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Pip HinmanIssue 1238Bulgariaanti-racismprisoners’ rightsRomaSeptember 21, 2019
Anti-fascist campaigner and Australian citizen Jock Palfreeman was unexpectedly granted parole on September 19 after serving 11 years of a 20-year sentence on trumped-up charges. He was last denied parole on July 17.
Palfreeman was convicted in 2009 of the stabbing murder of Andrei Monov
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coal miningMargaret Gleeson Issue 1239AustraliaNew Hope Coal’s Acland Stage 3Oakey Coal Action AllianceSeptember 21, 2019
The Queensland Court of Appeal decided on September 10 that the Land Court does not have the power to consider groundwater quantity impacts when hearing mining objections.
Opponents of the mine, located on prime agricultural land in
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povertySue BoltonIssue 1238AustraliahomelessnessMoreland City CouncilMelbourneSeptember 21, 2019
A public debate has erupted over a decision by Moreland council, in Melbourne’s inner-north, to install armrests on benches outside Coburg Library.
As a Socialist Alliance Moreland councillor I moved a motion to remove the armrests at the September 11 council meeting. In the end,
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self-determinationIssue 1238AustraliaWest PapuaSeptember 21, 2019
A rally for a Free West Papua was held in Melbourne on September 14.
The rally comes amid ongoing mass protests in West Papua for independence.
[See also West Papua — Australia’s new Timor-Leste?.]
September 14 protest for a free West Papua. Photo: Meagan Street
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abortion rightsIssue 1238Australiaabortion decriminalisationSeptember 21, 2019
Pro-choice activists rallied in Sydney on September 14 to call for the decriminalisation of abortion in NSW.
“Any law that places half the population at risk of criminality simply because of their biology is a ridiculous and unsupportable law”, Jane Caro, one of the speakers, said.
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climate emergencyIssue 1238AustraliaExtinction RebellionMelbourneSeptember 21, 2019
Extinction Rebellion activists blockaded Princes Bridge in Melbourne’s CBD for several hours on September 14.
Several dozen people were arrested.
Extinction Rebellion activists on September 14. Photo: Jacob Andrewartha
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