After a boring, month-long state election campaign, Western Australian politics suddenly burst into life immediately after the September 6 poll, in which Labor won more seats than the Liberals but neither major party won a clear majority.
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A sign-on statement calling on the federal Labor government to abolition the anti-union Australian Building and Construction Commission, and extending solidarity to any worker victimised by the ABCC, was initiated last week by Tim Gooden, the secretary of Geelong and Regional Trades and Labour Council.
The Australian Food and Grocery Council has attacked a Senate inquiry鈥檚 recommendation for national container deposit legislation, calling the approach 鈥渋nefficient鈥 and likely to cause price increases.
Below is an abridged report from . The Cuban Five are five Cuban men in jail in the United States for their role in infiltrating far-right terrorist groups based in Miami, in order to attempt to prevent attacks against Cuban territory and people. For these anti-terrorist activities, the five are currently serving combined jail sentences of 75 years. On September 2, the Atlanta Court of Appeals rejected a request to reconsider their case.
Barely two weeks after being sworn in on August 15, a coup plot to oust newly elected Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo was exposed on September 2.
The Greens and independents appear to be the main beneficiaries of a large swing away from Labor in the September 13 NSW council elections.
On September 4, the federal Labor government introduced a bill in parliament to partially end discrimination against same-sex couples.
Below is an abridged August 19 statement by Israeli human rights organisation B聮Tselem.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered the US ambassador in Caracas, Patrick Duddy, to leave the country within 72 hours on September 11.
Thirty people gathered at the Governor of Hindmarsh Hotel for the second Politics in the Pub hosted by the Socialist Alliance on September 11. The topic 鈥 鈥淐an we solve the water crisis?鈥 鈥 was addressed by Peter Laffan, chair of the Save our Gulf Coalition, and Bernie Laidlaw of the Socialist Alliance.
The dumping or resignation of half a dozen ministers from the NSW Labor government over the last fortnight 鈥 brought on by internal warfare over the cabinet鈥檚 refusal to scrap its electricity privatisation plan 鈥 has still not convinced the new premier and ALP power-brokers to drop the plan altogether.
The Fairfax Media workers鈥 strike on August 28-31 signalled growing troubles in the Australian media industry.
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