Public discussion during Newcastle鈥檚 council election campaign has shifted to the left.
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聯Construction unions across Australia are running the Rights On Site campaign against the union-bashing ABCC [Australian Building and Construction Commission].
Protests are continuing against the Victorian state government聮s planned desalination plant at Wonthaggi.
Ambre Energy聮s proposed coal-to-oil project at Felton, a farming community 30 kilometres from Toowoomba, would be a disaster for the local community and environment, according to the newly formed Friends of Felton group.
Addressing an assembly of petroleum workers in Zulia on September 5, Venezuelan labour minister Roberto Hernandez explained that the 聯only way to guarantee the advance of the revolution is with the unity of the working class聰.
On September 1, Bolivia聮s National Electoral Court (CNE) ruled that it would not allow the proposed December 7 referendum on a new constitution to go ahead.
鈥淭he news that nine Australian special forces soldiers have been wounded in Afghanistan 鈥 the largest number of casualties since the Vietnam War 鈥 reminds us that, as in any occupation, there will be resistance鈥, Alex Bainbridge, a spokesperson for Sydney Stop the War Coalition (STWC), told 91自拍论坛 Weekly on September 4.
On August 29, Dr Mohamed Haneef was officially declared聯no longer a person of interest聰 聴 after more than 12 months of 聯investigations聰 that included detention without charge, the then-federal Howard government revoking his visa, and continual insinuations of 聯support for terrorism聰, at a total cost of over $8.5 million.
On September 2, nine Australian soldiers were wounded 聴 one left in a critical condition 聴 in an ambush in southern Afghanistan. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) claims the Australian soldiers killed several of the alleged Taliban fighters responsible for the attack.
On August 28, Gunns Limited announced to the Australian Securities Exchange that there is a possibility the controversial Tamar Valley pulp mill may not proceed.
Even as Barack Obama and the Democrats headed to Denver for a four-day, nationally televised campaign commercial 聴 stage-managed down to the final detail and paid for with vast amounts of corporate cash 聴 the question reared its ugly head.
聯The state Labor government聮s failure to honor its promise to pay $55.4 million in reparations to Indigenous stolen wages claimants [is] incomprehensible聰, Queensland Council of Unions (QCU) general secretary Ron Monaghan said in an August 19 statement.
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