This statement was released by the West Papua Freedom Flotilla on June 1.
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A historical ceremony was held outside the Victorian Trades Hall on June 1 for the issuing of 鈥淥riginal Nations鈥 passports and West Papuan visas in conjunction with the .
In solidarity with the passport ceremony in Melbourne, a peaceful rally was also held in Manokwari, West Papua.
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Hundreds of members of the Turkish community rallied in central Sydney on June 1 to protest the Turkish government's crackdown on peaceful protesters in Istanbul over recent days.
Coalmining company Coalpac Pty Ltd lodged a development proposal with the NSW government in July 2011 to expand its open-cut and high-wall coalmines in central western NSW.
The sites are in a proposed extension to the Gardens of Stone National Park and surround the small town of Cullen Bullen. Coalpac鈥檚 鈥渃onsolidation project鈥 involves expanding its Invincible and Cullen Valley coalmines, and building a new quarry in the Ben Bullen State Forest near Lithgow.
Australian Workers Union (AWU) leader Paul Howes has taken the offensive to bolster what he sees as a faltering unconventional gas industry. He wants the industry to step up its campaign to stop the federal Coalition and the NSW Labor opposition from 鈥渂uying the arguments鈥 of an 鈥渆xtremist fringe鈥 on coal seam gas (CSG).
This is an edited version of the Socialist Alliance鈥檚 agriculture policy adopted in May. The full version can be read at socialist-alliance.org. *** There are approximately 134,000 farm businesses in Australia, 99% of which are family owned and operated, and as of 2010-11 they employ only 307,000 people to manage 417.3 million hectares of land, including the 46.3% of Australia that is marginal land. Any sustainable and justice-oriented agricultural practice needs to place Aboriginal self-determination, empowerment and participation as its framework.
Perth activist Kamala Emanuel won a resounding victory on May 28 in an important court case addressing the right to protest.
Thousands of people rallied in cities across Australia on May 25 to protest genetically modified organisms (GMO) developed by Monsanto and being used in food products worldwide.
The federal Labor government released its 鈥淣ational Food Plan鈥 on May 25. Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig said the plan is 鈥渁bout putting our Aussie mark on food and making sure that we all get a benefit out of it鈥.
Research group Beyond Zero Emissions released the statement below on May 28 in response to the plan.
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This week鈥檚 National Food Plan ignores the serious threat to agriculture posed by climate change. Yet research shows that an expanded Carbon Farming Initiative could have major benefits in combating climate change.
This video records the reaction by activists Alex Bainbridge and Kamala Emanuel after a significant court victory on 28 May 2013.
The NSW Liberal government passed a bill on May 30 that severely cuts compensation to victims of crime, domestic violence and abuse.
Under the old law, the 1996 Victims Support Rehabilitation Act, the maximum compensation to victims had been up to $50,000. The new Victims Rights and Support Bill has cut the maximum amount of compensation to $15,000 and only for victims who are financial dependents of murder victims.
The statement below was released by Melbourne鈥檚 3CR Community Radio on May 1.
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In this federal election year, 3CR Community Radio is asking its listeners and supporters of independent media to make a political donation by giving money to the station during our annual Radiothon.
As the two big political parties slug it out in Canberra, the choice is clear 鈥 vote for 3CR鈥檚 progressive, alternative coverage of social, cultural and political issues.
An abridged speech given by the Andrea Glazier at the March Against Monsanto rally in Sydney on May 25.
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