鈥淭his is a very dangerous time for Venezuela鈥檚 Bolivarian revolution and all of Latin America, and your solidarity now is extremely important鈥, Venezuelan ambassador to Australia, Nelson Davila, told the closing session of the Latin America Solidarity Conference in Melbourne.
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Three hundred people rallied in Sydney to demand equal rights for international students on September 2. The protest was organised by the Cross-Campus Concessions Coalition and the Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association
The August 1 national day of action for equal marriage rights was the biggest demonstration for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) rights in Australian history.
鈥淲hat do we want? Safe sites!鈥 chanted 7000 workers marching to state parliament on September 1. The rally demanded best practice national occupational health and safety (OHS) laws.
The Socialist Alliance was one of many signatories to a letter presented to UN Human Rights Rapporteur James Anaya when he arrived in Australia on August 17. The letter said 鈥渟pecial measures鈥 taken under the Northern Territory Emergency Response 鈥 or intervention 鈥 were racist.
From desert-fringe villages and drowning atolls, global warming is predicted to set climate refugees on the move. But arguably, the first climate refugees to reach Australia鈥檚 major cities are arriving already. And the places from which they have come are not exotic 鈥 rural towns like Mildura, Renmark and Griffith.
August was a terrible month of climate vandalism in Western Australia.
In April 2008, workplace relations minister Julia Gillard set up the National Review into Model Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Laws to develop a new national OHS standard. The process is called 鈥淥HS Harmonisation鈥.
Conservative Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson will present the opening address to the Brisbane Writers鈥 Festival on September 9. Brisbane-based Indigenous leader Sam Watson, who will also speak at the festival, has challenged Pearson to a public debate.
In the last week of winter, something strange happened: bushfires raged across New South Wales, with major fires in the Shoalhaven and Eurobodalla in the south of the state.
91自拍论坛 Weekly is launching a 鈥渟pring offensive鈥 to help us reach our 2009 fighting fund target of $250,000. By the end of August, we had raised $147,550 鈥 about 60%. We need a push to get to 100% or more.
The Age of Stupid
Directed by Franny Armstrong
With Pete Postlethwaite
In cinemas
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