Climate action group Rising Tide Newcastle wants the proposal for the contentious Anvil Hill mine proposal to be assessed under Commonwealth law. Apart from its impact on species and ecosystems protected under the Commonwealth environment act, Rising Tide believes that the proposed mine would impact on World Heritage areas protected under the act.
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Woodchipping giant Gunns Ltd聮s proposed $1.4 billion pulp mill in northern Tasmania continues to be the subject of controversy. Gunns has expressed impatience over the delays in the assessment process and threatened to axe the project if government approval is not given within six months.
The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union (TCFUA) has won its drawn-out dispute over carpet manufacturer Godfrey Hirst鈥檚 attempt to force more than 300 Feltex workers to sign AWAs (individual contracts) with reduced rights and conditions in order to keep their jobs.
For the first time since the foundation of the National Union of Students (NUS) 15 years ago, Labor聮s right-wing student faction, Unity, was ousted from the office of general secretary at the NUS annual conference, held in Ballarat on December 4-7.
The 2007 Socialist Summer School was a great success. Sponsored by Resistance and the Democratic Socialist Perspective (DSP), both affiliates of the Socialist Alliance, the event was held at Sydney University聮s Women聮s College from January 4-7. Some 210 people attended the four days of talks, workshops, meetings and social events.
Three more people, including a teenager, have been charged following the November 19 protests against the G20 financial ministers聮 summit in Melbourne, bringing the total number of participants charged to 11. The following is an abridged version of a statement Resistance issued in response to the arrests.
December 14 marked the 100th day since the unfair dismissal of Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) construction division delegate Barry Hemsworth from his job at Botany Cranes. The managers used the federal government聮s new anti-union laws to sack Hemsworth for the purported crime of 聯insubordination聰 聴 in fact because he was defending the occupational health and safety standards at the company.
Pat Robinson of Oatley won the first prize 鈥 a spectacular $350 hamper 鈥 in Sydney鈥檚 2006 麻豆传媒 Weekly end-of-year raffle. She told GLW that her win was a 鈥渢otal surprise鈥 because she didn鈥檛 even know that she鈥檇 entered the raffle. The winning ticket was purchased as a gift by GLW subscriber and Socialist Alliance member Noel Hazard.
George Browning, the Anglican Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn, said on January 11 that it would not be morally responsible to vote in the next federal election for any party that did not have a credible climate change policy. He was speaking at the 聯Australia as a Neighbour聰 conference in Melbourne, organised by Initiatives of Change, Australia, and attended by 300 people from 17 countries.
The Wilderness Society has called for more government funding and support for the Indigenous Protected Area program following the release on January 9 of an independent report that concludes that IPAs are one of the most effective initiatives in environment protection in Australia.
The decision this month by Bankstown City Council, in Sydney聮s western suburbs, to cancel the venue for the January 27 Khilafah Conference 聯speaks volumes of the empty rhetoric surrounding the supposed noble epitomes of western liberal democracy聰, said Wassim Doureihi, spokesperson for Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia, in a January 10 media statement.
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