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  1. Activists plan to launch Brisbane Social Forum

    BY ALISON STEWART BRISBANE — In an exciting new development for the Queensland anti-globalisation ... movement, activists are preparing for the launch of the Brisbane Social Forum, planned for March 16-17. The ... what, how and why. The idea for the Brisbane Social Forum came from the January 2001 World Social Forum ...

  2. Brisbane to join global March against Monsanto

    Economy Environment Agriculture March Against Monsanto Brisbane said that on May 25, hundreds of ... marching worldwide. The Brisbane assembly will start at 2:00pm at Reddacliff Place, Brisbane Square and ... will feature Rachael Jacobs, Greens candidate for the federal electorate of Brisbane, Robert Peakham, ...

  3. Brisbane Centrelink unionists walk out

    By Nick Everett BRISBANE — Around 30 union members walked off the job in Brisbane ... the Brisbane Centrelink delegates' committee on July 13. "The depth of members' feeling ...

  4. ACTU Congress backs Brisbane Sovereign Embassy

    Embassy from Brisbane’s Musgrave Park early on May 16 on the orders of Brisbane City Council. Police ... support of the Brisbane Sovereign Embassy. * * * The ACTU stands in solidarity with the unionists and ... Brisbane, QLD. Congress expresses it concern about the apparent return to negative tactics used by the ...

  5. Brisbane's Green It Up

    114 September 8, 1993 Brisbane's Green It Up By Lynda Hansen BRISBANE — What do you get when ... every Thursday Night at the Brisbane Celtic Club. Green It Up is a fundraiser for Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly. The ... with a diversity of talented performance artists. It's the only venue in Brisbane that holds open ...

  6. Invasion Day in Brisbane

    Invasion Day in Brisbane By Angelique Gellert BRISBANE — More than 1000 members of the Brisbane ... "crimes against the British Empire" during the invasion and colonisation of the Brisbane region. ... the Murri Community in Brisbane — where it grew to over 1500 and a festival was held. February 3, 1993 ...

  7. Brisbane's new mayor backtracks

    By Michael Bell BRISBANE — Three weeks after the March 23 Brisbane City Council elections, ... Brisbane residents as traffic, transport, urban development, rates and pollution. Green Alliance ... around the issues, but if Atkinson had read her own report on the Brisbane Plan she would have realised ...

  8. Tampa refugees welcomed in Brisbane

    BY BILL MASON BRISBANE — Fourteen refugees from the MV Tampa, released from behind the barbed wire ... at Brisbane airport on September 3. The 14 Afghan refugees had spent almost two years locked away as ...

  9. Brisbane garbo strike ends

    Brisbane garbo strike ends By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Northside Brisbane garbage trucks will carry ...

  10. Rallies for equal marriage rights — pics and videos from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane

    hundreds also took the streets in Brisbane. In Brisbane, a tiny group of Christian fundamentalists tried to ...

  11. Brisbane Chileans celebrate Pinochet's arrest

    349 February 17, 1999 By Jenni Mays and Lynda Hansen BRISBANE — More than 100 supporters attended ... Claudio Gallardo told the Brisbane audience the history of Chilean activist singer Victor Jara, who was ...

  12. Cuban communist hits Brisbane

    BY LYNDA HANSEN BRISBANE — Each week, US-backed counterrevolutionary groups broadcast 2800 hours ... people, including activists in various Latin American solidarity committees. During his visit to Brisbane ...

  13. Socialist Alliance campaign launched in Brisbane

    BY JIM MCILROY BRISBANE — "No to war! No to racism! Tax the rich!" were the main themes ... Alliance candidate for the seat of Brisbane, took up the theme of the growing campaign against the war on ...

  14. Brisbane rally and march against racism

    By Bill Mason BRISBANE — "We need united action against racism and the other attacks on the ... heard Lawrence Ma from the Brisbane Chinese community, Norman Johnson from the Australian Indigenous ...

  15. Brisbane speakers demand freedom for East Timor

    By Neil Eveleigh BRISBANE — ASIET (Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor) hosted ... people. Australian Democrat Brisbane candidate and state president Andrew Bartlett gave an account from ...

  16. Brisbane's March 22 protests

    through the streets of Brisbane on March 22. The noon rally at King George Square drew a crowd of 5000 but ... city blocks and growing in size as many bystanders joined in, the march stopped outside the Brisbane ... including Brisbane Mayor Jim Soorley who has replaced the Australian flag with a United Nations flag to ...

  17. Free tickets for Brisbane readers

    559 October 29, 2003 BRISBANE — Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly has three double passes to The Weather ...

  18. Brisbane garbos reject offer

    Brisbane garbos reject offer By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Brisbane garbage collectors are continuing ... union members", Williams said. The Brisbane City Council are voting on a plan for ex-gratia ...

  19. Greens confident in Brisbane elections

    By Michael Bell BRISBANE — Green Alliance lord mayoral candidate Drew Hutton believes Greens can ... expect to win one seat and as many as three in the March 23 Brisbane City Council elections. With the ... of some 50 groups in November 1990. Alliance candidates are contesting 12 of the 27 Brisbane wards ...

  20. Socialists run in Brisbane

    Socialists run in Brisbane By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Democratic Socialist campaign confirmed on ... Brisbane Central in the July 15 Queensland elections. Begg, who has been a key organiser in Brisbane of the ... profits." In the 1992 state election, the previous Democratic Socialist candidate for Brisbane Central, ...

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