MELBOURNE Β A pre-trial hearing began on October 20 in the case of three Tamil men accused of offences under the Βanti-terrorΒ laws.
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Activists in Cairns have stepped up their blockade actions in the last two weeks to stop the partial demolition of the Cairns Yacht Club building and its removal from its site beside Trinity Inlet.
You must have noticed that the Christmas decorations are rapidly spreading all over the shopping malls, not so subtly signalling another season of extreme shopping and extreme credit card abuse.
The $8000 solar panel rebate has proven so popular that it could be halted or wound back, according to an October 22 Sydney Morning Herald article.
Federal indigenous affairs minister Jenny Macklin announced on October 23 that the Labor government will not implement the key proposals of the independent review into the Northern Territory intervention. Aboriginal critics have described the decision as the government turning its back on Aboriginal people.
Three hundred and fifty staff at Victoria University held a mass meeting on October 21 to consider industrial action in response to the announcement of a plan to sack more than 250 staff in VUΒs Higher Education and TAFE divisions.
The Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) Β the secretive body formed by the Howard government in 2005 to police the construction industry Β has ratcheted up the use of its compliance powers in the last six months, workplaceexpress.com.au reported on October 20.
Long-term Resistance activist Leigh Hughes has been recognised by the Australian Capital Territory Conservation Council for his leading role in the Canberra environment movement.
The "Leading Light Award" was one of three "Local Hero" awards announced at the Conservation Council's annual fundraising dinner on October 17, and recognises the "most outstanding environmental effort of an individual under the age of 30".
Hughes, who is also a member of the Democratic Socialist Perspective, joined Resistance as a high-school student in 1998.
New legislation granting parenting rights to same-sex couples was passed in the Senate in October 16. The legislation grants legal recognition to children of same-sex parents born through IVF or surrogacy.
The ancient Palestinian coastal city of Acre was the scene of four days of rioting following an incident that took place on the night of October 8, when a mob of Jewish fundamentalists attempted to lynch three Palestinians for the βcrimeβ of driving a car on the Yom Kippur religious holiday.
The deepening financial calamity exposes how the ΒfundamentalsΒ of the economy impact on working people in the US, particularly African Americans. The so-called unfettered free market system has been a failure.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain has let the dogs loose. Apparently, heβs decided that if winning the White House means whipping up the right wing into a racist frenzy, heβll lead the charge.
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