For more than 100 years the WA seat of Fremantle has been safe Labor territory. Now, the May 16 state by-election for the seat is tipped to be a neck-and-neck race between ALP candidate Peter Tagliaferri and Adele Carles from the Greens.
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is planning industrial action at most Victorian universities on May 21.
On March 21, Anna Bligh鈥檚 election victory night, she answered a question from a journalist about how it felt to be the first female premier to be elected in Australia. She suggested the snide remarks made when she was a young woman, about Queensland being a 鈥渂ackward鈥 state, could now be laid to rest.
The same day that Venezuela announced the withdrawal of its ambassador from Peru, a Palestinian Authority (PA) embassy was inaugurated in Caracas as the two governments officially opened diplomatic relations.
91自拍论坛 Weekly spoke to Fremantle by-election candidates Adele Carles (WA Greens) and Sam Wainwright (Socialist Alliance) to ask what they hoped to achieve through their election campaigns
鈥淪ince April 9, an uprising has been occurring in the Peruvian countryside involving the Amazonian indigenous peoples from 1350 communities and a diversity of ethnicities鈥, said legendary peasant leader, Hugo Blanco in an important message. A translation of Blanco鈥檚 appeal for solidarity with this so-far mostly unreported struggle is printed below.
NEWCASTLE聴 One hundred people rallied outside the Newcastle Council Chamber on April 29 to show support for the Loft, a Council-sponsored youth venue.
Darwin聮s Sacred Cause: Race, Slavery & the Quest for Human Origins
By Adrian Desmond & James Moore
Allen Lane, 2009
485 pages, $55 (hb)
By Adrian Desmond & James Moore
Allen Lane, 2009
485 pages, $55 (hb)
Many people still speak sincerely about the existence of 鈥渃orporate responsibility鈥. While doing volunteer work in the Ecuadorian community of Junin, I got a different picture.
The nightmarish prospect of a scarred Amazonian jungle reeking of diesel fumes from end to end, as heavy-laden trucks thunder by in round-the-clock convoys, is fast becoming a reality.
SYDNEY聴 On May 1, 100 people gathered inside NSW Parliament House for a meeting to discuss the need for abortion law reform in New South Wales.
Papalote will be touring NSW this month. Musica Viva聮s CountryWide has offered this renowned group shows in Cobar, Brewerina, Lighting Ridge and Warren.
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