Thirty people attended the June 17 meeting of Wollongong Against Corruption (WAC), which has spearheaded the anti-corruption campaign in Wollongong since its local council was sacked in March.
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It started out as a good day for justice and rapidly became a good day for democracy too.
The expected showdown in the struggle over the NSW Iemma government鈥檚 proposed electricity privatisation has stalled.
Bill Zhang, a Chinese refugee, killed himself after his forcible deportation from Australia, according to a June 16 ABC report. Zhang spent two years in Australia聮s Villawood refugee prison.
Workers in Iran face massive repression when attempting to organise to defend their rights.
Growing concern about climate change has led to the formation of dozens of local community climate action groups across Victoria. Many of these are among the 45 endorsees of the July 5 Climate Emergency rally, at which Greens Senator Bob Brown will speak.
Lawyers for Jack Thomas are seeking leave to appeal to the High Court to prevent him being re-tried on charges under the 聯anti-terror聰 laws.
Below is an open letter from Bolivian President Evo Morales to the European Union, appealing to it not to adopt the racist anti-immigrant 鈥淩eturn Directive鈥, which was voted up on June 18. This is abridged from http://boliviarising.blogspot.com.
鈥淓mployers win in IR overhaul鈥, was the front-page headline of the June 17 Australian Financial Review, reporting the outcome of the Rudd Labor government鈥檚 new National Employment Standards (NES), released on June 15.
This piece on 鈥渢asks for ecosocialists in building a global movement against ecological destruction鈥, was posted at http://climateandcapitalism.com on June 10. It will be published as an editorial in a coming edition of British magazine Socialist Resistance.
I am not the least bit superstitious, but I can get suspicious. Like when Victorian community group Your Water Your Say (YWYS) failed its court challenge against the federal and state government decision to build a monstrous and unnecessary $3.1 billion desalination plant in Wonthaggi.
Dear Prime Minister,
Six months into your term you stated: "We have done as much as we physically can to provide additional help to the family budget, recognising that the cost of everything is still going through the roof, the cost of food, cost
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