On September 17, the Uber Bar in Brisbane announced a new policy of refusing entry to high-profile sports players. According to the owner, Jim Davies, the ban was imposed following numerous 聯incidents聰 widely reported in the media.
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University of Queensland (UQ) women聮s collective members discovered racist, sexist and homophobic messages covering the Women聮s Room on the morning of September 17.
Dear Professor Garnaut,
In your recent letter to scientists and environmental groups, you asked for further input into your final report on the question of the 450ppm target and 鈥渙vershoot鈥, and Australia鈥檚 position given the uncertainties about the outcome of future global negotiations.
聯We need a genuine people聮s movement like this planet has never seen聰, Friends of the Earth聮s Dr John Mackenzie told the launch of Climate Emergency Week at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) on September 22. 聯We need a global movement that will make the sixties look like a rehearsal!聰
The Newcastle ALP branch effectively delivered Newcastle Council to the right in the September 13 elections, by preferencing Aaron Buman鈥檚 team of 鈥渞azor gang鈥 independents instead of the Greens.
Residents of Caroona, in the Liverpool Plains of New South Wales, are in their 11th week of a blockade that has stopped BHP Billiton from carrying out coal exploration on their land.
聯Save the Tamil children in Sri Lanka聰; 聯Cricket Australia 聴 don聮t play cricket in the Tamil killing field聰; 聯Mr Rudd <197< condemn Sri Lanka for breaking the peace accords聰. These were some of the messages on placards and banners held at a picket of PM Kevin Rudd聮s Morningside office on September 23.
Newspaper articles sometimes tell so much of the truth that they prompt raids by the Australian Federal Police.
聯I聮m a strong believer in free enterprise, so my natural instinct is to oppose government intervention聰, affirmed US President George W. Bush, in his September 24 television speech to promote the biggest corporate bailout plan since the Great Depression. 聯I believe companies that make bad decisions should be allowed to go out of business.聰
Speaking from within the belly of the beast, Bolivia鈥檚 indigenous President Evo Morales announced at the 63rd United Nations General Assembly that the world today is paying witness to a 鈥渇ight between rich and poor, between socialism and capitalism鈥.
Members of a range of unions protested outside the RACV club on September 25, where the Victorian WorkCover Authority (VWA) announced its end of year financial and operational results. The protest was called by the Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC), which is concerned about changes to WorkCover proposed in the Hanks review.
Outraged by illegal and unsafe development on the Illawarra escarpment, more than 50 local residents piled into their community hall on September 21 for a meeting organised by Corrimal Action for Rehabilitation of our Escarpment.
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