NSW Premier Nathan Rees launched a government 鈥渆ducation program鈥 about climate change in May. The 鈥渨hat you can do in your world鈥 program urged householders to cut carbon pollution by using less energy and switching to energy-efficient light bulbs and electrical appliances.
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Three hundred and fifty kilometres north-east of Alice Springs a group of elders from the Alyawarr language group are sitting down in a rough, makeshift camp. Three kilometres away is their community of Ampilatwatja.
The price tag for the desalination plant planned for Wonthaggi has increased from $3.5 billion to $4.8 billion.
Hoodwinked in the Hothouse: False Solutions to Climate Change
By Rising Tide North America
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On November 2, Hamid Karzai began another term as president of Western-occupied Afghanistan after being officially declared the winner in an election so blatantly fraudulent that his main opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, refused to take part in it any longer.
NSW Technical and Further Education (TAFE) teachers have continued their industrial campaign against an unfair award imposed by the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (IRC), which would have TAFE teachers work an additional five hours a week, and teach an additional 36 hours a year, with no right to refuse.
The following statement by Socialist Alliance Indigenous rights activists was released on November 4.
A recent national speaking tour generated growing support for the Ampilatwatja community walk-off 鈥 an ongoing protest camp against the Northern Territory intervention.
Facing the Musharraf Dictatorship: An Activist Narrative
By Farooq TariqGood Books, 2009
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PERTH 鈥 Owners of the West Atlas oil-drilling platform announced a devastating fire on the rig was extinguished on November 3.
Shiko Zaher is a member of the Tulo Association in Wollongong, which runs assistance and service to Afghan people in the community. She delivered the speech below at the October 30 Reclaim the Night rally in Wollongong.
The Australian Tamil Congress (ATC) launched 300,000 Reasons, a campaign to raise awareness of the plight of up to 300,000 Tamils interned in military-run camps in Sri Lanka, on November 6.
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