Geelong

People’s Assembly in Canberra at the Opening of Parliament

Submitted by Flowerpower on Tue, 14/09/2010 - 7:25pm
Date and Time: 
Tue, 28/09/2010 -
11:30am to 1:30pm
Location: 
Parliament House the grassy hill Canberra, Australia
Contact Name: 
Sue Bolton
Contact Phone: 
0413 377 978
Contact Email: 
trconcepts@netspace.net.au

We are asking for you to join with us at a Peoples Assembly in Canberra at the opening of Parliament on Tuesday 28 September (2010).

We will assemble on the lawns outside Parliament House to call on the new Parliament to introduce humane refugee policies and stop using refugees as political footballs. Refugee groups are asked to bring banners with the key messages of the gathering as well as their own messages.

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane
Darwin
Hobart
Geelong
Albury
New South Wales
Melbourne
Newcastle
Cairns
Launceston
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Gold Coast
Queensland
Wollongong
Sunshine Coast
South Australia
Toowoomba
Tasmania
Townsville
Victoria
Western Australia

Victory in court for Stop the Afghan War peace protestors – followed by nine more arrests

Submitted by Flowerpower on Thu, 17/06/2010 - 4:30pm

Four peace protestors the “Bonhoeffer 4” who trespassed on and successfully shut down for a day, the secretive Swan Island military base on March 31st have had their charges dismissed by a Geelong Magistrate. Despite pleading guilty to trespass, the Magistrate chose to use a little known provision of the crimes act which allowed him to dismiss the charges altogether! Forty protestors soon after returned to the gates of the base for a further protest calling for Australian troops to be pulled out of Afghanistan and nine people who refused to move were arrested for hindering police.

Geography: 
Geelong
Melbourne
Promotion: 
Feature
Keywords: 
Afghanistan
Bonhoeffer 4
peace protest

June 10th national day of action for equal pay for women

Submitted by Flowerpower on Thu, 10/06/2010 - 6:43pm

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane
Darwin
Hobart
Geelong
Albury
New South Wales
Melbourne
Newcastle
Cairns
Launceston
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Gold Coast
Queensland
Wollongong
Sunshine Coast
South Australia
Toowoomba
Tasmania
Townsville
Victoria
Western Australia
Promotion: 
Feature
Keywords: 
Workers rights
equal pay for women
ASU

Unions fight Building Commission draconian powers and prosecution of Ark Tribe

Submitted by takver on Mon, 02/11/2009 - 12:16am

Hundreds of building workers rallied in cities across Australia on Friday, October 30, in support of Adelaide construction worker Ark Tribe, who is charged with 'failing to attend to answer questions' at the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) about a stop-work meeting. The commission has the power to compulsory interrogate and impose fines and jail building workers who do not co-operate. A Jail term of up to 6 months could be imposed.

Geography: 
Adelaide
Geelong
Melbourne
Australia
Sydney
Promotion: 
Feature
Keywords: 
ACTU
CFMEU
ABCC
union solidarity
Julia Gillard

Melbourne 2030

Submitted by maustyle on Sat, 05/09/2009 - 9:07pm

Free book

The estimates of the previous Government about this city housing/population were wrong. No panic, they were only wrong by 3 millions. A Monash University of Melbourne research has found.

Free book

http://publications.epress.monash.edu/doi/pdf/10.2104/m205000e

The research is published in a book, it is called Melbourne 2030 and it's free to download.

Geography: 
Geelong
Melbourne
Victoria
Keywords: 
over-population

The free bike usage in Sustainability policies of Melbourne 2010

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 05/09/2009 - 8:50pm

Membership for the scheme will be daily, weekly of yearly, and the first half-hour of all trips will be free. Additional usage fees will apply after the first half hour.

The bicycle stations are expected to be up and running in 2010 in inner-Melbourne with about 50 Stations and 600 bicycles.

Geography: 
Geelong
Melbourne
Keywords: 
bike