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| by Lindsay Hawkins A Rally for Renewables was held at the University of Wollongong (UOW) on Wednesday,14 September. The lunch time rally called on UOW to switch from fossil fuels to 100% renewable energy sources. Organised by the university’s Enviro Collective the rally drew a crowd of around 80 people including students who . . . →Read More:UOW Rally for Renewables By Lindsay Hawkins A crowd of around 200 people gathered outside the South Coast Labour Council (SCLC) office at Lowden Square on Thursday,8 September to demonstrate their opposition to the O’Farrell Government’s attacks on public sector workers in NSW. The assembled crowd was treated to a barbecue as they heard from a . . . →Read More:Illawarra workers rally to defend NSW public sector By Nick Southall Following closely on the heels of last month’s announcement by Bluescope Steel that eleven hundred workers will lose their jobs in the local steel industry,Patrick Stevedores has announced that more than 160 dock workers will be sacked as it takes the axe to the Port Kembla waterfront. The redundancy plan,in . . . →Read More:More sackings at Port Kembla By Jess Moore Upon finding out about the 15 coal seam gas (CSG) wells approved for development in the northern Illawarra,3,000 people joined together on Austinmer Beach in May this year to spell out “stop coal seam gas!”. Together with other campaigns across NSW this action helped win a temporary moratorium on new – . . . →Read More:Stop coal seam gas:walk for water By Mel Barnes The newly re-formed Refugee Action Collective held a public forum at Owls Cafe on Tuesday 13th September. About 45 people squeezed in the small space to discuss the ‘Malaysia Solution’,the policy to send 800 refugees to Malaysia and accepting 4000 from there in return. Sophie Williams gave a great presentation about . . . →Read More:Refugee Action Collective public forum By Chris Williams The people of Wollongong and Shellharbour have elected councils again;more than three years after their councils were sacked in March and July 2008 respectively. Wollongong Council was sacked for systemic corruption;Shellharbour for dysfunction. In the intervening period,the councils were managed by unelected administrators appointed by the previous Labor government. . . . →Read More:A huge job for new councils to build trust in communities Peace activist and Hiroshima Day Committee member Doreen Borrow took these photographs during this year’s Hiroshima Day events by Alexander Brown Photo by Manuel Ribeiro On Hiroshima Day,Saturday 6 August this year two events were held in Wollongong to remember the terrible events of 1945. About 30 peace activists gathered around the Peace Plaque in the city mall to remember the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This year,30 people . . . →Read More:Hiroshima Day in Wollongong by Lindsay Hawkins
A rally in support of public sector workers on Thursday,1 September outside the State Office Block,Crown St Wollongong,was attended by about 80 people. Organised at short notice by the South Coast Labour Council(SCLC) the 8.00am rally heard speakers from a range of unions including the FBEU . . . →Read More:Unions rally to oppose Illawarra job cuts by Lindsay Hawkins On 8 August Students Against War forced the closure of a Defence Force Recruiting stall at the University of Wollongong,which had been set up as part of the university’s Spring Careers Fair. With the occupation of Afghanistan by NATO and Australian forces about to enter its 11th year,anti-war activists . . . →Read More:Students Against War close Defence Force recruitment stall at University | |||||
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