Hundreds of members of the Turkish community rallied in central Sydney on June 1 to protest the Turkish government's crackdown on peaceful protesters in Istanbul over recent days.
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This statement was released by the West Papua Freedom Flotilla on June 1.
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A historical ceremony was held outside the Victorian Trades Hall on June 1 for the issuing of 鈥淥riginal Nations鈥 passports and West Papuan visas in conjunction with the .
In solidarity with the passport ceremony in Melbourne, a peaceful rally was also held in Manokwari, West Papua.
Perth activist Kamala Emanuel won a resounding victory on May 28 in an important court case addressing the right to protest.
Emanuel was charged with failing to comply with a police move-on notice that was issued . Emanuel did not dispute that she refused to comply with the move-on order but argued in court that the move-on notice was invalid.
The federal Labor government released its 鈥淣ational Food Plan鈥 on May 25. Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig said the plan is 鈥渁bout putting our Aussie mark on food and making sure that we all get a benefit out of it鈥.
Research group Beyond Zero Emissions released the statement below on May 28 in response to the plan.
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This week鈥檚 National Food Plan ignores the serious threat to agriculture posed by climate change. Yet research shows that an expanded Carbon Farming Initiative could have major benefits in combating climate change.
This video records the reaction by activists Alex Bainbridge and Kamala Emanuel after a significant court victory on 28 May 2013.
The deal between Labor and the Liberal-Nationals to add another $2 million to their election campaign funds 鈥 at the people's expense 鈥 before the September election was an extension of a 鈥渄eeply undemocratic major party scam to further entrench their parliamentary domination鈥, said Peter Boyle, Socialist Alliance candidate for Sydney.
鈥淭his comes on top of the $45 million in electoral funding these three parties received, between them, for the 2010 election,鈥 said Boyle.
It seems the one thing all Australians can agree on is that they hate Tom Waterhouse.
It is not much of a surprise, since anyone watching any sporting event is bombarded with ads for his sports betting business prominently featuring his smiling face.
There is a rising tide of worrying economic news in this country and it highlights once more the need to cut back on unnecessary spending, like allowing single mothers to eat.
As asylum seekers face years of detention in the Nauru and Manus Island detention camps, where not a single claim has been assessed, the Australian government refuses to answer to scrutiny or calls for human rights oversight.
The ABC鈥檚 Four Corners and SBS鈥檚 Dateline have now tried to investigate the conditions inside each 鈥渞egional processing centre鈥. The camps are believed to be abysmal, inadequate and places of widespread physical and psychological breakdown among detainees.
Members of the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees union (SDA) rallied outside its Brisbane offices on May 30.
The rally was in response to SDA Brisbane branch secretary Chris Ketter sacking organiser Allan Swetman, the day before Swetman was set to challenge for the secretary position.
Swetman had questioned the fact Brisbane SDA organisers had attended lectures held by religious organisations against same-sex marriage and abortion rights, and alleged the union is supporting these lectures.
Liah Lazarou, 28, is standing as a youth candidate for the Socialist Alliance in the South Australian seat of Adelaide, currently held by Labor MP Kate Ellis.
She was interviewed by Resistance member Liam Conlon about why she is standing in the election and what she is trying to achieve.
How did you get involved in political activism?
I grew up in a very working class background and was raised by a single father. He took me to my first rally, which was against Pauline Hanson in 1996. I was eleven years old.
It is time for us to rise up and reclaim our power. As citizens of the world, as people of this planet.
If we want a fair, just, harmonious, equitable, peaceful world, we need to create it.
We need to take action. Show our politicians we care about our planet and the destruction being wreaked on it by unaccountable, tax-avoiding, profit-driven corporations who are polluting and poisoning the planet for profit.
If we analyse the genetically modified (GM) industry's 鈥渉umanitarian鈥 claims, we see they are nonsense. They trot out the line that GM food will solve the world's hunger.
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