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.
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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.
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 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.
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.
Ark Tribe is a South Australian building worker and member of the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU). He has been charged for refusing to answer questions by the Australian Building Construction Commission (ABCC) over a 2008 workplace safety dispute
The article below is an open letter issued by 鈥淐oncerned Teachers, Students, Writers, Artists, and Activists Around the World鈥. It is abridged from Mrzine.
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).
Shaun Joseph of the US International Socialist Organisation and Providence City councillor Miguel Luna report back on the resistance to the coup in Honduras.
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.
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