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1. Socialist candidates: ‘Make mining giants pay fair tax’

   Mining Environment Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane BRISBANE — On June 4, a picket of Rio Tinto ... public purse.” Climate activist Ewan Saunders, also the Socialist Alliance candidate for Brisbane, said: ... Brisbane office. Photo by Jim McIlroy. News ...

2. Power of community

   Michael McDonald Meanjin/Brisbane On September 23, the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society and Green ...

3. Qld gov't abolishes ceremonies for same-sex civil unions

   LGBTIQ Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Queensland Premier Campbell Newman said on June 12 that the ... partnerships.” LGTBI Legal Services president Merran Lawler told the June 14 Brisbane City News the group wanted ...

4. Protest hits Qld uranium mine plans

   Environment Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Protesters erected a giant “radioactive barrel” ... state government. The protest, sponsored by Friends of the Earth Brisbane’s Peace Anti-Nuclear and Clean ... the campaign, visit www.brisbane.foe.org.au. Australia May 16, 2012 923 Anti-uranium mining protesters ...

5. Protest condemns Bahrain invasion

   International solidarity Jim McIlroy Meanjin/Brisbane About 100 protesters gathered in Brisbane ... Bahraini community in Brisbane, welcomed the support from all who attended the rally, and declared that the ...

6. ‘We want a free and independent Libya’

   International solidarity Democracy Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane About 200 people rallied in ... Brisbane's King George Square on February 25 to show solidarity with the people of Libya resisting the ... through city streets to Brisbane Square, chanting "Out Gaddafi now!" and "Libya, we will ...

7. Action targets Israel, gas industry

   Environment Middle East Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane “No trade with apartheid Israel” was the ... Brisbane's Sofitel Hotel on May 18. A trade delegation from Israel was hosted at the breakfast, sponsored by ... protest, organised by Justice for Palestine Brisbane, attracted about 20 people who held placards ...

8. Builders rally against sham contracts

   Workers & unions Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane An estimated 3500 building workers walked off ... the job and rallied in Brisbane’s CBD on May 24 to protest sham contracts being imposed by ... after coming up to Brisbane in a convoy of cars and trucks. Construction unions have shut down the Gold ...

9. Latin American Film Festival aims to inspire

   Paul Benedek Meanjin/Brisbane From indigenous rights to liberation theology, Brisbane's third ... from East Timor, will introduce the Brisbane premier of his new film, The Doctors of Tomorrow. The ...

10. Qld: Hundreds rally to defend water from CSG

    Mining Coal Climate crisis Environment Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane More than 600 people ... rallied and marched in Brisbane’s CBD on October 16, as part of a national day of action to “Defend our ... Brisbane finished the rally by pointing to a green Eureka flag brandished by one demonstrator: “The Eureka ...

11. Rally protests Black deaths in custody

    Magan-djin/Brisbane Sam Watson, Aboriginal community leader and Socialist Alliance senate candidate for Queensland, ... candidate for the federal seat of Brisbane Andrew Bartlett said: “We must ensure this issue doesn't go ... times.” Ewan Saunders, Socialist Alliance candidate for Brisbane, said: “The federal election is a good ...

12. Protests will mark Mulrunji anniversary

    Paul Benedek Meanjin/Brisbane November 18 will be the second anniversary of the police killing of ... and their supporters will rally in Brisbane to demand an end to Aboriginal deaths in custody. ... against Aboriginal people, yet virtually no police have been brought to justice", Brisbane rally ...

13. Occupy for a world ‘full of the power of love’

    Economy Magan-djin/Brisbane Veteran Brisbane activist Gary McLennan spoke at an Occupy Brisbane ... that I’ve been asked twice to speak to the Occupy Brisbane movement. I said when I first spoke to you ... Brisbane, politicians and the media dare to make fun of you. They have destroyed the world. They have ruined ...

14. MUA’s battle for jobs intensifies at Hutchison Ports

    Fishermen's Wharf Port of Brisbane The battle continues at Hutchison Ports terminals in Sydney and Brisbane ... and supporters at Port Botany and the Port of Brisbane have continued for more than two weeks. The ... Fishermen's Wharf in Brisbane are being maintained, work has started and container trucks are permitted to ...

15. West End rally for community control over development

    Economy Housing Democracy Alex Bainbridge Magan-djin/Brisbane "We can't afford your ... chant rang through the streets of West End in Brisbane as 150 people marched against the proposed ... of culture versus dollars and cents. Greens councillor on the Brisbane City Council and one of the ...

16. Iranian asylum seeker brain dead on transfer to Australia

    centres Hamid Khazaei Brisbane’s Mater Hospital coroner's inquest Magan-djin/Brisbane By the time ... confirmed dead on arrival at Brisbane’s Mater Hospital. Kehazaei was transferred from Christmas Island to in ... transferred to Mater Hospital in Brisbane and was confirmed brain dead on September 2. Life support was ...

17. Builders rally for job safety

    Workers & unions Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane More than 1000 building unionists rallied in ... Adelaide. Organised by the building unions and the Queensland Council of Unions, the Brisbane action was ... Fitzpatrick from the south Brisbane community said: “We need to also remember the families who suffer from ...

18. Indigenous activist launches campaign

    Aboriginal deaths in custody Magan-djin/Brisbane “The major parties, Labor and Liberal, have failed to ... were Ewan Saunders, SA candidate for the seat of Brisbane, and Hamish Chitts, Revolutionary Socialist ... Party candidate for the seat of Griffith. Watson’s campaign has been endorsed by the Brisbane Aboriginal ...

19. Protest denounces forced deportations

    Refugees & migrants Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane The question of refugees "is as ... a rally of around 100 in Brisbane on April 9. The rally was organised by the Refugee Action Collective ... Brisbane on April 9. Photo: Freddie Steen News ...

20. Partial native title win on Nth Stradbroke Is.

    Indigenous Jim McIlroy Magan-djin/Brisbane Under an agreement endorsed by the federal court, the ... Quandamooka Aboriginal people of North Stradbroke Island, 22 kilometres off the Brisbane coast, have gained ... Bligh said the agreement opens the way for settlements of other native title claims in the Brisbane ...

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