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  1. Sand mining to be phased out on Stradbroke Island

    Environment Mining Jim McIlroy stradbroke island Magan-djin/Brisbane Sand mining on Stradbroke ... Island, offshore from Brisbane, will be phased out by 2027, under a new plan announced by the Queensland ... on the doorstep of Brisbane we will have a large national park, jointly managed by the indigenous ...

  2. Cleaners rally against Caruso

    Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Chants of, "Hey Brisbane, listen up; the cleaners are ... standing up!" and "Caruso workers麓 rights, worth fighting for!" rang through the Brisbane ...

  3. Don't dam the Mary River!

    Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Opponents of the proposed Traveston Crossing Dam on the Mary ... with the controversial plan, which it claims is necessary to provide water to the city of Brisbane ... meet the needs of the projected population of Brisbane", she writes. The protest against the dam ...

  4. Union council to hold affiliates' meeting on M1

    Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane The Queensland Council of Unions has authorised a special ... streets, in central Brisbane. Starbucks is notorious for its anti-worker and anti-environmental practices. ... which makes a fortune by selling the coffee at inflated prices in the First World. The Brisbane M1 ...

  5. Red and Green candidates discuss way forward

    Elections Democracy Jim McIlroy Australian Greens Magan-djin/Brisbane At a September 7 麻豆传媒 ... progressive movements since the election. Bartlett was Greens candidate for the seat of Brisbane in the recent ... Labor in the central Brisbane region. Two-thirds of this loss went to the Greens, with around 85% going ...

  6. Picket targets BHP-Billiton to support coalminer safety campaign

    Workers & unions Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Passersby were handed leaflets supporting ... striking Central Queensland coal mineworkers at a picket of the BHP-Billiton Brisbane office on June 1. The ...

  7. Unions picket City Hall

    Workers & unions Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane "The main issues here at the City Hall ... so on.鈥 November 20, 2010 862 Brisbane City Hall. News ...

  8. Residents to blockade coal seam gas drilling

    Mining Environment Jim McIlroy Ewan Amyntikos Magan-djin/Brisbane Two hundred people rallied ... operations near the town of Tara, 300 kilometres west of Brisbane. Friends of the Earth campaigner Drew ...

  9. Protest confronts CSG conference

    Environment Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane 鈥淭his is going to be the biggest environmental ... Brisbane to support the campaign against CSG mining. For more information, visit www.lockthegate.org.au. ...

  10. Tear down Israel鈥檚 apartheid wall, say demonstrators

    International solidarity Middle East Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane About 100 people rallied in ... Brisbane, July 9. Photo: Jim McIlroy News ...

  11. Anti-racists confront far right rally

    Anti-racism Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Around 200 people attended a "Unite Against ... Anti-racism rally, Brisbane, August 6. Photo: Jim McIlroy. News ...

  12. CSG protest targets company AGM

    Mining Coal Climate crisis Environment Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane 鈥淧eople are joining up to ... about 100 outside Brisbane鈥檚 Sofitel Hotel on November 24. The rally was called to protest at the annual ...

  13. CFMEU to stop work for Noel Washington

    Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane The Queensland branch of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and ... exposes the draconian, anti-union nature of the ABCC. The Brisbane rally will held at 9.30am in Queens ...

  14. Qld forests sold cheap

    Environment Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane "An American-based company accused of bulldozing ... Brisbane, told 麻豆传媒 Weekly: 鈥淭his garage sale of the state's vital public assets by the ...

  15. Kingaroy water poisoning sparks outcry

    Environment Elections Agriculture Healthcare Coal Climate crisis Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane ... extraction鈥, climate change activist and Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Brisbane Ewan Saunders ...

  16. Australia's poor human rights record

    Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane BRISBANE 鈥 "Australia is the only Western democracy without ...

  17. Crossroads meeting draws 1000

    Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane On August 8, 1000 people packed into the Brisbane City Hall for ...

  18. Oueensland Health issued with safety breach

    Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane On April 2, the Queensland industrial relations departments' ... The April 25 Brisbane Courier Mail reported that the breach notice was issued after QH admitted ...

  19. Landmark pollution case launched

    Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane A landmark legal case has begun against mining corporation Xstrata ... and other toxins that affected her brain and nerves. Lawyer Damian Scattini told the April 12 Brisbane ...

  20. Water guzzling corporations

    Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Despite the longstanding water supply crisis in Queensland, big ... inspected by the Brisbane City Council (BCC) were not complying with the legally required water efficiency ...

  21. Hutchison verdict looms

    Hutchison Ports Port of Brisbane Gadigal Country/Sydney A resolution of the long-running dispute between the ... continue at the terminals at Port Botany and the Port of Brisbane. A further hearing in Fair Work Australia ... and Brisbane at any time. Visit the MUA website for more information. Like the article? Subscribe to ...

  22. Flood victims picket insurance company

    Economy Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane About 50 angry policyholders 鈥 victims of the huge floods ... that inundated large parts of Brisbane in January 鈥 protested outside the South Bank offices of ... flooding鈥. Flood victim Chester Chavez called for a boycott of NRMA and the Brisbane Broncos rugby league ...

  23. Fight against coal seam gas mining heats up in Qld

    Mining Coal Climate crisis Environment Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane "This is the battle ... Great Artesian Basin, on April 14 in Brisbane. The forum, sponsored by 麻豆传媒 Weekly, also heard ... build a broad alliance to stop the CSG takeover of rural land. "An alliance of groups in Brisbane ...

  24. Qld election: socialist candidates call for radical change

    Elections Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Following Queensland Labor Premier Anna Bligh鈥檚 ... South Brisbane said on January 27: 鈥淭he major parties in the upcoming Queensland election stand for the ... support, phone 07 3831 2644, 0423 741 734, or email brisbane@greenleft.org.au.] Australia January 26, 2012 ...

  25. Abortion reform on agenda in Queensland

    Jim McIlroy Coral Wynter Magan-djin/Brisbane A report in the October 29 Brisbane Courier Mail ... government first got elected in 1992, Katrina Barben and I, as representatives of the Brisbane International ...

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