His hair has grown, his voice sounds a little deeper and his wounds appear to have healed somewhat. But what isn聮t clear from the first ever Guantanamo Bay interrogation video to be released for public consumption is that Omar Khadr is blind in one eye.
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The truck drivers鈥 national transport shutdown came to an end on July 30, with the Transport Workers Union (TWU) failing to endorse the action and calling on frustrated drivers to instead lobby the federal government.
The fight to keep NSW electricity in public hands must and can be won. If Premier Morris Iemma and treasurer Michael Costa get away with their plan to sell off the state鈥檚 electricity generation capacity and its retail arms, working people and the community will get a dearer, less reliable service, and the chances of the state moving to a sustainable energy policy will be reduced to zero.
In Australia today, paid maternity leave is still not adequate, women still do not have equal pay for equal work, and many women, particularly young women, are experiencing sexual harassment and discrimination almost 25 years after the anti-discrimination laws were created.
Farmers in Liverpool Plains, south of Tamworth, are taking on BHP Billiton鈥檚 drive for black gold.
At a 鈥淩ally for the River鈥 on August 1, some 2000 people gathered on the steps of state parliament to voice concerns about the plight of the Murray River鈥檚 Lower Lakes and the lack of action by state and federal politicians to address the crisis.
The export of coal is an important issue for climate campaigners to consider. Australia exports more carbon dioxide in the form of coal than its entire domestic emissions of the gas.
The Reverend Helen Elizabeth Cox died on July 15 after a short illness in hospital in Melbourne. A service was held on July 21 at Doncaster East Uniting Church, and was attended by her extended family, friends and the many people touched by her ministries.
A 150-strong community meeting on July 29 called on the NSW government to urgently re-open the region鈥檚 only maternity unit, at Blue Mountains Hospital in Katoomba.
The campaign to throw out all charges against Palm Island Aboriginal leader Lex Wotton is gaining momentum. The Indigenous Social Justice Association, Melbourne (ISJA) is organising a Victorian speaking tour with him from August 6-10.
The Australian Workers Union has many members in the aluminium refining and smelting industry, which accounted for 45.3 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2006 (7.9% of Australia聮s total). Obviously, such a major greenhouse polluter 聴 the dirtiest for every dollar of value added 聴 has to be radically restructured if carbon emissions are to be cut to sustainable levels.
Twenty people discussed the possibilities and challenges for Cuba, socialism and the environment following a screening of the documentary Power of Community 鈥 How Cuba Survived Peak Oil at Gecko House in Currumbin on July 27.
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