Two protests in one week have demanded that government plans for the development of South and Bathers beaches in Fremantle be canned.
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Workers at the Foster聮s brewery at Yatala, south of Brisbane, have stepped up their campaign for a union agreement, following a victory over the latest attempt by the company聮s management to impose a non-union agreement on the workforce at the plant.
A group of Australian writers, academics, NGO workers and activists have written an open letter to incoming Prime Minister Kevin Rudd calling for Australia to increase its development assistance to East Timor (see above).
A December 22 warehouse fire in a shared residential and industrial zone on the outskirts of the western Melbourne suburb of Tottenham has caused local residents to demand information and better emergency response procedures after a cloud of chlorine gas covered a substantial part of the suburb.
Prime Minister of Australia Mr Kevin Rudd, MHR [also to other ministers] January 2008
Dear Prime Minister
Re: Australian and Cuban education assistance to Timor Leste
We the following academics, writers, organisations and NGO workers observe these developments, on education assistance to Timor Leste:
Early on January 23 more than 20,000 Palestinians from the besieged Gaza Strip poured into Egyptian territory after Palestinian militants from Hamas and the Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) blew up two 91自拍论坛 of the Gaza-Egypt border wall at Rafah.
NSW Treasurer Michael Costa passionately claims privatisation of NSW鈥檚 electricity generation and distribution is 鈥済ood economics鈥. However, there is popular opposition to the proposal 鈥 up to 86% in opinion polls.
Amid audible gasps of relief, on December 15 the US delegation to the United Nations climate change conference in Bali signalled that Washington would be part of the 聯Bali Roadmap聰 for combatting global warming. With the US on board, a two-year process of discussion would begin 聴 hopefully to culminate in the adoption of a new pact to replace the Kyoto Protocol, due to expire in 2012.
The Australian Education Union has called for a $2.9 billion investment into public education in order to support literacy and numeracy strategies. The AEU has called on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to make this the first step in his so called 聯Education Revolution聰.
This is an extract from an inspiring letter from Jim Knight, one of our loyal readers in northern NSW:
Although 80% of current revenue from BHP Billiton聮s Olympic Dam mine in South Australia comes from minerals other than uranium, recent drilling has shown that the site is home to the largest ore body of uranium in the world.
On January 26, most people around the country celebrated 聯Australia Day聰. Thousands of Australian flags with the British union jack were raised, shrimps rolled on the barbie and beer poured like water.
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