I am part of Critical Climate, an Adelaide activist group advocating a 鈥渟ustained mass civil disobedience鈥 response to the climate emergency.
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Socialist Alliance members and supporters gathered outside Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's 鈥渃ommunity Cabinet meeting鈥 at New Town High School in Hobart on October 13, protesting against the war in Afghanistan and calling for troops to be withdrawn.
It seems Australian hip-hop act The Herd are not the only musicians under attack from conservatives for standing by their principles. In September, the Herd pulled out of a coal industry-sponsored concert in Mackay, Queensland to the anger of big coal (but to the delight of their climate-conscious fan base).
On October 15, almost 260 Tamil refugees were stranded at an Indonesian port in west Java. They were refusing to disembark from the boat that had carried them from Malaysia and pleaded for the Australian government to hear their case. That evening they declared a hunger strike.
In early September, most abortions performed in Queensland health facilities came to a halt. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists had passed on a legal opinion to their members that said doctors were still at risk of prosecution while abortion remained in the criminal code.
More than 200 people rallied on October 11, supporting former employees of liquidating company Solar Systems and calling on the federal and state governments to rescue the company鈥檚 solar power plant project in Mildura. Solar Systems went into administration after failing to find enough investors to continue the project.
The Ampilawatja walk-off national speaking tour is spreading the word about life under the Northern Territory intervention and the Aboriginal elders who have walked off their community in opposition.
In May last year, federal Treasurer Wayne Swan announced the formation of the Australia鈥檚 Future Tax System Review, to be run by Treasury secretary Ken Henry. When the Henry review reports to government in December, its recommendations are likely to leave the wealthy smiling and the rest of us grinding our teeth.
Abortion debate
With regards to the article "Harassing us into submission" (GLW #810), what is interesting in this debate, or lack thereof, is that at no time is there dialogue on when life actually begins. This would then determine whether a
The following demands have been supported by a majority of the former Solar Systems employees:
An open letter to the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) and Labor MP Kelvin Thomson
Renowned author and academic Noam Chomsky answers a question during a public meeting in September on the case of the .
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