PERTH 鈥 Construction, mining, maritime and metal workers rallied outside the Sheraton Hotel on March 23 while chief executive of mining giant Rio Tinto Iron Ore, Sam Walsh, hosted a business breakfast for Rio bosses.
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Newcastle City Council voted on March 16 to close down the South Newcastle Beach legal graffiti wall. This is Newcastle鈥檚 sole legal graffiti wall. The only vote against the motion was from Greens councillor Michael Osborne.
On March 23, Ewan Saunders was preselected as Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Brisbane in the upcoming federal election. Saunders is Queensland co-convenor of SA and is studying occupational therapy at the University of Queensland.
Alexis Adarfio is a revolutionary activist who has been nominated as a pre-candidate in the primary elections to determine the candidates for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) in the September 26 National Assembly elections. He is based in the state of Bolivar, Venezuela鈥檚 industrial heartland.
We hear a lot from mainstream journalists, politicians and even some environmental groups about forming partnerships with the 鈥渂usiness community" to fight climate change. Many assume a carbon trading scheme or carbon tax alone will be enough to give business an incentive to shift to clean energy.
On March 20, 500 equal marriage rights activists rallied in Sydney once more as part of the 2010 National Year of Action for marriage equality. Ten speakers from diverse political and personal backgrounds addressed a loyal crowd eager to share in their stories and views.
The 2010 Global Atheist Convention was held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre over March 12-14. Organised by the Atheist Foundation of Australia and Atheist Alliance International, tickets were sold out months before the conference.
What would be the cost of eradicating poverty in this country? What would be the cost of solving homelessness or unemployment? Could Australia afford to provide universal, free healthcare and education? Is there enough material wealth here to move to a safe, low-carbon economy?
Leading solar energy company Solar Systems was sold on March 16 to Silex, a small Australian company specialising in uranium enrichment and the manufacture of solar panels.
Employment in the Latrobe Valley in Victoria is heavily dependent on brown coal for electricity generation.
91自拍论坛 Weekly is taking a one-week break. Our next issue will be dated April 14.
On March 3, the New South Wales government approved a new 2000 megawatt (MW) 鈥渂aseload鈥 power station, Bayswater B, to be built adjacent to the existing Bayswater power station in the Hunter Valley.
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