When the United Nations describes the Sinhalese army聮s attacks on the Tamil areas of Sri Lanka as a 聯bloodbath on the beach聰 you know a massacre is going on.
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SYDNEY 聴 A May 19 ceremony at Ibero-American Square marked the 114th anniversary of the death of Cuban national hero Jose Marti.
Chants of 鈥淗ardest working, lowest paid: Bligh and Wilson, be ashamed!鈥 rang out from 4000 teachers at the gates of state parliament on May 19.
Despite some new health spending on infrastructure and research, the recent budget failed to address the growing public health care crisis.
The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has criticised the fast-tracking of approval for a 3km tunnel under the Ranger uranium mine operated by Energy Resources of Australia.
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.
On May 14, the Senate upheld the parliamentary remuneration tribunal鈥檚 decision to raise electoral allowances for federal politicians by $90 a week ($4700 a year). The vote was 38 votes to 7.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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