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Country regions right behind the renters rights revolution – now a national movement

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Thu, 07/06/2012 - 10:15am

Gerry Georgatos
Renters Alliance (RA) WA coordinator Lea Keenan said that every week now Blackwood residents, renters and some who are home owners, are joining the movement and "are motivated for a united pursuance for legislation to make life fair for everyone."

Rally – August 15 – WA State Parliament – Rallies Australia-wide – October 16 – every capital city and many towns.
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/05/29/renters-rights-rally-wa-august-15-nat...

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 20 events from 6 June 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 06/06/2012 - 11:18am

Newsletter date: 6 June 2012

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia
- 20 events from 6 June 2012

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

Event: 4 May - 8 July 2012: Circular Quay, Sydney, NSW
Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud
Photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
Curated by Sandy Edwards
Head On Photo Festival
""The photographs are excellent. They are a moving
portrayal of Aboriginal Australia that all Australians
aught to know about on an issue that wont go away."
- John Pilger, Writer and Filmmaker, January 2012"

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World Refugee Day Rally Perth

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 05/06/2012 - 9:08pm

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Sat, 16/06/2012 -

1:00pm to 3:00pm

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Wesley Uniting Church, 97 William Street Perth WA 6000

2012 Marks 20 years since the policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers was introduced in Australia. Prior to this asylum seekers were processed in the community: no barbed wire, no fences, no imprisonment.

The Refugee Rights Action Network is holding a march through the city to speak out for the rights of refugees and against the inhumane policy of mandatory detention.

Join us for the march and afterwards for tea and coffee, speeches, poetry and live music in Wesley Uniting Church.

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Perth SEP meeting: Defend Wikileaks editor Julian Assange

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 03/06/2012 - 8:45pm

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Sun, 10/06/2012 -

5:00pm to 7:00pm

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Victoria Park Centre for the Arts Gallery Room 12 Kent St, East Victoria Park (Short walk from Victoria Park and Carlisle Stations. Transperth Bus numbers 213 and 220, along Albany Highway to East Victoria Park.)

The Socialist Equality Party will be holding public meetings in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth on Sunday, June 10, to defend WikiLeaks’ editor and Australian citizen Julian Assange. The British Supreme Court has rejected his appeal against attempts to extradite him to Sweden on dubious sexual assault allegations, for which he has not even been charged. The Swedish authorities are functioning as nothing more than a tool of the US Obama administration, which wants to force Assange to Sweden.

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SEP meetings on June 10th: Defend Wikileaks editor Julian Assange

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Rights campaigner Julian Assange acknowledges his Torres Strait Islander form and content

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 02/06/2012 - 3:47pm

Gerry Georgatos
Global justice campaigner and WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange has contributed his life to standing up for the oppressed and in challenging the world’s most powerful governments and clandestine institutions.

Mr Assange was born in Townsville, Queensland however he readily acknowledges a diverse heritage which he proudly said includes a Torres Strait Islander great-great-grandparent. In his form and content is that of a Thursday Islander, his (step) great-great-grandmother.

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Julian Assange loses appeal against extradition - rallies to occur on the 31st of May

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 30/05/2012 - 7:19pm

It has just been announced that Julian Assange has lost his appeal in the UK High Court against his extradition to Sweden. He legal team however has been granted a two week period to consider an appeal to have the case reopened on a technicality.

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Renters rights rally - WA - August 15, & national day of renters rights rallies - October 16

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Tue, 29/05/2012 - 4:30pm

Gerry Georgatos
The Renters Alliance (RA) started only several months ago in Western Australia with a number of its original members from Bridgetown and the Blackwood region. The RA spokesperson Lea Keenan said the renters rights movement has spread Australia-wide after the RA was swamped with emails and calls from distressed renters.

To get involved write to rentersalliance@humanrightsalliance.org

or phone 0430 657 309 or 0412 833 733

http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/news/audio/2012/may/22/national-renters-allianc...

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History sold out to the highest bidder

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Tue, 29/05/2012 - 12:32pm

Gerry Georgatos
Premier Colin Barnett welcomed the announcement by Burrup Nitrates Pty Ltd that it will proceed with building a technical ammonium nitrate plant at an estimated investment of $800 million.

Premier Barnett also holds the ministerial portfolio of state development minister however just a few years ago he was calling for an end to development on the Burrup Peninsula.

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Wiluna's folk unhappy about WA's first uranium mine

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Tue, 29/05/2012 - 12:12pm

Gerry Georgatos
Aboriginal Elders from Wiluna have slammed WA's Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in approving an application for a nearby uranium mine, and it now appears only a matter of time for the state government to approve the EPA decision.

The EPA has given their go-ahead for the Toro Energy company's proposal to develop the mine 30 kilometres from Wiluna - It will become WA's first uranium mine.

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