Category Archives: State / Politics

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Privatisation is good*

Posted on May 8, 2008 by @ndy

Or so says Cameron O’Reilly, Executive Director of the Energy Retailers Association of Australia: As a reward for his efforts in the field, O’Reilly received the 2008 Fulbright Professional Australia-U.S. Alliance Studies Scholarship sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs … Continue reading →

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G20 : SP says ‘Drop the charges’

Posted on May 8, 2008 by @ndy

And I think they’ve got a point. Oh, and drop the charges against Dave Kerin too! ======================================================== Drop the charges against the G20 arrestees SP Newsletter No.213 The Victorian Labor government is continuing with its campaign to further criminalise protest … Continue reading →

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Boundless plains to share…

Posted on May 8, 2008 by @ndy

Update : Asylum seekers fall through the cracks. Margaret Simons writes: Five minutes after yesterday’s Crikey story about the Rudd Government’s rejection of asylum seekers was published, a client of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in Melbourne was told that … Continue reading →

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More media on the murder of Nicola Tommasoli

Posted on May 7, 2008 by @ndy

Update : VERONA: MAGISTRATE CONFIRMS ARREST OF 5 TOMMASOLI ATTACKERS (AGI) – Verona, 8 May – There has been confirmation of the arrest of the five youths accused of [having] punched and kicked Nicola Tommasoli to death on the evening … Continue reading →

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They break our legs / And we say “Thank you” when they offer us crutches

Posted on May 6, 2008 by @ndy

Yeah so NSW Labour Premier Morris Iemma is very keen to privatise the remains of the NSW state electricity system (a process begun some years ago). Anyway, Iemma’s plan is deeply unpopular among members of the NSW ALP, delegates of … Continue reading →

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Solidarity with Dave Kerin

Posted on May 6, 2008 by @ndy

This message brought to you by the letters S – O – L – I – D – A – R – I – T and Y. Dear Supporters 1. Union Solidarity: Extraordinary Meeting. 2. Union Solidarity Coordinator faces 6 … Continue reading →

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G20 : Appeal / riot grrl

Posted on May 6, 2008 by @ndy

Appeal over G20 jail time Herald Sun May 3, 2008 A PROTESTER jailed over his role in Melbourne’s violent G20 riots in 2006 has won the right to appeal against his sentence. Akin Sari, 29, of no fixed address, was … Continue reading →

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No issue is single just because they say you’re paranoid

Posted on May 5, 2008 by @ndy

As is the nature of teh Interwebs, one thing has lead to another. In this case, police spying on anti-Olympics campaigners in Canada to Australia’s own Maxwell Smarts. Below : Protestors face off with RCMP in order to protect Eagleridge … Continue reading →

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Keeping FIT (Watch)

Posted on May 5, 2008 by @ndy

Interesting article in the New Statesman, by way of Unity blog. Hours before Boris Johnson took the platform outside City Hall to proclaim his victory as the next mayor of London, anarchists and anti-fascist activists assembled along the Queen’s Walk … Continue reading →

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Victory for Dick in Londinium

Posted on May 4, 2008 by @ndy

British National Party member Richard Barnbrook has been elected to the London Assembly. He gave a great, drunken acceptance speech. Barnbrook received 69,710 votes for Mayor, while on the (far) left, the Socialist Workers Party‘s candidate, Lindsay German, got a … Continue reading →

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