On September 1, thousands of people rallied in Melbourne for safe workplaces. The rally was in opposition to the federal government鈥檚 proposed national occupational health and safety (OHS) laws.
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Our neighbours recently moved out. They could no longer afford the rent on their small two-bedroom inner-city terrace, so moved away from the city centre to reduce their rent by $100.
On September 9, more than 60 unionists picketed the University of New England (UNE) during the one-day strike called by the UNE branch of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU).
Federal resources minister Martin Ferguson responded to the disastrous August 21 oil spill off the north-west coast of Australia by proposing to set up a new investigative body. The September 7 announcement claimed the new body would have the power to investigate such oil spillages and to 鈥渟top it happening again鈥.
Thousands of staff from 16 universities across the country will strike on September 16 for new union collective agreements. The actions follow strikes at the University of New England and Charles Sturt University on September 9 and at Victorian and Tasmanian campuses on May 21.
Aboriginal activists have attacked Aboriginal affairs minister Jenny Macklin鈥檚 claim that a proposed government takeover of the Alice Springs town camps would involve consultation with residents. They say it is false and misleading.
On September 8, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) notified the families of the five journalists killed in 1975 at Balibo in East Timor that it had begun an investigation into the killings.
The article below is a September 11 update released by the US-based Committees in Solidarity with the Peoples of El Salvador. It is reprinted from Cispes.org. President Mauricio Funes, a candidate for the left-wing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), was elected in March, ending the 17-year long neoliberal rule of the right-wing Arena party. The FMLN waged an armed struggle in the 1980s against the US-backed military dictatorship, which ended with peace accords in 1992. Funes has a mandate to promote the development of El Salvador to the benefit of the poor. However, the elite are seeking to destabilise his government.
The anniversary of the first year of President Fernando Lugo鈥檚 government coincided with a five-day national protest over August 10-15 organised by the United Popular Space (EUP). The EUP is a coalition of many social organisations and left parties, with the support of figures from diverse political sectors, including the governor of the department of San Pedro, Jose Pakova Ledesma, from the Authentic Radical Liberal Party (PLRA).
The communications chief for United Nations children鈥檚 charity UNICEF, James Elder, has been given until September 21 to leave Sri Lanka for making statements critical of the government.
Bolivian President Evo Morales has been declared 鈥淲orld Hero of Mother Earth鈥 by the United Nationals general assembly, EFE said on August 29.
French courts have sentenced six workers to suspended sentences of between three and six months as a consequence of union protests in April against Continental鈥檚 decision to close its tyre plant in Clairox.
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