Melbourne

Police files on desalination protestors given to private corporations

Submitted by takver on Sun, 06/12/2009 - 11:43am

Victoria Police have handed over information on Desalination protesters to AquaSure, made up of international and local companies Degremont, Suez Environment, Thiess and Macquarie Capital Group. The 20 page Memorandum of Understanding was signed on August 28 by the Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria Police and AquaSure. Victoria Police have said it was routine for police to sign such deals with organisations building big public projects where there were potential security risks.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Victoria
Keywords: 
police
protest
desalination
human rights
civil liberties
privacy

Ride Planet Earth: Melbourne

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 05/12/2009 - 11:07am
Date and Time: 
Sun, 06/12/2009 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: 
begins at Melbourne Museum, Carlton, riding to the Edinburgh Gardens, Fitzroy
Contact Name: 
Ride Planet Earth

Sunday, December 6th 2009, Bike Ride begins at 1pm at the Melbourne Museum, Carlton, followed by music and speeches at the Edinburgh Gardens, Fitzroy from 2pm

On August 10th, 2008, Kim Nguyen got on his push bike and began riding north from Brisbane with the aim of reaching Copenhagen by December, 2009, in order to spread awareness of climate change around the world. Ride Planet Earth, the project that Kim started last year, is about to come to a close as he reaches his destination on December 6 th, the day before the COP15 United Nation's Climate Change Conference.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Let the refugees into Australia

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/12/2009 - 10:30pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 05/12/2009 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: 
State Library (Cnr Swanston and LaTrobe Sts)
Contact Name: 
rac-vic
Website: 
http://www.rac-vic.org/

When Kevin Rudd took power in 2007, many were hopeful that the dark days of Howard’s racism were behind us – the days of kids in detention, refugees dying at sea trying to make it Australia, and the Tampa.

Unfortunately Labor’s policies are not so different from the Liberals. More than 1,200 men, women and children are currently locked up in a maximum security detention centre on Christmas Island, while hundreds more are on boats in Indonesian harbours being used as pawns in a deadly game of diplomacy between Australia and Indonesia.

Geography: 
Melbourne

WGAR News: Will they be heard? - independent report on NT Intervention "consultations" (29 Nov 09)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 29/11/2009 - 8:43am

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Will they be heard? - independent report on NT Intervention "consultations"
Alice Springs Aboriginal Town Camps Court ruling

WILL THEY BE HEARD? - INDEPENDENT REPORT ON NT INTERVENTION "CONSULTATIONS":

- Report

Will they be heard? - a response to the NTER Consultations - June to August 2009
Introduction by the Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC
Prepared by Alastair Nicholson, Larissa Behrendt, Alison Vivian, Nicole Watson and Michele Harris

Geography: 
Melbourne
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
NT intervention
indigenous
human rights
aboriginal
Northern Territory Intervention
Alice Springs
NT intervention community consultations
Alice Springs town camps

Beyond Zero Emissions Discussion Group 630pm Monday 7th December -Dr Keith Lovegrove

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 22/11/2009 - 11:39pm
Date and Time: 
Mon, 07/12/2009 -
6:30pm to 8:00pm
Location: 
2nd Floor, Kindness House, 288 Brunswick St, Fitzroy VIC 3065.
Contact Name: 
miwa
Contact Email: 
miwa@beyondzeroemissions.org
Website: 
http://www.beyondzeroemissions.org/discussiongroup

Dr Keith Lovegrove unveiling the new Big Dish

Guest speaker: Dr Keith Lovegrove

Dr. Keith Lovegrove unveiled the ANU's new solar thermal dish in
September at the SolarPACES international solar thermal conference in
Berlin to much acclaim. This will be the first time it will be
presented in Melbourne.

It is the world's biggest solar dish that comes with a mass production
system that can build one dish a day. The dish has the highest optical
efficiency of any commercial solar technology in the world and a field

Geography: 
Melbourne

Eat local - Urban Harvest vegie swap meets in Melbourne

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 22/11/2009 - 12:34am

Vegie Swap Meets

Kildonan Fresh Food Swap
Do you grow your own fruit or vegetables?
Do you have too much?
Come to the Kildonan Fresh Food Swap and swap your produce for something you don’t grow!

Items for swap can be:
• Fresh fruit , vegetables & herbs
• Seeds, seedlings, cuttings & flowers
• Jams, chutneys, sauces & eggs (all dated)
Feel free to bring along recipes and gardening tips to share with others too!

Date: Saturday, 7th of November at the Kildonan Community Day. Then, the first Saturday of every month.
Time: 10am-12pm.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
Food Swamps
sharing
food security

Walkers mark the dangers of rising sea level for Melbourne

Submitted by takver on Sat, 21/11/2009 - 10:17pm

Community and environment groups today started a 100km walk from Sorrento to Port Melbourne around Port Phillip Bay, to raise awareness about climate change and rising sea levels in Victoria and around the world. Markers were placed along the way to show where the sea level will rise to by the end of the century if efforts to reduce greenhouse gas pollution do not happen immediately.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Victoria
Keywords: 
climate change
rising sea level

Two Hazelwood arrestees fined

Submitted by Flowerpower on Thu, 19/11/2009 - 11:03am

The first of the 22 people arrested at the dirty Hazelwood brown coal powered electricity generator on September 13th 2009 have faced court. The two protestors were offered a "Diversion" which is a legal process sometimes offered by police to first time offenders. It means they have to plead guilty but are dealt with by a Magistrate outside a formal court hearing and our guaranteed to not receive a conviction.

The police prosecutor asked for a $100 fine to be imposed but this was upped by the Magistrate to a $250 fine - the money to be donated to the RSPCA.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
climate change protest

(LASNET) International Indigenous Gathering April 9-10, 2010 Alice Springs/planning

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 9:10am
Date and Time: 
Tue, 24/11/2009 -
7:30pm to 9:00pm
Location: 
Trades Hall, Cnr of Victoria and Lygon Streets (LASNET office on the same floor as the International Bookshop)
Contact Name: 
Michael
Contact Phone: 
0438 496 433
Contact Email: 
Lasnetmail@latinlasnet.org
Website: 
http://www.latinlasnet.org/

The Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET)
International Indigenous Gathering
April 9-10 2010 Alice Springs

In 2008 LASNET hosted an International Indigenous Gathering at CERES Environment Park in Melbourne. This was attended by Indigenous activists from all over Australia, Latin America, West Papua and Aotearoa and non-indigenous supporters. This gathering provided an opportunity for Indigenous people to share stories of their struggles together with strategies for change.
2010 will be the Year of Indigenous People and to celebrate and honour the struggles of Indigenous

Geography: 
Melbourne