Packer protesters trial
The abbreviated report on the trial of Packer protesters in GLW #689 may have given some readers the impression that everything is rosy. In fact, only one charge was dropped 鈥 the charge of failure to obey a police
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Debate continues over how guest workers and those on 457 visas should be treated. The WA branch of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) passed a resolution at its July state conference that recommends avoiding falling into the federal government and bosses鈥 divide-and-rule trap.
聯A visit by US officials has raised fears on Christmas Island that an immigration detention centre could be turned into a Guantanamo-style prison聰, the November 17 Melbourne Age reported.
Australian unionists have a wealth of experiences to draw on in the fight against the Howard government聮s Work Choices legislation. Lessons can be drawn not just from the historic victories and defeats of the union movement in this country, but also from the experiences of working-class struggles in other countries.
More than three thousand people had a somewhat surreal experience on November 18. They attended a rally, called by the Melbourne Stop the War Coalition and Stop G20, to oppose the genocide by poverty being promoted by the finance ministers聮 meeting, and the warfare that makes the corporate plunder of the Third World possible.
The following statement was issued on November 25 by the socialist youth organisation Resistance.
The Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office claims that nuclear safeguards 鈥減rovide assurances that exported uranium and its derivatives cannot benefit the development of nuclear weapons鈥. In fact, the safeguards system is flawed in many respects, and it cannot provide such assurances.
Drasko Boljevic was abducted and assaulted in Melbourne on November 19. Chief commissioner Christine Nixon confirmed on November 20 that a man had been mistakenly arrested, saying that he was released 聯because he wasn聮t the person we thought he was聰. Below, Eleonor Palacio, the partner of the man that was mistakenly arrested, describes what happened. It has been abridged from Melbourne Indymedia.
The founding conference of the Australian Youth Climate Change Coalition (AYCCC) was held in Melbourne on November 20-22. The meeting involved representatives from 30 organisations, including the Australian Student Environmental Network, United Nations Youth Association, Oz Green, GetUp!, the Oaktree Foundation, the Greens and Resistance. There were also representatives from government youth councils, high school activist groups and university student councils, as well as university-based environmental and social justice groups.
The role of mining companies overseas is often shrouded in secrecy. Residents of my country Malawi, in the 聯warm heart聰 of Africa, are learning first hand about Australian mining companies as four of them are currently exploring for uranium.
Below, Dr Jim Green, Friends of the Earth anti-nuclear campaigner, summarises the EnergyScience Coalition鈥檚 critique of Ziggy Switkowski鈥檚 Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Energy Review released on November 21.
Senate estimates hearings in November revealed that the federal government鈥檚 plans for a nuclear dump in the Northern Territory are not running smoothly. The site evaluation is lagging six months behind schedule and, as a result, Canberra wants to conduct environmental assessment and site licensing processes concurrently.
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