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Activists to save inner-city bushland
BY GILBERT HOLMES BRISBANE — A determined band of activists are preparing a blockade in an effort ... to save Brisbane's last piece of inner-city bushland. The two hectares of bushland, known as ... the Gully is only two and a half kilometres from the centre of Brisbane. It provides a unique window ...
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Socialist candidate calls for youth voice
Socialist candidate calls for youth voice By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Kathy Newnam, Democratic ... Socialist candidate for Central ward in the March 15 Brisbane City Council elections, has called for ... Democratic Socialists' opposition to privatisation or corporatisation of Brisbane's bus system. ...
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Indonesian activist addresses meetings
Indonesian activist addresses meetings By Bernard Wunsch BRISBANE — Robby Hartono, a pro-democracy ... meetings in Brisbane last week. In a four-day tour, Hartono was able to tell many different people about ... their solidarity, shown through industrial action. The MUA in Brisbane ports banned the unloading of ...
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Youth reject Hanson's racist push
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — "Young people in Australia will overwhelmingly reject Pauline ... Hanson's attempt to set up a One Nation youth wing", according to Zanny Begg, Brisbane organiser of ... Hanson's One Nation party launch on the Gold Coast on July 1. The Brisbane Anti-Racist Campaign is ...
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Activists dissect war machine
BY ADAM BAKER BRISBANE — The US military machines, the oil companies which are central to the ... participants from various socialist and environmentalist groups. In the first plenary, longtime Brisbane ... Brisbane NOWAR meets every Monday at 6.30pm, Level 2, Trades and Labor Council Building, 16 Peel Street, ...
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News briefs
295 October 29, 1997 News briefs BRISBANE — The Queensland government last week waived an ...
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Opposition to toxic waste dump
By Coral Wynter and Kerry Vernon BRISBANE — Fifty people attended the opening of the Bayside ... mouth of the Brisbane River. The proposed dump is "a thoughtless attempt to remedy the Willawong ... complaints that the new site will put the environment of the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay at risk. BRATS ...
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Tjandumurra O'Shane Appeal
and burned at his primary school in Cairns, is undergoing treatment in Brisbane and will be ...
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GL writer recognised
GL writer recognised Robyn Marshall of Brisbane was one of three state finalists in the annual MBF ...
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Benetton boycott called
Benetton boycott called By Darryl O'Donnell BRISBANE — The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power ... and had the outline of their bodies chalked on the ground. ACT-UP Brisbane spokesperson Jeff Ward ... declared the United Colours of Benetton to be "the colours of money". ACT-UP Brisbane, Melbourne ...
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International Women's Day
International Women's Day. Pictured is Brisbane's rally. In Melbourne, around 300 people gathered on ...
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Protesters picket Howard speech
708 May 4, 2007 BRISBANE Around 50 people picketed the Sofitel Hotel on April 23 to protest ...
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Music in the face of repression
development of the modern music scene in Brisbane, set against the backdrop of the Joh Bjelke-Petersen ... singer Jello Biafra later saying that he "felt safer in East Berlin than in Brisbane". The ... book's title is taken from a popular song of the time that described Brisbane as "Pig City". ...
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Tens of thousands rally for action on global warming
in Hobart, 3000 in Canberra and Perth, 1500 in Brisbane, 1000 in Adelaide and Wollongong, 800 in ...
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Protest supports Palm Island community
BRISBANE — A protest was held outside state parliament on March 2 in solidarity with the Palm ...
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Correction
GLW #488 incorrectly reported that at a Brisbane public forum on April 5, Fernando Duque, Oceania ...
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Protests for Palestine
Three-hundred people gathered in Sydney, 150 in Canberra, and fifty in both Melbourne and Brisbane ...
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Save the Tassie forests!
defence of Tasmania's old-growth forests. In Brisbane, supporters of the Tasmanian forest campaign ...
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Thousands march against racism — again
Sydney, Brisbane and other cities last month which involved hundreds of thousands of people. Photo by Alex ...
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Action updates
332 September 9, 1998 Reith chickens out BRISBANE — Federal industrial relations minister Peter ... policies. The Liberal candidate for the seat of Brisbane had invited Reith to conduct a "meet the ... propping up the Indonesian dictatorship was discussed. Resistance stall attacked BRISBANE — A Resistance ...