Melbourne

Film Screening: Gasland

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/05/2012 - 5:17pm
Date and Time: 
Wed, 09/05/2012 -
12:30pm to 2:30pm
Location: 
RUSU student meeting room, level 3, Bldg 8, RMIT (opposite gym).
Contact Name: 
Chris
Contact Phone: 
9639 8622
Contact Email: 
peterson_err@hotmail.com

Resistance RMIT club presents: Gasland

US film-maker Josh Fox discovered that in the race for 'cleaner' energy sources, the largest natural gas drilling boom in history is sweeping the globe. As the citizens of Gasland testify, the multi-million dollar business of fracking has contaminated the water supply, the corporate giants are covering up and the government has turned a blind eye. The film is a desperate plea for scrutiny of a powerful industry that has turned its eyes on unexplored territory: Australia.

Wednesday, May 9, 12:30pm.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Statement read out on the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court steps by one of the Boycott Israel 19

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/05/2012 - 10:56am

Statement read by Jerome Small - one of the Defend the Boycott Israel 19 on May 1st outside the Melbourne Magistrates Court, on the first day of their trial.

Our first task is to acknowledge that where we are standing right now is stolen land, and that the Wurundjeri people and the Kulin nations have never surrendered this land, nor given up their sovereignty.

Our next task is to acknowledge the colossal, life and death struggle being waged as we speak by Palestinian prisoners inside the jails of Apartheid Israel.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
BDS movement
Max Brenner 19
right to protest
Defend the Boycott Israel 19

TAFE 4 All - Fight The Cuts! Rally

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/05/2012 - 8:40am
Date and Time: 
Thu, 10/05/2012 -
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Location: 
Department of Treasury and Finance (Victoria) 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne, VIC 3000

A rally called by the Australian Education Union.

+ Stop the (effective) privatisation of TAFE!
+ End government subsidies to private colleges!
+ Fully fund public education!
+ Fully fund support services to enable equal access to education!

The Australian Education Union (AEU) has called a rally on May 10 outside Premier Ted Bailieu's office to protest the State Government's devastating cuts that leave the future of TAFE in doubt.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Vigil against the Afghanistan War

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 02/05/2012 - 9:13pm
Date and Time: 
Tue, 08/05/2012 -
4:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: 
Parliament railway station, Melbourne Spring Street,

Is Australia withdrawing from the Afghanistan war - well lets take it from the Defence Minister "It depends what you mean by withdrawing" (see: http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2012/s3478614.htm). It seems clear that our military involvement is looking at continuing for quite some time yet.

So lets keep the message strong - lets stop the WAR. When we mean WITHRDAW - we really mean withdraw.

Look forward to seeing you at this event as we keep building our resistance to this war without end!

Geography: 
Melbourne

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 36 events from 2 May 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 02/05/2012 - 12:30pm

Newsletter date: 2 May 2012

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia
- 36 events from 2 May 2012

Click on the links for details of the events ...

Event: 1 to 3 May 2012: Alice Springs
NTCOSS Conference 2012
Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS)
"NTCOSS aims to share information, ideas and practical
strategies to assist growing a fair Northern Territory by
exploring four key themes: ...
* Exploring Intercultural working - How or do we embrace
two way working, and in particular with Indigenous peoples

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Brisbane
New South Wales
Melbourne
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Queensland
Wollongong
South Australia
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Upcoming Indigenous rights events around Australia
Aboriginal activist calendar australia

A very anarchist Melbourne May Day

Submitted by takver on Tue, 01/05/2012 - 11:29pm

May Day - an international day of workers protests and celebration - came to Melbourne today in a small but anarchic way. May Day in Australia is not what it once was but is still carried forward by elements of the trade union movement and the broad left including anarchists.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
protest
anarchism
mayday
Eight Hour day

WGAR News: "I feared I was going to die" National Indigenous Times exclusive

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 01/05/2012 - 6:28pm

Newsletter date: 1 May 2012

Contents:
* Interview with Steve Hodder on UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
* Keynote Address by NACCHO Chairperson Justin Mohamed
* NIT exclusive: "I feared I was going to die"
* Interim National Unity Government Assembly - 23 & 24 May 2012 - Wollongong, NSW
* Henry Reynolds: After Mabo, What About Aboriginal Sovereignty?
* Glenelg Shire Council recognises rights of Portland Embassy, Vic
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement
* ABC: Elder seeks judicial review of mining approval

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Brisbane
New South Wales
Melbourne
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Queensland
Wollongong
South Australia
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Interview with Steve Hodder on UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Keynote Address by NACCHO Chairperson Justin Mohamed
Interim National Unity Government Assembly - 23 & 24 May 2012 - Wollongong NSW
Henry Reynolds - After Mabo - What About Aboriginal Sovereignty?
Glenelg Shire Council recognises rights of Portland Embassy Vic
ABC - Elder seeks judicial review of mining approval
Treaty Republic - Barnett trying to further disempower WA's Original's
Frontier Wars Remembered in Melbourne & Canberra
Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra - Stand with us to fight this racist legislation

Palestine protesters on trial in Melbourne Magistrates' Court

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 01/05/2012 - 12:54pm

Palestine solidarity on trial

For three weeks in May, the right to peacefully protest will be on trial in Melbourne.

ON 1 MAY, 19 Melbourne activists will be put on trial for their political activity. In a precedent setting case, these pro-Palestine activists will be fighting a variety of charges designed to criminalise dissent in Baillieu’s Victoria and intimidate supporters of Palestine in Australia.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
BDS campaign
Max Brenner 19
right to protest

Candle Day Amnesty International

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 01/05/2012 - 12:30pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 04/05/2012 -
9:00am to 6:00pm
Location: 
State Library of Vistoria, Swanston Street, Melbourne
Contact Name: 
Amnesty International
Contact Phone: 
(03) 9412 0726
Contact Email: 
viccandleday@amnesty.org.au
Website: 
http://www.amnesty.org.au/vic

On the 4th of May, Amnesty International will hold two stalls in the Melbourne CBD to celebrate Candle Day.

Candle Day is our major awareness raising day in Victoria and this year, Candle Day will focus on the Arms Trade Treaty campaign. We need your support to encourage governments around the world to commit to a global Arms Trade Treaty when UN member states meet for discussions in July this year.

Geography: 
Melbourne