The Western Australian government granted final approval to the Woodside gas hub at James Price Point, near Broome on November 19.
The statement below was released by the Broome Community No Gas Campaign on November 19.
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Over 200 people gathered on Cable Beach on November 18 and unfurled a banner calling for governments at all levels to 鈥淧rotect the Kimberley鈥. The banner聽came from the John Butler Concert for the Kimberley held recently at Federation Square, Melbourne.
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In a clear indication of Israel鈥檚 shocking callousness and disregard for civilian lives, that most of those killed and injured in 鈥渄eserved it.鈥
In Peter Watkins' remarkable BBC film, The War Game, which foresaw the aftermath of an attack on London with a one-megaton nuclear bomb, the narrator says: 鈥淥n almost the entire subject of thermo-clear weapons, there is now practically total silence in the press, official publications and on TV. Is there hope to be found in this silence?鈥
The truth of this statement was equal to its irony. On November 24, 1965, the BBC banned The War Game as 鈥渢oo horrifying for the medium of broadcasting鈥.
Labor is making a full-scale assault on the right of refugees to seek protection, as it continues to fill the Nauru detention camp, forcibly deport hundreds back to Sri Lanka before hearing their claims for asylum and keep thousands in perpetual limbo in the name of 鈥渄eterrence鈥.
Now, the federal government has revealed its plans for the almost 8000 people that have arrived seeking asylum by boat in recent months. The plan is worse than the extreme temporary protection visas introduced by the former John Howard Government.
Renowned Jewish-American academic and author Noam Chomsky visited the Gaza Strip over October 25-30. The article below, on the suffering of the Gazan people, is areprinted from .
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Jews Against the Occupation (JAO) respond to their critics on everything from claims that 'Israel is a democracy' to 'you are not real Jews', from why they support BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) to why they see Israel as an 'apartheid state'.
Environment groups The Wilderness Society, Environment Tasmania and the Australian Conservation Foundation signed a 鈥渇orest peace deal鈥 with the Forest Industry Association of Tasmania on November 22.
and the released the statement below on November 23.
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Locals in Hobart held a rally on November 21 in support for the people in Gaza, Palestine. Photos by Kelly Tall.
An action was organised by the Refugee Action Coalition on November 23 to protest the re-opening of the Australian immigration detention camps in Manus Is (PNG) and Nauru. It was held outside the office of Tanya Plibersek, the federal minister for health, in Sydney. A letter of protest was delivered at the end of the action.
Photos by Peter Boyle.
Activists in Melbourne rallied on November 22 to protest the decision to send asylum seekers to detention on Manus Island.
The that suggested UN-run schools in Gaza were used as rocket launching bases after the (UNRWA) strongly denied the allegations.
NSW Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian announced on November 16 plans to sack albout 700 railway workers and split up RailCorp.
91自拍论坛 Weekly鈥檚 Fred Fuentes asked Socialist Alliance member and railway union activist, John Coleman about the motives behind these plans and what they will mean for Sydney鈥檚 public transport system.
The NSW government has said that the job cuts are mainly focused on cutting waste among middle-level management. Can you tell us what the cuts are really about?
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