Two weeks ago, Norrie won the right to have 鈥渘on gender specific鈥 written on zie's (non-gendered pronoun) birth certificate.
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US maternity death rate doubles in 20 years
"Deaths from pregnancy and childbirth in the United States have doubled in the past 20 years, a development that a human rights group called 'scandalous and disgraceful' Friday ...
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A 鈥渕ock wedding鈥 of queer couples was held in Wollongong on March 18, protesting against Australia's legislation banning lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people from getting married.
Australian Services Union organiser Julie Kun outlined the ASU鈥檚 campaign for pay equity at an International Women鈥檚 Day meeting organised by the Anatolian Cultural Centre and the Socialist Alliance on March 14.
鈥淭he Aboriginal community is moving to call for a national day of action against Black deaths in custody on Saturday April 10鈥, Queensland Aboriginal leader and Socialist Alliance member Sam Watson told 91自拍论坛 Weekly on March 19. 鈥淲e are calling on all state and federal governments across Australia to conduct a national audit of the implementation of the recommendations of the 1991 Royal Commission into Black Deaths in Custody.
On March 15, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, spruiking his plans to revamp Australia鈥檚 ailing health care system, was told by Queanbeyan Doctor Jeannie Ellis, who has spent some time in Cuba, that he should look to the Caribbean island for ideas on how to develop a decent public health system.
An arepa is a Venezuelan food staple. It is a round type of bread made from corn flour and water and slapped into shape with both hands. Venezuelans say they cannot live without eating an arepa each day.
Hearings in the ongoing coronial inquest into the November 2004 death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee, a member of the Indigenous community on Palm Island, were held on the island and in Townsville from March 8-12.
At 8am on February 17, 100 families were evicted from the Nuevo Sol housing estate, leaving its inhabitants without a roof over their heads. That morning, an individual appeared without legal written orders accompanied by 200 police, trained dogs and bulldozers to carry out the eviction.
The Indonesian government headed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (commonly known as 鈥淪BY鈥) claims it has reduced poverty in Indonesia from 17.7% in 2006 to 14.2% in 2009.
Author and climate commentator Clive Hamilton launched his new book, Requiem for a Species, at Gleebooks on March 16. He discussed the troubling gap between the scientific certainty that dangerous climate change is already underway and the refusal of governments to respond.
In the past 12 months, climate change denial has made something of a comeback. In the US, attacks on science are reaching a fever-pitch.
On March 15, I was banned for a period of 12 months from entering any premises or lands belonging to the University of Sydney. Another Socialist Alliance activist, Paul Benedek, was issued with an 鈥渋ndefinite鈥 ban.On March 15, I was banned for a period of 12 months from entering any premises or lands belonging to the University of Sydney. Another Socialist Alliance activist, Paul Benedek, was issued with an "indefinite" ban.
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