After the overthrow of Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak in February, a new chapter in Egyptian history is being written and its authors are the people themselves.
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One hundred and twenty people packed out Gleebooks in Sydney on September 1 for the launch of Walk with Us 鈥 the latest book from the Aboriginal solidarity group .
The book documents the detrimental impact of the Northern Territory intervention on Aboriginal people and features a call out from Aboriginal elders to Australians, asking them to walk with them in their quest for justice.
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will take place in Perth at the end of next month. It is a gathering of the government leaders of the 54 Commonwealth countries.
The Commonwealth today has direct links to the earlier structures of the British Empire in which colonialists of a previous era used to boast that the 鈥渟un never sets鈥 on the places where they were killing and oppressing people.
About 300 activists protested in Melbourne on September 9 against chocolate company Max Brenner鈥檚 sponsorship of elite Israeli military units, as part of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign (BDS) against Israeli apartheid in Palestine.
Indigenous rights activist Robbie Thorpe told the rally: 鈥淓very struggle we see is about human life, their struggle is the same as ours because this is illegally occupied land too.鈥
Trade unionist Dave Kerin said: 鈥淭he only right solution is democratic, equal representation of all inhabitants of Palestine.鈥
British-based multinational corporation Serco Group is bidding for more contracts with Australian federal and state governments. Worth 拢4.3 billion ($6.6 billion), Serco markets itself as a 鈥渟olution to government鈥, which takes over government services and runs them for profit.
It has run Australia鈥檚 disastrous and increasingly unstable refugee detention centres since 2009, owns two Australian super-prisons and took over Western Australia鈥檚 court security and custodial services in June.
The 鈥淪ay No to Government鈥檚 Income Management: Not in Bankstown, Not Anywhere鈥 campaign coalition released the petition below in August.
To sign the petition, visit www.sayno2gim.info.
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To the honourable president and members of the senate in parliament assembled:
We the undersigned are opposed to the federal government鈥檚 income management system, which quarantines between 50% to 70% of Centrelink payments so they can only be used to buy 鈥減riority items鈥 at government-approved stores.
Chanting 鈥渟hame Barry, shame鈥, 35,000 people from dozens of unions and their supporters rallied in Sydney鈥檚 Domain on September 8 to oppose savage cuts to public services and job conditions.
Contingents of teachers, nurses, firefighters, police, rail and bus workers, and public sector workers swelled the ranks of the protest, the largest union rally in the state in 20 years.
The rally, held just two days after the O鈥橣arrell government handed down its budget, was almost double the size predicted by Unions NSW.
Emissions rise under carbon price
Labor proposes a carbon price plan to 鈥渢ackle climate change鈥 and create what it calls a 鈥渃lean energy future鈥 by an implied decrease in greenhouse gas pollution.
However the Australian government-endorsed Treasury modelling report, 鈥淪trong growth, low pollution鈥, shows that under the carbon price plan, Australia鈥檚 domestic greenhouse gas pollution will increase to 621 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent in 2020, bigger than now or in 2000.
Last month the Remuneration Tribunal awarded to the heads of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
Resistance is a co-sponsor of the in Melbourne over September 30 to October 4. 91自拍论坛 Weekly asked some Resistance members about their thoughts on this major event.
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Hannah Reardon-Smith, Brisbane
To me, events such as the Climate Change Social Change conference are essential for reigniting my enthusiasm and my energy for the good (but long) fight.
Australia鈥檚 media, already saturated with gas and mining company propaganda, are about to be bombarded with more 鈥済ood news鈥 about coal seam gas (CSG). A campaign called 鈥淲e want CSG鈥 was launched on September 4. It includes television, radio, newspaper and online advertisements. It is backed by some of Australia鈥檚 largest energy companies, including AGL, Santos, and Origin Energy, under the banner of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA).
Will NSW鈥檚 Liberal-National state government follow its Victorian colleagues and block the development of wind energy in the state?
Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu announced new planning laws on August 29 that ban wind farms from large areas of the state. The laws put so many hurdles in the way of new wind developments that most wind companies are now talking of abandoning further developments in the state.
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