wednesday, August 27 has ... been declared "brain dead". By the time Hamid was medivacced to Brisbane, he was suffering ... at Mater Hospital, South Brisbane. Like �鶹��ý Weekly on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. ...

19. Unionists rally to defend Bob Carnegie

    Union (CFMEU) and Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) members, rallied outside the Brisbane Magistrates ... outside the Brisbane offices of Lend Lease.   Carnegie pleaded not guilty to all 54 charges, the bulk of ... Campaign. February 17, 2013 954 Bob Carnegie enters court in Brisbane on February 11. Photo: ...

20. Tamil community protests Sri Lankan genocide

    rights marched in Brisbane. In Brisbane, Tamil youth led chants of "killing children is a crime ... Brian Senewiratne, will be held in Brisbane on February 12 (see calendar for details). February 7, 2009 ...

21. Letter to Rudd: uphold Aboriginal rights

    Sam Watson The following letter was presented by Sam Watson on behalf of Brisbane ... concerns among the Aboriginal community of Brisbane, as well as those directly affected in the Northern ... Coalition in Brisbane, and as your constituents, we would appreciate the opportunity to discuss these and ...

22. News briefs #2

    #2 Candidates address WEL forum BRISBANE — On September 20, candidates from the ALP, the National ... being's life begins at conception. Jane Williams, the Greens candidate for the seat of Brisbane, and ... candidates for Griffith and Brisbane, argued that changes to law alone would not change the situation for ...

23. Media bosses censor union campaign

    Brisbane, 1000 workers gathered for a Queensland Council of Unions-organised Workers Breakfast with speakers ... on March 29 to protest against the new federal laws. Brisbane only has one daily paper, the Courier ... in Brisbane that day. The media bosses' censorship of or downplaying of articles about the union ...

24. Socialists mobilise for election

    we've gained experience for the federal election." In the seat of South Brisbane, Lynda Hansen ... our program long after the polling booths are closed." Brisbane Central candidate Coral Wynter, ... three seats is a solid base to build on for future elections — including the March 27 Brisbane City ...

25. 2000 march against war on Iraq

    BY JIM MCILROY BRISBANE — Two-thousand people gathered in the Roma Street Forum on November 3 for ... Sunshine coasts. The protest rally and march was organised by the Brisbane Stop the War Coalition (BSTWC), ... Brisbane Yusef Peer, Greens representative Drew Hutton, Labor Senator Claire Moore, participants in the ...

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