Australian Solicitor-General Stephen Gageler, who defended the government鈥檚 Malaysia solution in the High Court, confirmed the court鈥檚 decision 鈥渃ast doubt鈥 on all offshore processing, immigration minister Chris Bowen said on September 4.
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British-based economist, activist and writer Derek Wall is a member of the Green Party of England and Wales and is the author of several books on ecology and politics.
Wall will speak via video link at the activist conference in Melbourne over September 30 to October 3. He maintains the ecosocialist blog .
Rodney Augustine is from the Nyulnyu and Jabirrjabirr people. He is a spokesperson for the group and is a member of the 鈥淜eep the Kimberley鈥 group, both based in Melbourne.
He will speak at the activist conference in Melbourne, over September 30 to October 3.
Nicole Watson, a research fellow at the University of Technology Sydney鈥檚 , gave the address below at the Sydney launch of Walk With Us: Aboriginal Elders Call Out to Australian People to Walk with them in their Quest for Justice at Gleebooks, Sydney, on September 1.
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At the outset I would like to pay my respects to the traditional owners of the land, the Gadigal people.
One hundred and twenty people packed out Gleebooks in Sydney on September 1 for the launch of Walk with Us 鈥 the latest book from the Aboriginal solidarity group .
The book documents the detrimental impact of the Northern Territory intervention on Aboriginal people and features a call out from Aboriginal elders to Australians, asking them to walk with them in their quest for justice.
Fundamentalist Christian street preachers faced stiff opposition from activists who rallied against their public sermons in Adelaide鈥檚 Rundle Mall on September 2.
Members of the right-wing religious group found themselves surrounded by a large crowd of activists who rallied for more than five hours.
The rally鈥檚 theme was 鈥渓ove not hate鈥.
The rally aimed to show solidarity for those who have received verbal abuse and suffered violence, particularly homosexual youths often targeted by the fringe Christians.
The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has slammed the Queensland Labor government over its decision to approve a 100% fly-in, fly-out workforce for the Caval Ridge coalmine near Moranbah, central Queensland.
The union has about 10,000 members in the state鈥檚 coalmines. It said it would fight the Bligh government's decision in the lead up to the Queensland election, due early next year.
鈥淲e will ensure our members and the communities they live in are not left behind,鈥 said CFMEU state secretary Jim Valery, the September 7 Courier Mail reported.
released the statement below on September 9.
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In August, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young wrote an in The Age arguing that 鈥渢he fight for marriage equality should be above party politics, which is a vital reason to give members of parliament a conscience vote on the matter鈥.
About 160 people gathered at The Gap State High School on September 8 for a community forum on the potential impacts of the coal seam gas industry.
Gubbi Gubbi elder Nurdon Serico gave a welcome to country, saying he had seen what mining can do to country and community, and highlighting that this industry will lead to the destruction of sacred Aboriginal sites as well as farming land.
Sixty people rallied outside Western Australia鈥檚 Parliament House on September 8 in a protest organised by the homeless rights supporters. The rally called on the Barnett Liberal government to provide proper funding to the state鈥檚 homeless people and support and shelter all year round.
The state government has set aside $112,500 for temporary accommodation and meals for homeless people during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in late October.
The released the statement below on August 26. It was delivered by Ngarla Kunoth-Monks, CLC executive member, and Rob Roy, CLC member, at the 45th anniversary celebrations of the Wavehill walk-off at Kalkaringi, the Northern Territory.
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Kalkaringi, NT 鈥 We are the Central Land Council and we have been elected to speak for our Land, our Law and our Culture.
We demand that the government permits us to take the future in our hands.
The decision by leaders of the Sub Central of the Indigenous Territory and National Isiboro Secure Park (TIPNIS), to initiate a 500-kilometre protest march on Bolivia's capital of La Paz capital has ignited much debate about the nature of Bolivia鈥檚 first indigenous led-government.
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