鈥淭here is a systematic genocide going on in Sri Lanka at the moment and the world doesn鈥檛 know about it. That is why we are trying to create awareness about the issue and help put a stop to this genocide.鈥
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Next month it聮s likely many of us will receive a one-off cash payment of up to $950 from the Rudd government.
Adelaide has been in the grips of an unprecedented heat wave, with temperatures soaring above 40掳C for six consecutive days into early February.
Eighteen-year-old Cheyene Back was sentenced on February 2 to three months jail, despite having no prior convictions.
MELBOURNE 聴 After months of effort, the Socialist Alliance has retained its Victorian electoral registration. This means its name will appear on the ballot in seats it contests in the November 2010 state elections.
Five thousand people, predominately from the Sydney Tamil community, gathered in Martin Place on February 4 to draw attention to the genocide being waged against the Tamil people in northern Sri Lanka. The same day, 150 people from the Tamil community and supporters of Tamil rights marched in Brisbane.
On February 3, the federal government launched its second economic stimulus package of $42 billion, to be spent on special grants to individuals, businesses and schools.
The 13 forest activists sued over the protester-led shutdown of Gunns Ltd聮s Triabunna woodchip mill in December, lodged their defence in the Launceston Supreme Court on February 3.
Canberra was the site of an historic four days of Aboriginal rights activism in Australia.
鈥淩udd is dangling the carrot of hope before us and it is a lie鈥, said Les Coe at the Aboriginal convergence in Canberra on February 3, at which 500 people protested the continuation of racist Howard-era policies by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Even before its official launch at its founding congress on the outskirts of Paris on February 6鈥8, the new Anti-capitalist Party (NPA) has had discussions with the Left Party (PG) on the possibility of forming a united Left Front (FG).
On February 3, Abdul Nacer Benbrika, the alleged leader of a 鈥渢errorist organisation鈥, was sentenced to 15 years鈥 imprisonment. His six 鈥渇ollowers鈥 were sentenced to between four and seven-and-a-half years for being members of a terrorist organisation.
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