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Oceania RSS FeedsNo tax cuts, no pay rise! Working people pay the price - With the Government forcing a pay freeze on the public sector, minimum wage workers will likely be offered nothing when the Government reviews their pay at the end of the year. The National Party promised tax cuts and rising wages but so far has delivered less than nothing for low wage workers. Each week hundreds of workers are heading out into the street calling for wage increases that meet the rising cost of living, job security and protection from redundancy. They are being met by the neo-liberal corporate class and their lackeys in the state services that wants nothing more than to crush...Feed Source: indymedia.org.nz INSTITUTIONAL RACISM KILLS - FROM JOHN PAT TO MR WARD The Deaths in Custody Watch Committee of WA with Curtin University and Amnesty International invite you to a public forum on Institutional Racism. Wed 16 Sept, 6-9pm PERTH TOWN HALL. See: deathsincustodywatch.org.au In 1983 a sixteen year-old boy, John Pat, died from a broken skull at Roebourne jail. The death sparked national outrage and finally a Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was announced. To the nation's shame further deaths have occurred on a regular basis.Twenty five years later, in 2008, Mr. Ward, a respected elder, was found dead in a... WA University staff strike for quality education - From the newswire: National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members at Curtin and Murdoch University will take industrial action this Wednesday 16 September 2009. The members will take a 24 hour work stoppage to help win new collective agreements that deliver manageable workloads, increased job security, a fair wages outcome and other improvements to conditions that will ensure staff can continue to deliver quality educational outcomes for their students. The work stoppage will involve both academic and general staff. NTEU say failure of managements to offer a fair deal, and their attempts to... Hazelwood Action - Update - From the newswire: Approximately five hundred people took part in the historic action at Hazelwood coal power station. 22 people managed to get themselves arrested while attempting to slap a 'Community Decommission Order' on Hazelwood. Perth Indy Feature || IMC Australia Activists say the feeling throughout "the day was fantastic and upbeat, despite a complete over reaction by the Brumby government in its deployment of police force. Over the weekend we had the police helicopter throughout Saturday night and Sunday, mounted police, police in speed boads and jetskis, police on dirt bikes as well... Open Country Cheese locks out workers seeking a union agreement - In the following article Joe Hendren describes the uphill battle that Dairy workers are facing as their company prepares to bring in scabbing farmers to destroy their attempt to gain job security through collective agreement negotiations.... Surveillance of Activists ? Amateur and Dangerous - Today Auckland animal rights activists held a protest against the fur trade. The protest outside the Norwegian consulate was in response to a recent expose of Norwegian fur farms. The protest had been widely advertised and was completely public. Around ten of us were holding placards and leafleting passers by. During the protest a photographer for the listener approached us and told us that a photographer was in a car across the road with a long lens taking photos of the demo.... Brimob Tembaki Warga, 2 Orang Kritis - Up Date Kasus Takalar(Takalar, Sulsel 10/8), Sedikitnya 7 orang warga tertembak aparat Brimob dalam kejadian di hari Minggu (9/8). Sebelumnya terjadi ketegangan antara warga Polongbangkeng Utara, Takalar dengan pihak PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN XIV) yang sedang berupaya untuk mengolah lahan warga yang masa HGU-nya berakhir 3 tahun lalu.Ketegangan memuncak dengan aksi provokasi berupa lemparan batu dari arah PTPN XIV, yang disertai dengan deru mesin traktor yang bising. Hal ini memancing perhatian warga yang sejak pagi berjaga-jaga untuk menghalau proses pengolahan lahan tersebut. Baca ... Climate emergency: sitdown protest outside Prime Minister's Sydney office - A Climate Emergency rally in Sydney on Saturday June 13 drew more than 2000 people to hear speakers at Millers Point then a march to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's city office for a symbolic sitdown protest.... Daring climate change protest at aluminium smelter - Climate change protestors have halted production in Australia?s largest aluminium smelter by attaching themselves to a weigh bridge that is a pinch-point of the operation.... Aksi Jumat Hitam Lapindo - 3 Tahun Tragedi Lumpur Lapindo Jumat, 29 Mei 2009, ratusan aktivis dan perwakilan korban lumpur lapindo berunjuk rasa di Jakarta. Aksi solidaritas ini dikoordinir oleh Gerakan Menuntut Keadilan Korban Lapindo yang merupakan gabungan dari berbagai organisasi. Tiga tahun lalu, lumpur panas mulai menyembur dari pengeboran PT Lapindo Brantas Sidoarjo Jawa Timur. Puluhan ribu orang kehilangan tempat tinggal dan mata pencaharian, lebih separuhnya adalah perempuan.Aksi dimulai dari Pasar Festival, Jl Rasuna Said jam 13.30 WIB, melewati tempat-tempat dimana properti Bakrie berada menuju Bundaran Hotel... Ambil Tindakan, Pulihkan Hak-hak Korban Lapindo! - Jangan jadikan Kasus Lapindo Mainan Kampanye CapresHari ini, genap 3 tahun kasus lumpur Lapindo berujung berlanjutnya pelanggaran HAM oleh korporasi bersama pemerintahan SBY-JK. Hasinya, aset keluarga Bakrie – pemilik Lapindo, di bisnis energi, perkebunan, properti, baja, televisi, telekomunikasi, dan infrastruktur, tahun lalu meningkat 83,66%, sekitar Rp 42,9 Trilyun (Warta Ekonomi, 2009). Tapi korbannya, makin menderita, lebih 10 ribu rumah tenggelam lumpur, lahan terdampak meluas hingga lebih 800 ha. Mereka kehilangan tempat tinggal, gangguan kesehatan, krisis air dan putusnya... No Rally In The Valley - Protest against the Repco Rally - Murwillumbah 28.5.09 - Over 300 concerned Tweed Valley residents expressed their opposition on May 28th, 2009 to the proposal to hold a leg of the World Rally Championships in the Tweed and Kyogle areas. Check it out on YouTube at:... The Life and Times of Melbourne Indymedia - The Melbourne Indymedia collective met in February after a long hiatus to discuss its future. We decided that we did not have the energy required to continue the project and that therefore the collective had come to an end. We are however keen to help others take up the challenge of producing an activist based, participatory news site, whether that be a Melbourne Indymedia, an Australia Indymedia or something all together new. We feel such a space is very much needed. Several Melbourne Indymedia members expressed interest in mentoring such a project. If this interests you please contact us... Melbourne Indymedia Suspends Publishing - Open publishing has been suspended on Melbourne Indymedia as numbers in our editorial collective are insufficient to manage the site effectively and responsibly. We realise that MIM has played a vital role in reporting activist news from Melbourne, around Australia and internationally. To this end the present collective will be assessing options for how best to provide an activist news service in the future. If you wish to get involved, please contact us, or subscribe to our mailing list.... Indigenous Elder wins Environment Award - The Australian Conservation Foundation's (ACF) Peter Rawlinson Award was given to 'Uncle' Kevin Buzzacott, an Arabunna elder, on World Environment Day in 2007 for two decades of work highlighting the impacts of uranium mining and promoting a nuclear free Australia. Uncle Kev has been a tireless campaigner for indigenous rights including reclaiming the kangaroo and emu sacred totems from the Coat of Arms from Parliament House in Canberra and accusing the Federal Government of genocide. [Full Story]... Copyright © 2012, Maxx Trading Guides. All Rights Reserved. |