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Gary Foley: Aboriginal Tent Embassy a 'stroke of genius' - Green Left
January 13, 2022. Issue. 1329. Analysis. Graphic: Isaac Nellist. On its 50th anniversary Green Left ’s Markela Panegyres and Chloe de Silva spoke to Gumbainggir activist and historian Gary Foley about the history and significance of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. What led to the Tent Embassy being set up and how did it develop into such a ...
Qantas forced to pay compensation to 1700 sacked workers
Oct 24, 2024 · Qantas sacked 1700 permanent workers without notice, or a reasonable cause, in 2020, outsourcing their jobs to temporary hire companies. It was the largest case of illegal sackings in Australian history. Four years ago, the Transport Workers Union (TWU) successfully challenged the illegal sackings, despite Qantas fighting it all the way to the ...
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Federal Labor’s decision to place the Construction Forestry and Maritime Employees Union into administration may become a significant headache for the so-called party of the working class. Sue Bull reports. Green Left is not-for-profit, activist media, carrying the news, analysis & debates of environmental and social justice campaigns and ...
Racism in Australia: 1788 to today - Green Left
Jan 26, 2000 · The victims of racism in Australia have not been limited to indigenous people. Between 1837 and 1844, approximately 500 Indian labourers arrived in the Australian colonies, along with a small number of Melanesian and Chinese workers. Between 1848 and 1852, 3000 Chinese labourers arrived. This number increased substantially between 1850 and the ...
The Gurindji strike and land claim | Green Left
August 9, 1995. Issue. 197. In the 1960s and '70s, the Gurindji tribe of the Northern Territory, employed on the Wave Hill cattle station owned by Britain's Lord Vestey, staged a landmark struggle for Aboriginal justice. The campaign, Australia's first successful Aboriginal land claim, began as an industrial dispute.
Labor introduces bill to ban NBN privatisation | Green Left
Oct 15, 2024 · Labor now wants to keep the national broadband network (NBN Co, a government Enterprise Business) in public ownership, tabling a bill to that effect on October 9. According to communications minister Michelle Rowland, the National Broadband Network Companies Amendment (Commitment to Public Ownership) Bill 2024 “reaffirms” the Labor’s ...
52 weeks of protesting Israel’s war on Gaza: Tens of thousands …
Oct 7, 2024 · Commenting on the Gadigal rally, sacked ABC reporter Antoinette Lattouf said on X: “The overwhelming message from a crowd of young and old, students, families, people with disabilities, Arabs, Jews, Anglos & everything in between was demanding a ceasefire now and basic human rights for Palestinians & fear for Lebanon.” Huge concerns that Israel — with the United States’ backing — is ...
Aboriginal activists speak on Tent Embassy 40-year milestone
Jan 13, 2012 · Few Australian political protests can claim to have made an impact as great or as lasting as the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra. First set up on the lawns of Old Parliament House in January 1972, the embassy has been a focal point for the struggle for Aboriginal rights. Four Aboriginal men, Michael Anderson, Billie Craigie, Tony Koorie and Bertie Williams, launched the embassy in response ...
News | Green Left
Israel is continuing its genocidal war on Gaza, as resistance continues inside Palestine, Lebanon and Iran. Resistance is also continuing in Australia, as thousands demanded a ceasefire in the 55th consecutive week of protests. Green Left is not-for-profit, activist media, carrying the news, analysis & debates of environmental and social ...