Climate scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a disturbing new study on May 19. Without drastic action, the Earth鈥檚 surface temperature could rise by 5掳C or more by 2100, they said.
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Plans are underway for the fifth national day of action for same-sex marriage rights. Rallies are already planned in seven cities across Australia on August 1.
SYDNEY 聴 Mohan Rajan, a young Tamil activist, told 91自拍论坛 Weekly he was concerned that two violent incidents between the Tamil and Sinhalese communities in Sydney on May 18 聯overshadowed the human catastrophe聰 in Sri Lanka.
Two protesters abseiled from the front of parliament house on May 13 in a dramatic protest against the federal government鈥檚 policies on climate change.
The victory for Greens candidate Adele Carles in the May 16 by-election for the WA state seat of Fremantle is a breakthrough for the progressive movement and a testament to the Greens鈥 consistent efforts to raise a left alternative to Labor.
Schools and clinics in many Aboriginal homelands and outstations are likely to close under proposed changes announced by the Northern Territory government on May 20.
SYDNEY 鈥 On May 15, the Australia Western Sahara Association (AWSA) organised an event at Leichhardt Town Hall to mark the beginning of the struggle for independence in Western Sahara 36 years ago.
After rugby league commentator and former player Matthew Johns gave an insincere and misdirected apology on The Footy Show on May 7 鈥 preempting the ABC Four Corners program that named Johns as part of an alleged sexual assault in 2002 鈥 Paul 鈥淔atty鈥 Vautin slapped him on the back and declared: 鈥淲ell said, now let鈥檚 get on with the show.鈥
鈥淚 believe that we must reject torture without equivocation because it does not make us safe, it results in unreliable intelligence, it puts our troops at risk, and it contradicts core American values鈥, US President Barack Obama said while campaigning for the White House in March last year.
鈥淥ur motherland has been completely liberated from separatist terrorism鈥, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said in a May 19 鈥渧ictory speech鈥 to parliament. He was referring to the military defeat of the pro-independence Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by the Sri Lankan Army.
MELBOURNE 聴 Locals into Victoria聮s Environment organised a 5000-strong protest against the federal government聮s climate change policies on May 17.
Last week鈥檚 university staff strikes across Victoria were in response to decades of attacks on higher education.
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