The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) began an eight-day strike at the Fremantle Port Authority on December 17. The strike was forced on the union as a result of intransigence by the Port Authority and the state government.
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released this statement on December 17.
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鈥淔racking鈥 to tap unconventional gas resources could destroy the much-hyped 鈥渃lean coal鈥 carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.
Australian gas company Santos have recently commenced commercial drilling for shale gas in the Cooper Basin in Moomba, South Australia. Like coal seam gas, shale gas is a form of unconventional gas that requires "fracking" to release it.
The Climate Emergency Action Network (CLEAN) held a protest on December 14 in front of Christmas shoppers in Adelaide's Rundle Mall, before marching to Santos HQ. Their message to the SA state government was: "No to unconventional gas - Yes to renewables".
The text below is a speech given at the protest by CLEAN activist Gemma Weedall.
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Sibylle Kaczorek and Jody Betzien, from the Australian , interviewed Yiannis Bournous in Athens. Yiannis is a leading activst in the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza), Greek's rapidly growing left party.
Mick Armstrong, a national leader of Socialist Alternative, has written the response below to national co-convenor Peter Boyle's article . The two organisations are over the possibility of greater unity, and released a .
Resistance released this statement on December 14.
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The Sydney University (USYD) Resistance club condemns the attack by the Australian on the university鈥檚 Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies for its decision to uphold a boycott of Israeli academic institutions.
The Tamil Refugee Council released this statement on December 14.
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The Tamil Refugee Council (TRC) strongly rejects the claim by the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia that Tamils in Australia have terrorist connections.
TRC spokesman, Mal Bala, said the high commissioner Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe, had cast unjust and unproven aspersions upon many groups that have spoken out against the murder and persecution of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
The statement below was released by students charged over protests against cuts at Melbourne's La Trobe University.
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Three La Trobe students are under threat of expulsion from the university for their participation in a campaign to stop major cuts in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HUSS) department.
Egyptians again rise against tyranny and dictatorship. Politically, they have made significant gains from the street pressure, leading to a significant retraction from President Mohamad Morsi. But his concessions are superficial.
By and large, the Muslim Bortherhood's Morsi stubbornly continues to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor Mubarak. If the recent history is any predictor of the future, Morsi鈥檚 future looks bleak.
Two motions supporting refugee rights were passed at the Victorian Trades Hall Council on December 7. They were:
Oppose offshore processing and mandatory detention
Residents at Glenugie, near Grafton in NSW, have been peacefully blockading a road to prevent work starting on a coal seam gas project in their town.
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