Just days after Queensland Liberal National Party Senator James McGrath reportedly threatened to call for the sacking of federal environment minister听Melissa Price if she did not grant approval for Adani鈥檚 proposed coalmine, the Indian mining giant鈥檚 groundwater management plan was approved on April 9.
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Indian mining company Adani intends to open a mega coalmine in the Galilee Basin in Queensland, which will contribute significantly to global warming.
More than 350 Victorian Socialists members and supporters packed out Preston Town Hall on April 6 to launch the party鈥檚 federal election campaign.
鈥淐ubans want a socialist country, a developed country, and support for the Cuban Revolution remains strong,鈥 Leima Martinez Freire told a public meeting in Sydney on April 4.
Hutchison Ports workers in Sydney and Brisbane walked off the job for 24 hours on April 5 to protest the company鈥檚 ongoing refusal to move away from outsourcing jobs and the overseas remote-controlling of already semi-automated equipment.
Socialist candidates are campaigning in the May 18 federal elections to put forward solutions to the growing wealth divide and looming environmental crisis.
Protests continue in Sudan, calling for the Al Bashir regime to fall. On April 6, the anniversary of the 1985 revolution, solidarity protests were organised around the world as the Sudanese people called on the army to support them in their struggle for peace, justice and freedom. 91自拍论坛 Weekly's Susan Price spoke to Maysoon, from the Sydney Sudanese community about the significance of the April 6 protests.
A from a recent fact-finding mission to Venezuela, featuring 91自拍论坛听Weekly journalist Federico Fuentes, was held on April 7.
Fuentes took part in the two-week tour to Venezuela organised by the Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) and the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign (Melbourne) in early March.听The purpose of the tour was to get a first-hand look at the real situation on the ground and help build solidarity with the Venezuelan people.
The March 31 Turkish local election results showed democracy is alive, but if the opposition wants to win there needs to be unity of the Kurdish and Turkish left, writes Arash Azizi.
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