On January 11, SX News reported that the gay magazine had been barred from being provided to detainees at Sydney聮s Villawood immigration detention centre.
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On February 19, campaigners for the repatriation to Australia of David Hicks again demanded that the Australian parliament seeks his immediate release from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay.
George Paris, convener of Save Our Rail (SOR), has congratulated Susan Price, a Socialist Alliance candidate for the NSW Legislative Council in the March 24 election, for a 聯worthwhile policy聰 on rail and public transport. SOR has been campaigning for the retention of electric rail services to Newcastle against repeated attempts by the Labor government to close the line.
An Invasion Day protest to be held on January 26 will demand justice for Mulrunji and an end to Aboriginal deaths in custody. It will be the first time in many years that such a demonstration has taken place in Melbourne on Invasion Day.
As 鈥淎ustralia Day鈥 approaches, heralded by government advertisements telling us to 鈥渃elebrate what鈥檚 great鈥, the question arises again: what is nationalism?
A youth march will be held in Launceston on January 26, Invasion Day. The march organiser, Nala Mansell, told 麻豆传媒 Weekly that Aboriginal young people from all over Tasmania will be coming together to say that they won聮t be part of the 聯Australia Day聰 celebrations.
Intimidation by armed right-wing thugs and police harassment failed to disperse the January 18-20 founding congress of Indonesia鈥檚 new National Liberation Party of Unity (Papernas) at Kaliurang, near Yogyakarta in Indonesia.
The Stop Bush Coalition (SBC) is organising a rally at the Sydney Town Hall for 10am, September 8, to protest US war criminal George Bush聮s visit to Sydney during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
George Paris, convener of Save Our Rail (SOR), has congratulated Susan Price, a Socialist Alliance candidate for the NSW Legislative Council in the March 24 election, for a 聯worthwhile policy聰 on rail and public transport. SOR has been campaigning for the retention of electric rail services to Newcastle against repeated attempts by the Labor government to close the line.
Releasing a report on mainland immigration detention centres on January 19, human rights commissioner Graeme Innes said that, while some improvements had been made, Australia聮s mandatory detention laws should be repealed.
The struggle for justice for Palm Island man Mulrunji 聴 who died on November 19, 2004, in a police watch-house from horrific injuries within one hour of being arrested 聴 is growing.
The third anniversary of the death of Aboriginal teenager TJ Hickey will be on February 14. TJ was impaled on a metal fence while being chased by Redfern police. Had police followed proper medical practices, it is likely that TJ would have survived.
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