A colourful group of environmental activists gathered on the steps of Australian mining giant Lynas Corporation鈥檚 head office on September 20 to protest the company鈥檚 move to build a rare earth mineral refinery in Malaysia.
Thousands of Malaysians have joined protests against the Malaysian government and Lynas for their lack of transparency in not disclosing plans to deal with radioactive toxic waste produced by the Lynas Advanced Minerals Plant, near the town of Kuantan.
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More than 2000 people rallied in Melbourne on September 20 to protect the public TAFE system, which is facing budget cuts of over $200 million by the state government.
If there is one thing melting away faster than the Arctic ice cap it鈥檚 the credibility of the global carbon trading system set up under the Kyoto treaty to address climate change. A United Nations sponsored panel said in a September 10 report that with potentially devastating consequences鈥.
An Islamophobic YouTube video called 鈥淚nnocence of Muslims鈥 has been blamed for sparking protests across the world, although the real causes are surely deeper. On September 15, a protest by Muslims in Sydney鈥檚 CBD was met with police repression. Since then, there has been widespread mainstream and social media condemnation of the protest, which has been dubbed the 鈥淪ydney Riots鈥.
Independent newspaper 91自拍论坛 Weekly today slammed attempts by Liberal Senator Brett Mason in the Senate to inflame anti-Islam sentiment and intimidate a media outlet that opposes this.
The Geelong Socialist Alliance released the statement below on September 18.
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The Socialist Alliance has announced today that they will endorse 55-year-old health and safety teacher, Sue Bull, as its candidate for Mayor in the Greater Geelong City Council elections, which take place on October 27.
Bull said: 鈥淚鈥檝e decided to run because I can鈥檛 see that there are any candidates campaigning against corporate greed and putting the community and the environment first.
released the statement below on September 18.
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The residents of Nattai, a township that overlooks Lake Burragorang 鈥 the source of fresh drinking water for residents of the city of Sydney and the lower Blue Mountains 鈥 have overwhelmingly supported a declaration that Nattai and Sydney Water Catchment be CSG Mining Free.
The local community will be celebrating this event during the National Week of Action at Lake Burragorang Lookout in Nattai on Sunday October 14 from 11.00am to 1pm.
Celebrated Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe whose landmark publication, "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" documented the planned removal of 700,000 Palestinians from their lands in 1948, has written a new book "The Forgotten Palestinians".
In the book, and at this September 16 community meeting at Sydney University, Pappe reveals the situation for the Palestinians who still live within Israel's borders.
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