The morning air is crisp and the smoky air wafts over the strike camp in the shadow of the imposing Hazelwood power station in Victoria聮s La Trobe Valley. We receive a warm, country welcome from two emergency services officers (ESOs), Mick and Brian.
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Thousands took the streets on June 13 for the National Climate Emergency Rallies. Protesters declared a climate emergency and demanded the Australian government take emergency action on climate change.
Greens Senator Bob Brown announced on June 8 that Forestry Tasmania was demanding he pay $240,000 owed to them in legal costs before June 29 or else they would start bankruptcy proceedings against him.
On June 3, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its estimates of the national accounts for Australia for the January-March quarter. Following on from a small overall drop in gross domestic product (GDP) of 0.6% for the December quarter, a fall in the March quarter would mean that Australia had entered a 聯technical聰 recession.
Two Australian peace activists, Emma King and Jessie Boylan, took part in a 300-strong protest in Gaza on June 9.
聯Hey Gillard, you can聮t hide! You support genocide!聰 chanted protesters outside the June 11 Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Sydney. The luncheon was addressed by deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
Last week was one of much activity in the regional city of Cairns, as the push for abortion law reform in the state shows no sign of slowing down.
ADELAIDE鈥 On June 5 鈥 World Environment Day 鈥 climate change activists occupied the Adelaide office of federal climate change minister Penny Wong for more than an hour. They urged Wong to abandon the government鈥檚 suicidal climate policy.
Veolia is the French corporation that owns Connex, which runs Melbourne鈥檚 train system. It has been the target around the world, including in Melbourne, of protests by the Palestinian solidarity campaign as part of the growing 鈥渂oycott, divestment and sanctions鈥 (BDS) campaign targeting Israel in protest against its apartheid policies towards Palestinians.
The Chaser comedy team had its top-rating show, The Chaser聮s War on Everything, suspended by the ABC for two weeks after an outcry over a sketch screened on June 3 that joked about the Make a Wish Foundation charity for sick children.
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