An access road to the desalination project power and pipe line constuction works near Wonthaggi was blockaded on from 5 am on 20-10-10 to protest the following abuses of public rights by the Brumby Government -
Melbourne's Cross Campus Environment Network (CCEN) organised a rally on Monday outside the office of Premier John Brumby in opposition to energy
company HRL's plans to build a new coal-fired power station in the Latrobe Valley. Apart from a range of speakers condemning the plan, in the interests of
fair play they also invited a representative of the company to answer objections...
Seven protestors have been arrested after blocking an access road to the Wonthaggi Desalination Plant construction site with a caravan. The protesters were demanding that secret files on demonstrators gathered by police and given to Aquasure, the private consortium who owns the site. The protestors also demanded the Brumby Government release a full costing of the desalination plant and how it will affect the price of water. It has been estimated the desal plant, the largest private public partnership in the world, will cost Victorian taxpayers twenty-four billion dollars!
Help us raise funds for an action against prison expansion in Feb 2011!
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The Abolition Collective is committed to creating safer communities without prisons or policing.
In response to ongoing abuse and torture in West Papua, we are holding a protest outside the Indonesian consulate in Melbourne.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/video-shows-papuans-being-tortured-20101017-...
Brutal Torture footage emerges from Puncak Jaya of priests killing by Indonesian Security Forces
October 18th, 2010 -
westpapuamedia.info - Press Release
West Papuan human rights workers have obtained a series of mobile phone videos of brutal acts of torture on two West Papuan priests. Indonesian security forces, most likely troops from the Kostrad battalion 754 based at Nabire, filmed the torture March 17 2010 at a road bridge near Tingginambut, Puncak Jaya, in the midst of a still ongoing military operation.
4 years of the Lapindo Mud Disaster
A doco, a short film, a comedy and an artistic response
commemorating and fundraising for the victims of Indonesia's worst industrial disaster
SCREENING:
aku mau pulang
i want to go home
documentary from 2006 in the aftermath of the disaster
anak-anak lumpur
children of the mud
short film demonstrating the human tragedy
bercermin dalam lumpur
reflecting in the mud
arts workshops and carnival commemorating the 4th Anniversary
lumpur labamba
the mud of La Bamba
films and discussion on the recent anti-squatting laws in the Netherlands.
A group of students are showing politicians how it’s done when it comes to taking action on the environment.
The brightest students from nine Melbourne Schools including Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School and Melbourne High are coming together on October 23 for the 2010 Think. Act. Green Competition Ceremony. They will present their inspiring plans to improve the contribution of their schools and communities to a sustainable environment.
Hundreds of activists travelled to the Hazelwood brown coal fired power station, 180 km east of Melbourne, for the 101010 global work party on Sunday.
Environmental groups in Victoria are behind a campaign to replace the aging Hazelwood power station with renewable energy. Premier John Brumby wants to close the power station down in stages and wants Federal Government financial assistance in doing so. But the new Federal climate change minister Greg Combet is decidedly cool on the idea.
The Switch Off Hazelwood organisers are calling for:
