Tag: Activism and Lobbying
Governments play blame game on water prices
The Queensland Government says local councils do have powers to tell water companies how to operate, which could help them bring prices down.[MORE]
Hundreds attend forum on Sunshine Coast water prices
More than 400 residents attended a forum on Queensland's Sunshine Coast last night to question Unity Water about increased water prices.[MORE]
Greenpeace to appeal Tokyo Two sentence
Greenpeace says it will appeal the conviction of two Japanese anti-whaling protesters who were convicted of stealing a box of whale meat yesterday.[MORE]
Improve our standard of living, say pensioners
A pensioners' lobby group has used its annual conference in Brisbane to urge all levels of government to improve the standard of living for older Australians.[MORE]
Greenpeace activists get suspended jail terms
A Japanese court convicts two Greenpeace activists of stealing a box of whale meat, but the men avoid jail.[MORE]
Koala sanctuary expansion 'political game play'
A koala conservation group says the State Government's expansion of a south-east Queensland sanctuary is political game play.[MORE]
Japan court to rule in Greenpeace whale meat case
A Japanese court is poised to deliver its verdict in the trial of two Greenpeace activists charged with stealing whale meat.[MORE]
Greens back Aboriginal demands for bypass change
The Tasmanian Greens are pushing for Aboriginal heritage to be protected at a site in the path of the Brighton bypass. [MORE]
Forum airs artefact damage fears
About 250 people have attended a forum at Hobart's Town Hall about an ancient Aboriginal site which is in the path of the Brighton bypass.[MORE]
Water not withheld from Darwin detainees: police
Police have denied withholding food and water as part of negotiation tactics to stop Afghan asylum seekers protesting in Darwin.[MORE]
Darwin detention protesters moved to WA
The Immigration Department has confirmed that a group of Afghan asylum seekers who broke out of the Darwin immigration detention centre yesterday will be taken to the Curtin detention centre in Western Australia.[MORE]
Taxpayer-funded advertising 'must benefit the people'
New guidelines say publicly-funded State Government and Opposition advertising must have a direct benefit to the people of Queensland.[MORE]
Ombudsman finds domestic violence campaign 'misleading'
A national men's group is claiming victory over what it calls a feminist agenda on domestic violence.[MORE]
Mayors lobbying State for better support
Mayors from the Queensland's 18 resource regions - including Mackay, Maranoa, McKinlay, Mt Isa, Rockhampton, Toowoomba, Townsville, Western Downs - have made recommendations to the State Government on how they can be supported better.[MORE]
Qld housing and construction 'in trouble'
A property development group says new housing approval figures for July show the building and construction industry is in trouble in Queensland.[MORE]
Bligh to move Townsville to 'reconnect with voters'
Premier Anna Bligh will begin her new style of governing by temporarily moving her HQ for a week to Townsville in north Qld in October.[MORE]
Angry hills residents fight housing plan
Some Mount Barker residents are angry the recommendations of a committee enlisted to hear their objections to rezoning farmland will not be made public.[MORE]
Bligh cops criticism over public transport plan
The Qld Government has come under fire from experts and the Opposition over its 20-year plan for a world-class public transport system.[MORE]
Residents hold rally against rezoning farmland
About 80 residents of the Ballarat suburb of Alfredton have rallied in opposition to the rezoning of nearby farmland.[MORE]
Independent raises stakes in pokies battle
Independent candidate Andrew Wilkie says if he is elected he will take a leading role in pushing for stricter regulations for poker machines.[MORE]
Plea for independent MPs to deliver road funding
The RACQ says the independent MPs in Canberra could help to deliver more federal road funding to regional areas. [MORE]
Environmentalists: Re-elected MP must act
Environmentalists say the Federal election result in the South East New South Wales seat of Eden-Monaro is a further blow to the region's timber industry.[MORE]
Wilkie prepares for pokies assault
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon will fly to Hobart tomorrow to meet the Independent candidate for Denison Andrew Wilkie, who looks set to win the once safe Labor seat.[MORE]
A balanced debate or just competing propaganda?
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When Israeli commandos rappelled onto the decks of a flotilla of freighters bound for Gaza, the action triggered an international incident that intensified already deep divisions between Israelis and Palestinians.[MORE]
Confusion reigns over sustainability declaration: REIQ
Real estate agents say southern Queensland homeowners are still confused about how to fill out a sustainability declaration when they are selling their home. [MORE]
