When word started spreading that the far right wanted to relive the 2005 racist Cronulla riot organised an April 9 鈥渕ass rally against migrants and Islam鈥 in Melbourne, anti-racist groups started organising a counter rally, to show that migrants were welcome and racism was not.
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Professional engineers at Qantas, members of the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia (APESMA), remain locked in combat with the airline after almost a year of negotiations over a new work agreement.
Internet giant Google Inc. has cut off Cuban writer and essayist Henry Ubieta鈥檚 access to his 鈥淟a Isla Desconocida鈥 (鈥淭he unknown Island鈥) blog, hosted on Blogger, and blocked his access to his gmail account.
Palestine solidarity activists protested outside a Max Brenner outlet in Newtown on March 31 and April 8 to alert customers and passers-by about the Israeli company's support for war crimes against Palestinians.
In December, a delegation of British MPs visiting Colombia reported that a mass grave had been discovered in La Macarena, a small town in the Meta region, 250 kilometres south of Bogota.
The current federal inquiry into the over-representation of Indigenous youth and young people in the criminal justice system, which began in late March, has brought attention to issues surrounding incarceration in Australian jails and detention centres.
Although final figures will not be known until April 24, the results of Bolivia鈥檚 April 4 regional elections have ratified the continued advance of the 鈥渄emocratic and cultural revolution鈥 led by the country鈥檚 first indigenous President Evo Morales.
April 16 will be the seventh anniversary of the Venezuelan government鈥檚 health care program, Mission Barrio Adentro, which has used Cuban doctors to bring free health care to millions of the poor.
On March 10, 2009, three days after Mardi Gras, 34-year-old Veronica Baxter was arrested by Redfern police. She was charged with six counts of supplying a prohibited drug and held on remand at the all-male NSW Silverwater Metropolitan Reception and Remand Centre.
Plans for a US$6 billion food estate in the Merauke region of West Papua has been attacked by farmer and environmental organisations as a land grab that would destroy 2 million hectares of virgin forest.
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Telstra workers, who are covered by the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union, rallied outside Telstra headquarters in Perth on April 6. The action was part of a 15-month dispute between the company and the union members. Telstra is offering a pay rise for a non-union enterprise agreement. The wage increase would not extend to an agreement negotiated by the CEPU on behalf of its members.
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