Attendees at a conference of Momentum, a group of grassroots supporters of Jeremy Corbyn, in Liverpool to coincide with Labours' national conference.
It wasn鈥檛 a surprise, but that didn鈥檛 make it any less historic.
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AGL CEO Andrew Vesey likes to paint himself as a sort of 鈥済reenie鈥 who is shifting the company in the right direction in these 鈥渃arbon constrained鈥 times.
Early on September 29 peace activists blockaded the Raytheon facility in Alice Springs. Four activists locked onto the gates of the facility preventing employees from entering.
In a unanimous decision on September 27, the Queensland Court of Appeal rejected the challenge by environment group Coast and Country to the proposed GVK Hancock Alpha coalmine.
The appeal was lodged in October last year. Hancock Coal Pty Ltd and the Queensland Minister for Environment and Heritage, were respondents at the hearing on June 7.
Power is gradually returning to South Australia after wild storms blew across the state last night, but some areas could be offline for days. The storm 鈥 associated with heavy rain, lightning, and severe winds 鈥 damaged transmission lines that carry electricity from power generators to people, causing a state-wide blackout.
South Australian premier 鈥渢he system operated as it was meant to operate鈥.
The Papua New Guinea (PNG) government on September 27 saying the centre will be closed and outlining the next steps.
The letter states: 鈥淭he purpose of this centre is for refugee status processing. All processing will end soon.鈥
The letter can be seen as moves by the Australian and PNG governments to close Manus Island detention centre.
Politicians such as Nationals leader Barnarby Joyce, independent and, predictably,聽One Nation's climate denying have sought to pin the blame for South Australia's power outage on September 28 on the state's reliance on renewable energy, especially wind power.聽Even Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull joined the attacks, with
About 200 people protested outside its AGM in Sydney on September 28.
AGL claims to be "green" but it is Australia's Number 1 fossil fuel polluter, owning three of Australia's most polluting coal fired power stations. It also runs NSW's major unconventional gas plant in Camden, south west Sydney.
Council workers at the City of Melbourne聽went on strike for two hours from 3.30 pm on September 27聽and rallied outside Melbourne Town Hall. The rally was followed by a protest march along Swanson Street from Bourke to Flinders streets.
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The workers are demanding a new agreement with better聽pay and conditions. City of Melbourne is the richest聽capital city in Australia.
About 70 people attended a forum on聽September 27聽in Melbourne on聽Making Melbourne a Hanson free zone. The forum was hosted by the Victorian Trades Hall Council.
Guardian Australia columnist Jeff Sparrow spoke at the forum. He said: "Billions of dollars have been spent on fighting Islam by the Government so recent polls on racism are no surprise. There is a real danger that Hanson could become the new normal, a right wing version of the Greens."
Bruce Charles 鈥淏ill鈥 Mollison died on September 24 in Sisters' Creek, Tasmania.
A few people are born who are world class heroes to those who know them and unknown to the great majority, until one day their inescapable influence floats to the surface and is generally recognised for the cream it is. In hindsight such leaders go on to become household names.
Three 鈥淨uaker Grannies for Peace鈥 set up breakfast on the road to Pine Gap on September 26 and invited military personnel arriving for work at the base to sit down with them.
The action is one of a series of events marking the 50th anniversary of the secret US military facility at Pine Gap, by groups advocating for the base鈥檚 closure.
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