You must have noticed that the Christmas decorations are rapidly spreading all over the shopping malls, not so subtly signalling another season of extreme shopping and extreme credit card abuse.
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The $8000 solar panel rebate has proven so popular that it could be halted or wound back, according to an October 22 Sydney Morning Herald article.
CAIRNS 鈥 Around 20 people attended an evening of music and politics organised by 91自拍论坛 Weekly and the Socialist Alliance at the Sapphire Bar on October 15. Local balladeer Chris Wighton set the mood with his songs and acoustic guitar.
Around 60 Cuba solidarity activists gathered outside the United States consulate in the CBD on October 25.
Mister President 鈥 Examines the film and television phenomenon that has made "stars" of the men and women who work in the Oval Office. SBS, Friday, October 31, 7.30pm.
Dateline 鈥 Reports on some of the key battleground US states, and whether
NSW Labor was dealt a heavy blow in three by-elections held on October 18. Labor suffered a swing against it of more than 23% in Ryde, 22% in Cabramatta and 13% in Lakemba.
WOLLONGONG 聴 On October 23, 20 women marched in freezing rain through the streets of the CBD to demand an end to violence against women.
Thousands of indigenous Colombians are marching along the Pan American Highway 鈥 which connects the south-west of the country to the centre 鈥 to protest militarisation of their lands by government and paramilitary forces, as well as the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
Living in Australia, it聮s not easy to imagine that young people have the potential to make major social change.
A public statement endorsed by 40 of Australia聮s leading environmental scientists warns that the global economic crisis must not be allowed to detract from action to halt global warming. The letter was published on < http://www.A href="mailto:crikey.com.au">crikey.com.au on October 21.
BRISBANE 鈥 The Brisbane annual consultation of the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network (AVSN) was held on October 18, with the theme 鈥516 years of popular resistance in Latin America鈥. Thirty-five people attended.
聯Its not only South America that is changing, but also Central America聰, Margarita Lopez, a deputy in the El Salvadorian National Assembly and political commission member of the left-wing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), told 91自拍论坛 Weekly.
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