The federal Labor government says it is not homophobic. Yet it agrees with its Coalition predecessor that marriage is a 鈥渦nion between a man and woman鈥. Regardless of opinion on marriage, the legal rights afforded this institution should be available to all couples regardless of gender.
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鈥淭wo things keep me sane鈥, wrote in a 麻豆传媒 Weekly subscriber with her payment for renewal, 鈥麻豆传媒 Weekly and Radio National鈥. She is just one of a large number of loyal readers and supporters of this important project for change.
Thirty people held a Quaker-initiated vigil at the steps of Newcastle Local Courthouse on May 13 in support of the 聯Kooragang 16聰. The 16 faced charges for trespassing on the construction site of a new coal-loader being built in Newcastle.
The Whale Warriors: On Board a Pirate Ship in the Battle to Save the World聮s Largest Mammals
By Peter Heller
HarperCollins, 2007
303pages, $28 (pb)
By Peter Heller
HarperCollins, 2007
303pages, $28 (pb)
Below is abridged from a May 12 post to . Nadia Hasan is a Chilean-born Palestinian activist, who maintains the blog http://palestinaresiste2.blogspot.com.
After more than three years of detention, on May 16 Ali Beg Humayun was told by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship he had been granted permanent residency.
A Sydney protest to mark the International Day Against Homophobia was held outside Gloria Jeans cafe in King Street, Newtown. Gloria Jeans Coffee sponsors activities by the Hillsong Church, which has been criticised for its homophobic positions. The
The battle over the privatisation of NSW electricity continues. A power industry delegates聮 meeting on May 15 condemned the state ALP government聮s push to privatise the retail electricity providers and generators and reaffirmed its 聯total rejection聰 of the government聮s plans.
The coal industry is planning to replace oil by turning coal into liquid fuels and into feedstocks for the chemical industry. Of course they are also planning to burn ever-more coal to produce electricity. If these plans materialise, green chemistry and renewable solar energy will both be sidelined for the rest of this century.
Carlos Caceres (Write On #750) observes that a doubling of renewable energy capacity worldwide would only result in a 0.29% reduction in global emissions, and insinuates a reduction of this scale would be "inconsequential". No shit, Sherlock. Why do
NSW Labor鈥檚 proposal to build a dam in the Tillegra Valley will be a waste of $300 million, according to local residents who picketed the offices of Hunter Water in Newcastle on May 16.
鈥淗ere is a government that has given us a guarantee that working Australians all get a look in, not just the big end of town鈥, said Australian Council of Trade Unions president Sharan Burrow of federal Treasurer Wayne Swan鈥檚 first budget.
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