On January 27, 1500 people marched in Timika demanding a referendum on the future status of West Papua, a former Dutch colony that has been occupied by Indonesia since 1962.
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The New Way Summit on Aboriginal rights was held at the Australian National University, Canberra from January 30 to February 1. It was attended by 150 people, plus around 600 who hooked in via phone and internet links.
In early December, there was a call from Mexico for artistic activities to occur in March 2010 around the world.
It seems bizarre that when the science of human-caused climate change is more worryingly conclusive than ever, climate denial could enjoy a resurgence. After all, no climate denier has published a peer-reviewed article in a scientific journal in the past 15 years.
SYDNEY 鈥 Workers at the Star City Casino continued their campaign for wage justice by striking over January 30鈥31. The workers have now voted against accepting the casino鈥檚 paltry 2% pay rise offer three times.
Richard Downs is a spokesperson for the Alyawarr people from the Ampilatwatja community in the Northern Territory. Last year, he travelled the country on a speaking tour to publicise the situation for Aboriginal people in the NT since the 2007 NT Emergency Response legislation (known as the NT intervention) was brought in by the previous Coalition government. Under the intervention laws, the military was sent into Aboriginal communities.
PERTH 鈥 Socialist wharfie Sam Wainwright, elected in October to the Fremantle council, has launched a website to keep residents up to date about the key issues facing the council.
The federal opposition and the Australian Greens have both slammed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for delaying his promised report card on Indigenous affairs for a second year in a row, saying it is a telling indicator of the government's commitment to Indigenous people.
HOBART 鈥 A group of Aboriginal activists faced court on February 4 over a protest that halted work on the Brighton Bypass in November.
Forty-five people attended a public forum called "Indigenous Survival and Resistance: Solutions 鈥 Rudd vs Chavez and Morales鈥 in Sydney鈥檚 Resistance Activist Centre on January 30. The forum was co-sponsored by Socialist Alliance and the Sydney Latin American Social Forum.
The Medical Association for Prevention of War has called for an independent inquiry into Australia鈥檚 involvement in the Iraq War.
On January 29, the federal court granted the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) access to confidential medical files held by the largest medical clinic servicing remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory 鈥 breaking doctor-patient confidentiality.
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