Joe Collins from the Australia West Papua Association said on April 19 that Australia should have no ties with the Indonesian military (TNI) until it is proven to have reformed. TNI commander Marshal Djoko Suyanto was visiting Canberra at the time to strengthen Australia-Indonesia military relations.
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Tens of thousands of people joined a march on April 22 against the Howard government鈥檚 anti-worker laws, followed by an afternoon 鈥淩ockin for your rights鈥 concert. In Melbourne, more than 1500 people gathered at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.
Refugee-rights groups have accused immigration department and GSL management at the Villawood detention centre of collective punishment of detainees in the aftermath of two detainees escaping on the evening of April 19.
Around 40 people attended a screening of Who Killed the Electric Car on April 18, hosted by the non-profit, community run Western Region Environment Centre in Werribee. The film was followed by a very lively debate about issues such as industry聮s drive for corporate profits, the lack of leadership from federal and state governments to provide solutions to climate change and the need for community action.
Paul Wolfowitz, president of the World Bank and formerly US President George Bush聮s deputy secretary of defence, doesn聮t seem to comprehend why he is in trouble. He has admitted to ordering a US$60,000 pay increase for his lover, a World Bank employee, before seconding her to the US State Department as part of a generous compensation package.
A community protest organised by Union Solidarity shut down the construction site at Woodside聮s Otways gas plant near Port Campbell on April 17.
The 2007 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras award for 聯Most outstanding political comment聰 was awarded to the 聯Bring David Hicks home聰 float.
91自拍论坛 Weekly will be taking a one-week break. Out next issue will be dated May 9.
The eight-day trial against seven people facing charges relating to a February 2006 protest against Kerry Packer聮s taxpayer-funded state memorial has concluded with the dismissal of one or more charges against each defendant. Four defendants decided to plead guilty to one minor charge each.
The federal government must take a 聯strong and principled聰 approach to opposing the death penalty whenever and wherever it is applied, former ALP national president Barry Jones told a public forum attended by more than 100 people on April 19. The forum was organised by Australians Against Capital Punishment.
Those hoping for a more serious approach to tackling global warming from the federal ALP than the do-as-little-as-politically-possible tack of John Howard鈥檚 Coalition government should revise down their expectations. On February 25, Labor leader Kevin Rudd unveiled the centrepiece of his party鈥檚 鈥渃limate action plan鈥 鈥 $500 million in funding for 鈥渃lean coal鈥 technologies research.
Carbon rationing
Tony Iltis ("Stopping climate change: tomorrow is too late!" GLW #706) draws extensively from the recent Carbon Equity Project report, Avoiding Catastrophe, but is wide of the mark in dismissing carbon rationing as simply "a right
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