About 200 people met on June 28 on the steps of Parliament House in Victoria to oppose new coal projects in the state.
Speakers spoke out against expanding the brown coal export industry, which would triple Victoria's contribution to greenhouse gas pollution.
The star of the event was 鈥渂illionaire鈥 Twiggy Palmcock, representing 鈥渢he forgotten voices of mining magnates鈥.
He said all coal is good coal, and offered to dig coal mines in a bowl shape for the 鈥淕reenie farmers from Bacchus Marsh鈥.
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On June 27, tens of thousands of teachers took strike action against moves by Barry O'Farrell's NSW Government to attack public education and outsource 'responsibilities' to principals.
Public housing campaign group released the statement below on June 29.
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鈥淣ew planning laws proposed by NSW Planning Minister Brad Hazzard mean more public tenants will be socially cleansed toSydney鈥檚 outskirts and developers will have a free go at turning our city into concrete canyons,鈥 Denis Doherty said.
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Opponent's of Victoria's coal industry took their message to the steps of the state Parliament House on June 28. Speakers at the rally said they opposed the state's new coal projects, including a brown coal export industry, which would triple Victoria's contribution to greenhouse gas pollution.
The Queensland Council of Unions released the statement below on June 28.
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Aboriginal elders Paul and Arthur Ah Wang still want justice for their stolen wages.
Tomorrow, they will join other Indigenous leaders and Townsville Branch President of the Queensland Council of Unions (QCU) Les Moffitt for a meeting with Member for Townsville John Hathaway to continue their fight for what they are owed.
鈥淲e鈥檝e sought this meeting with the new Member for Townsville to bring these Indigenous elders before him to share their side of the story,鈥 Mr Moffitt said.
Ivanhoe sacks workers despite 鈥榤ining boom鈥
Gold and copper mining company Ivanhoe has said . The move dents the mining industry's loud claims about its benefit to the Australian economy and jobs.
The released the statement below on June 27.
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The Refugee Action Collective condemns the Gillard Labor government鈥檚 support for the bill moved by Rob Oakeshott that passed through the lower house [on] June 27. RAC condemns the opportunism of both sides of parliament, seeking to gain politically out of two boat disasters in the last week. Offshore processing does not protect lives, but seeks to deter asylum seekers from fleeing to save them.
The below on June 28.
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They say a day is a long time in politics. The past week has been a lifetime. The asylum seeker debate has taken a hard shift to the right 鈥 the conversation has changed from onshore versus offshore processing to which location to process offshore and how to stop the boats.
Local parents have successfully spearheaded a Fremantle community campaign to save a service called 鈥淏uster the Fun Bus鈥.
Buster is a van staffed by two community workers from the City of Fremantle. It makes stops at various parks in the Fremantle and Melville area, setting out activity tables and toys for children to enjoy outside.
The focus of the service is community building. It brings parents together and gives them relaxed access to community workers.
About 100 people attended a midday protest on June 28 to oppose the export of coal from Victoria. The protest was organised by Quit Coal. Speakers denounced the horrendous damage Victoria's brown coal exports will do to the local environment and the global climate.
After the rally, a section of the crowd marched to the offices of Exergen 鈥 the company that plans to export coal from Victoria. The activists occupied the CEO's office to protest the company's refusal to meet with local residents.
The released the statement below on June 28.
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The Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS) is calling for charges to be laid against police in the Terrance Briscoe death is custody case, supporting calls from the family.
Family spokesperson Patricia Morton-Thomas says that family are confused by the double standard of the legal system. That Police are able to break the law, even captured on CCTV footage, and are still not charged for their offences.
NSW Premier Barry O鈥橣arrell has reneged on a pre-election promise to refuse access for hunters to NSW national parks, a move that will put parks users in danger and potentially set back feral animal eradication programs.
The Coalition government is pushing through changes to the NSW electricity sector, seeking to privatise state-owned generators. Without the numbers to push the privatisation bill through the upper house, O鈥橣arrell back-flipped and supported a bill by the Shooters and Fishers Party.
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