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1. Hiroshima Day marked

   Imperialism & war Environment Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane BRISBANE — The annual Hiroshima ...

2. Coal expansion opposed

   Environment Coal Climate crisis Jim McIlroy Climate change Magan-djin/Brisbane BRISBANE — Several ...

3. Government targeting its own workers, says union

   Economy Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane About 6000 Queensland health workers walked off the job ... October 5. Brisbane hospital staff are due to rally and stop work later that week. October 1, 2010 855 ...

4. Two hundred rally against nuclear industry

   Environment Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane "No uranium mining," "No nuclear ... Disarmament, held in Brisbane on Palm Sunday, April 17. The rally and march attracted about 200 people. ...

5. Catholic school teachers march

   Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Hundreds of striking catholic school teachers marched on March 24 ... across Brisbane, Cairns and Toowoomba were affected by the strike. Some were forced to close, others ...

6. Gig raises funds for Palestine

   Middle East Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane BRISBANE — "You know that we are rising, our day ...

7. SA candidates protest big banks' greed

   Elections Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Socialist Alliance candidates for the upcoming ... Queensland state elections, Liam Flenady (South Brisbane), and Mike Crook (Sandgate), organised a rally in ... Brisbane on February 17 to “protest the rampant greed of the big banks”. Protesters outside the ANZ Bank ...

8. Socialist Alliance vote rises in Qld election

   Elections Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane The Socialist Alliance (SA) pushed ahead with its ... three seats it contested. In South Brisbane, Socialist Alliance candidate Liam Flenady won 1.9% (434 ... a candidate for SA, had received 0.55% (110 votes). At the Brisbane election night party on March 24, SA ...

9. Rally calls for peace on Hiroshima Day

   Imperialism & war Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane The annual Hiroshima Day rally and march, ... commemorating the US atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima in 1945, was held in Brisbane on August 6. ... 100 people to Brisbane Square, to hear speakers, and singers, including the Trade Union Choir. Dr Sue ...

10. Socialist candidates: ‘Make mining giants pay fair tax’

    Mining Environment Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane BRISBANE — On June 4, a picket of Rio Tinto ... public purse.” Climate activist Ewan Saunders, also the Socialist Alliance candidate for Brisbane, said: ... Brisbane office. Photo by Jim McIlroy. News ...

11. Protest hits Qld uranium mine plans

    Environment Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Protesters erected a giant “radioactive barrel” ... state government. The protest, sponsored by Friends of the Earth Brisbane’s Peace Anti-Nuclear and Clean ... the campaign, visit www.brisbane.foe.org.au. Australia May 16, 2012 923 Anti-uranium mining protesters ...

12. ‘We want a free and independent Libya’

    International solidarity Democracy Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane About 200 people rallied in ... Brisbane's King George Square on February 25 to show solidarity with the people of Libya resisting the ... through city streets to Brisbane Square, chanting "Out Gaddafi now!" and "Libya, we will ...

13. Protest condemns Bahrain invasion

    International solidarity Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane About 100 protesters gathered in Brisbane ... Bahraini community in Brisbane, welcomed the support from all who attended the rally, and declared that the ...

14. Action targets Israel, gas industry

    Environment Middle East Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane “No trade with apartheid Israel” was the ... Brisbane's Sofitel Hotel on May 18. A trade delegation from Israel was hosted at the breakfast, sponsored by ... protest, organised by Justice for Palestine Brisbane, attracted about 20 people who held placards ...

15. Builders rally against sham contracts

    Workers & unions Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane An estimated 3500 building workers walked off ... the job and rallied in Brisbane’s CBD on May 24 to protest sham contracts being imposed by ... after coming up to Brisbane in a convoy of cars and trucks. Construction unions have shut down the Gold ...

16. Newman says leave endangered Koalas out on a limb

    Environment Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane The battle to protect at-risk koalas is stepping up in ... Brisbane's southside. Then state environment minister Molly Robson lost her seat over the issue, after mass ...

17. Protest against bay dredging

    Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane On January 8, protesters took to piers around Port Philip Bay as ... Milburn Submissions oppose Traveston Dam Project @9point non = BRISBANE – The great majority of the record ... Kevin Ingersole told the January 15 Brisbane Courier-Mail: "On the science, this project has got no ...

18. Qld gov't abolishes ceremonies for same-sex civil unions

    LGBTIQ Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Queensland Premier Campbell Newman said on June 12 that the ... partnerships.” LGTBI Legal Services president Merran Lawler told the June 14 Brisbane City News the group wanted ...

19. Qld: Hundreds rally to defend water from CSG

    Mining Coal Climate crisis Environment Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane More than 600 people ... rallied and marched in Brisbane’s CBD on October 16, as part of a national day of action to “Defend our ... Brisbane finished the rally by pointing to a green Eureka flag brandished by one demonstrator: “The Eureka ...

20. Rally protests Black deaths in custody

    Magan-djin/Brisbane Sam Watson, Aboriginal community leader and Socialist Alliance senate candidate for Queensland, ... candidate for the federal seat of Brisbane Andrew Bartlett said: “We must ensure this issue doesn't go ... times.” Ewan Saunders, Socialist Alliance candidate for Brisbane, said: “The federal election is a good ...

21. Venezuela solidarity consultation

    Jim McIlroy BRISBANE — The Brisbane annual consultation of the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity ... Venezuela solidarity rally on November 21 at 4.30pm in Brisbane Square. Plans for 2009 were discussed and ...

22. 'Get rid of mandatory detention!'

    Jim McIlroy BRISBANE — Fifty people gathered in Brisbane Square on April 16 to speak up for ... said, and there was "an overflow to onshore detention centres, including in Brisbane, at ...

23. MUA’s battle for jobs intensifies at Hutchison Ports

    Fishermen's Wharf Port of Brisbane The battle continues at Hutchison Ports terminals in Sydney and Brisbane ... and supporters at Port Botany and the Port of Brisbane have continued for more than two weeks. The ... Fishermen's Wharf in Brisbane are being maintained, work has started and container trucks are permitted to ...

24. Builders rally for job safety

    Workers & unions Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane More than 1000 building unionists rallied in ... Adelaide. Organised by the building unions and the Queensland Council of Unions, the Brisbane action was ... Fitzpatrick from the south Brisbane community said: “We need to also remember the families who suffer from ...

25. Indigenous activist launches campaign

    Aboriginal deaths in custody Magan-djin/Brisbane “The major parties, Labor and Liberal, have failed to ... were Ewan Saunders, SA candidate for the seat of Brisbane, and Hamish Chitts, Revolutionary Socialist ... Party candidate for the seat of Griffith. Watson’s campaign has been endorsed by the Brisbane Aboriginal ...

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