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  1. Prison camps for homeless?

    Prison camps for homeless? By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Queensland's 1000 "feral street ... Brisbane organiser Sean Healy slammed the Hamburger plan as "police-state tactics", and "yet ...

  2. Rochedale dump 'legal'

    Rochedale dump 'legal' By Bill Mason BRISBANE — "We will never give up trying to ... that construction of the controversial waste dump in their southern Brisbane suburb was lawful on its ...

  3. Sustainability conference planned

    Sustainability conference planned By Jo Ferreira BRISBANE — A conference on ecological ... Professor Ian Lowe, state environment minister Pat Comben and Brisbane mayor Jim Soorley. Panel sessions ...

  4. Successful start to ecosocialist tour

    2 May, Box Factory Community Centre Hobart- 6:30pm, Wed 4 May, Hobart Activist Centre Brisbane- 6:30pm, ... Fri 6 May, Brisbane Activist Centre Cairns- 6pm, Sat 7 May, German Club Parramatta- 6pm, Tues 10 May, ...

  5. Protests, vigils for refugee rights across country

    action also took place in Brisbane on February 19 to condemn the government after the violence on Manus ... February 22. Photo via Stephanie King. Brisbane, February 19. Photo by Liam Flenady. February 22, 2014 998 ...

  6. Flood victims condemn insurance companies

    people in Ipswich on April 5, victims of the Brisbane floods of early January shouted, sobbed and pleaded ... weeks after the floods that devastated big areas of Ipswich and Brisbane. Shorten had invited RACQ, ...

  7. Occupy Cairns plans for the future

    Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly held a public forum at Occupy on November 10. Brisbane-based Socialist Alliance ... Occupy Brisbane camp into an organised tent city, now re-established in Musgrave Park, where it has been ...

  8. Health workers strike for fair wages

    Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union (LHMU). Their action builds on bans implemented in Brisbane hospitals. The ... Brisbane, Cairns, Rockhampton, Mackay and Townsville for a fair wage rise for the state public sector. ...

  9. Afghan feminist calls for foreign troops to leave

    legitimises rape in marriage", she said. Shazia visited Brisbane as part of a nationwide tour organised ... Queensland, Griffith University and elsewhere in Brisbane. The government of Afghanistan is "filled with ...

  10. News briefs #1

    discusses democracy BRISBANE — The third annual Brisbane Social Forum was held on May 7-9 at the University ...

  11. News briefs 2

    <http://www.pandanusbooks.com.au/>.] Norman Brewer @PARAFILTR ON = New Farm residents oppose convention centre BRISBANE — An angry ... The proposed convention centre, which would be jointly operated by the Brisbane City Council (BCC) and ...

  12. Women reclaim the night

    year, marches were held in Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Bowen, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Cairns, Canberra, ... workshops were held in many other cities and towns. The largest march was in Brisbane, where 4000 turned out ...

  13. News briefs #1

    #1 Timor benefit concert BRISBANE — Several hundred people crowded into the No 12 Lounge Bar in ... Australia. Bill Mason 'Crackerjack' bowls club wins BRISBANE — In a story reminiscent of the film ...

  14. Activist forum hears socialist historian

    BRISBANE — "While we're fighting the IR laws, socialists need to never lose sight of the ... told a public forum held at the Brisbane Activist Centre on August 2. "Socialism needs a moral ...

  15. US activist: Bush's 'deficits' in Iraq

    BRISBANE — The US government faces "deficits" on a number of fronts in its occupation of ... 27. The forum was sponsored by the Brisbane Social Forum and Just Peace Queensland. Bennis said that ...

  16. Union activists organise

    Susan on 0400 320 602. In Brisbane, the Defend Our Unions Committee distributed a call to the June 30 ... Street, South Brisbane. From Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, July 6, 2005. Visit the Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly home page. July ...

  17. Maori Party leaders meet Murri community

    branches of the party formed by Maori migrants in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, as well as Murri ... community activists. The Maori Party claims about 350 members in Australia. At a June 3 meeting in Brisbane ...

  18. Palm Sunday protests against Jabiluka

    feature speaker will be anti-nuclear campaigner Dr Helen Caldicott. In Brisbane, JAG is planning a rally ... help build the Palm Sunday action, phone: Adelaide JAG on 8232 0736; Brisbane JAG on 3846 5793 or 3846 ...

  19. M1 meetings

    Uni (Nth Tce). Ph 8231 6982. Brisbane: May 1 Alliance meeting. Wed Feb 14, 6pm. TLC Bldg, 16 Peel St, ... Sth Brisbane. Ph 3831 2644. Canberra: Canberra M1 Alliance anti-corporate teach-in. Sat March 3. Time ...

  20. Action updates

    Union backs 'no war' resolution BRISBANE — The Queensland branch conference of the ... a focus BRISBANE — The IWD collective is building a vibrant and inclusive march and rally on Saturday, ...

  21. News briefs

    legalisation of cannabis for personal, medical and industrial use. Beenleigh for reconciliation BRISBANE — One ... hundred and fifty people marched on October 28 in Beenleigh, south of Brisbane, to support reconciliation. ...

  22. Action updates

    for Melbourne office workers. Refugee rights actions held BRISBANE — "I cannot remember a time ... was organised by Brisbane's Refugee Action Collective. The forum came a week after ...

  23. Anti-war actions and coalitions

    Upcoming actions Adelaide: Sunday November 4, 2pm. Victoria Square. Brisbane: Saturday October 20, ... Terrace, city. Ph Kathy (08) 8212 6706. Brisbane: NOWAR meets every Thursday, 6.30pm. Queensland ...

  24. Action updates

    declare being "at one" with the Liberals". Anti-nuclear action BRISBANE — Fifty people ... Beattie's approval for a nuclear irradiation plant at Narangba, north of Brisbane. Rally organisers, ...

  25. Resistance in action

    = BRISBANE — Twenty-five activists from Brisbane and the Gold Coast gathered at the Resistance Centre for an ...

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