The federal government rejected bids to protect James Price Point from gas development when it announced its National Heritage Listing of almost 20 million hectares of the iconic Kimberley region in Western Australia last week.
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鈥淚t鈥檚 just a great honour to be here,鈥 iconic singer-songwriter Paul Kelly told 91自拍论坛 Weekly. 鈥淲hat happened here is a fascinating and amazing story.鈥 Kev Carmody, another legend of Australian music, added: 鈥淚t鈥檚 brought all these people together from diverse backgrounds and from all across the country and it鈥檚 an honour to the strength of Gurindji people.鈥
The announcement by BlueScope that 1100 workers will be sacked from the local steel industry has sent shockwaves through the community and much of the country.
Another 200 people could be sacked from the Port Kembla wharves and at least 100 more local workplaces will be seriously affected.
Many of the sacked workers have been at the steelworks for decades. They are now being told to get out of town, to move to Queensland or Western Australia, to forget about their ties to Wollongong, because other corporations may need them somewhere else.
1. Profit maximisation is the iron rule of capitalism, setting limits to ecological reform. A profit-based economy that requires continuous economic growth makes ecological catastrophes inevitable.
2. Voluntarism, technological fixes and market incentives as they have been constructed cannot achieve even the weak greenhouse gas targets governments have committed to. Even so, many governments, such that of the US, haven鈥檛 even initiated these market mechanisms like carbon taxes or cap and trade.
The legal team of former Guantanamo Bay prisoner David Hicks submitted a to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on August 23.
It argues the Australian government treatment of Hicks has violated the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Australia is a party.
鈥淲e are not evacuating Rikers Island,鈥 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a news conference on August 26.
Bloomberg announced a host of extreme measures being taken by New York City in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Irene.
These included shutting down the public transit system and the unprecedented mandatory evacuation of about 250,000 people from low-lying areas.
But in response to a reporter鈥檚 question, the mayor stated in no uncertain terms (and with more than a hint of annoyance) that one group of New Yorkers on vulnerable ground would be staying put.
A dozen members of Darwin's legal community presented a letter to ALP MP Warren Snowdon on September 2 calling for the federal government to comply with the High Court's recent decision on the "Malaysian Solution".
The High Court said the ALP government's plan to deport refugees to Malaysia was illegal. The letter called on federal politicians to ensure the speedy resolution of asylum seeker claims, universal access to legal representation and an end to mandatory detention.
Fred Magdoff co-author, with , of What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know about Capitalism: A Citizen鈥檚 Guide to Capitalism and the Environment, spoke to Scott Borchert of Monthly Review Press.
Foster is a featured speaker at the Climate Change Social Change activist conference in Melbourne over September 30 to October 3.
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A poll commissioned by new online campaign found 61% of Australian people agreed a 鈥減ublic inquiry into the Australian media is necessary so the public can better understand the relationship between politicians, corporations and media outlets鈥.
NewsStand, backed by GetUp, then launched an online on August 11 calling for parliament to 鈥減ublicly scrutinise the media landscape as a whole鈥, which quickly gathered almost 30,000 signatures.
Dismissive letter on depression not helpful
Mark Harris鈥 well-balanced and thoroughly materialist short analysis of depression (GLW #888) did not warrant Dr David Faber鈥檚 dismissive (GLW #892): 鈥淚f you want to be Marxist, demonstrate a little historical materialism please.鈥
National environmental justice and indigenous rights organisation the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) that took part in the largest act of civil disobedience in decades at the White House in Washington DC from August 20 to September 3.
The purpose of these actions was to send a direct message to President Barack Obama to deny approval of the 2739 kilometre Keystone XL pipeline.
"The pay offer is a lemon" has been the theme of protests by Australian Taxation Office (ATO) workers around Australia over the past two weeks.
Workers have put lemons on their desks and stuck up posters of lemons to symbolise their rejection of management's pay offer of 9% over three years, which is less than the rate of inflation.
Some workers have called for strike action in the tax office, as has happened in other government agencies.
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