"No uranium mining," "No nuclear industry," and "No nuclear waste dump," were the themes of the annual Rally for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, held in Brisbane on Palm Sunday, April 17.
The rally and march attracted about 200 people.
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The chief operating officer for Apex Energy NL, Chris Rogers, contacted Stop CSG Illawarra on April 5. He accused the group, which is campaigning against coal seam gas (CSG) projects in the region, of publishing two inaccuracies on its website: that drilling had already commenced and that CSG鈥檚 contribution to global warming is equally as bad, if not worse, than coal.
Who were the actual criminals that sparked the refugees鈥 revolt in Villawood detention centre in late April? There is no crime in climbing on top of a building and holding a banner saying 鈥淲e need help鈥, nor asking for a meeting with immigration officials after 15 months in detention, as two Kurdish Iranian refugees did on April 20, sparking protests that lasted for more than a week.
The ALP took government on the back of the 鈥淵our Rights At Work鈥 campaign. But Labor has failed to 鈥渞ip up鈥 the Howard government鈥檚 Work Choices laws.
Australian Industry Group boss Heather Ridout told the 2011 HR Nichols Society conference: 鈥淭here were many positive elements of the previous [Coalition] government鈥檚 workplace relations laws that have been retained by the Labor government.鈥
I began writing this as a reply to a worker infected by the ideological disease that could be called today鈥檚 version of 鈥渢he socialism of fools鈥.
That was the name given by German socialists at the end of the 19th century to the irrational, bigoted and eventually genocidal idea that Jews were to blame for the plight of oppressed and exploited workers.
Today鈥檚 鈥渇ools鈥 in Australia blame asylum-seekers and refugees, especially those of Muslim faith or who come from the Middle East.
The Greens Mayor of Marrickville Council Fiona Byrne gave the speech below at the Unions NSW May Day toast at the Cypress Community Club in Stanmore on April 28.
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I acknowledge we meet tonight on the traditional land of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation and pay my respects to elders both past and present.
Those who don鈥檛 read the Oz or Tele, or don鈥檛 listen to shock jock radio, I鈥檓 the controversial Greens Mayor of Marrickville.
For many people, gambling merely fulfils a short-term desire to be entertained. Yet for an estimated 2.3% of Australian adults, it has become a compulsion; an uncontrollable addiction which largely affects their personal, social and financial life.
Over the past decade, the gambling industry in Australia has expanded significantly.
Currently, every state and territory within Australia has at least one casino operating within its jurisdiction, offering various gambling options, including poker and gaming machines, to anyone over the legal age of 18.
Middle East Rebellions and Royal Weddings
While I think the world certainly needs good news stories, I am astounded at the focus of media attention on the wedding of one couple in England when there are truly amazing and historic scenes happening in our world that are real good news stories.
From Libya and Tunisia in North Africa to Syria, Yemen and Bahrain in the Middle East earth shattering events are taking place, that are not only powerfully transforming the region politically, but also are having a profound social and cultural impact there and elsewhere.
"Another Australia is Possible" was the main theme of the Socialist Alliance Queensland State Conference, held on Saturday April 16 in the Brisbane Activist Centre.
A feature panel, 鈥淔ighting for Another Australia鈥, included presentations from Murri community leader Sam Watson, Sri Lankan human rights activist Dr Brian Senewiratne, socialist educationalist and writer Gary MacLennan, and Socialist Alliance national executive member Lisa Macdonald.
The NATO attack on Libya was debated at a meeting sponsored by the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law in Melbourne on April 20.
Don Rothwell, a law professor at the Australian National University, argued that the intervention is consistent with the doctrine of "responsibility to protect".
This doctrine, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005, endorses outside intervention to protect people from genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes carried out by their own government.
Pablo Solon, Bolivia鈥檚 permanent representative to the United Nations, made the speech below at an April 20 session of the UN general assembly.
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Victor Hugo, the author of Les Miserables, once wrote: 鈥淗ow sad to think that nature speaks and mankind doesn鈥檛 listen.鈥
We are here today to attempt to have a dialogue not just among states, but also with nature. Although we often forget it, human beings are a force in nature.
The family of an Aboriginal man, Herbert Mitchell, who died after being taken to Townsville鈥檚 police watchhouse on April 18, is calling for answers from the current police investigation and coroner's report.
Aboriginal activist and Townsville resident Gracelyn Smallwood said: 鈥淭he Mitchell family is in a state of shock and mourning at the sudden and unexpected death of their family member.
鈥淭he family has no clear information except that he was picked up by police for public drunkenness and within four hours he was on life support in hospital.鈥
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