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.
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.
Liah Lazarou, 28, is standing as a youth candidate for the Socialist Alliance in the South Australian seat of Adelaide, currently held by Labor MP Kate Ellis.
She was interviewed by Resistance member Liam Conlon about why she is standing in the election and what she is trying to achieve.
How did you get involved in political activism?
I grew up in a very working class background and was raised by a single father. He took me to my first rally, which was against Pauline Hanson in 1996. I was eleven years old.
There is a rising tide of worrying economic news in this country and it highlights once more the need to cut back on unnecessary spending, like allowing single mothers to eat.
The deal between Labor and the Liberal-Nationals to add another $2 million to their election campaign funds 鈥 at the people's expense 鈥 before the September election was an extension of a 鈥渄eeply undemocratic major party scam to further entrench their parliamentary domination鈥, said Peter Boyle, Socialist Alliance candidate for Sydney.
鈥淭his comes on top of the $45 million in electoral funding these three parties received, between them, for the 2010 election,鈥 said Boyle.
As asylum seekers face years of detention in the Nauru and Manus Island detention camps, where not a single claim has been assessed, the Australian government refuses to answer to scrutiny or calls for human rights oversight.
The ABC鈥檚 Four Corners and SBS鈥檚 Dateline have now tried to investigate the conditions inside each 鈥渞egional processing centre鈥. The camps are believed to be abysmal, inadequate and places of widespread physical and psychological breakdown among detainees.
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