Cornelia Rau was a mentally ill German woman who was subject to mandatory detention in 2004 under Australia’s anti-asylum seeker laws.… Go to Article
Labour Day award for union organiser
Congratulations to Queensland Division of the NTEU for winning the Labour Day award for best small publication. NTEU Qld State Organiser, Lachlan Hurse, (pictured with the award) is no stranger to layout and design.… Go to Article
I heard it on the radio: 25 years of 98.9FM Murri Country
Join us for an afternoon on the Queensland Terrace to celebrate the opening of I heard it on the radio: 25 years of 98.9FM Murri Country.
Ecuador’s Ombudsman declares Assange’s expulsion illegal
The Ombudsman of Ecuador, as a National Human Rights Institution, expresses its deep concern at the decision adopted by the Ecuadorian State to withdraw the nationality of Julian Assange, as well as to terminate the diplomatic asylum he maintained at the Embassy of Ecuador in the United Kingdom.… Go to Article
2019 Palestinian Nakba Day
Will Minister put a stop to demolition of UQ Union Complex?
WBT has just received this correspondence from the Clerk of the parliament, Mr Neil Laurie. It is a letter written to him by Leanne Enoch MP Minister Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, and Minister Science and Minister for the Arts about the proposed demolition of the UQ union complex by the Senate of Queensland University.… Go to Article
Trump interfering with the weather, again
Just when you thought 5G was going to fix your internet problems, the US Government is already auctioning off radio frequency bands for commercial interests to provide 5G and this is likely to impact on satellite weather data collection.… Go to Article
1971: anti-apartheid struggle in Brisbane
Radio In Colour: 1971 & the day a future author saved a future QLD premier’s life
Jackie French is Australian Children’s Laureate 2014-2015 and Senior Australian of the Year 2015 along with many other awards.
QCU secretary comes out against Morrison’s Muppets
Building workers love Tom Tate
What’s happening in Moreton Shire, Gold Coast councils?
I asked my source in local government about what’s happening in Moreton Shire.… Go to Article
Ageing and population decline – good for us, good for the planet
The next meeting of the 17 Group will be on Wednesday the 1st of May at 7pm in Unit 6 at 20 Drury St, West End.… Go to Article
Can Max ‘do a Bradbury’ in Griffith?
When I first moved to Griffith in 1996 it was still a safe labor seat with working class suburbs of Camp Hill, Carina, Norman Park, and Coorparoo more dominant than the more middle class areas like Bulimba (though not always posh), Morningside, Carindale and Hill End.… Go to Article
The Lies – Big Coal and Anzac
Paradigm Shift Anzac Special … pls like and share
… Go to ArticleBREAD: Brisbane Radical Events and Diary
If there are any events you’d like to include in future weekly emails to this list, please email us. Week of Friday the 26th of April Saturday 27th Germination: Tree Planting and BBQ/Street Party in Woolloongabba 9am-12 36 Sword St, Woolloongabba QLD 4102, Australia FB Who thinks Brisbane needs more street trees? |
Foco Nuevo in May

| Friday, 3rd May, 2019 Doors open 7.00 pm Concert starts 7.30 pm. Kurilpa Hall 174 Boundary Street, West End (map) Come and join us as we celebrate International Workers’ Day in song. |
A new, hopeful moment for US nuclear policy

Underneath the daily, depressing headlines, five converging trends offer hope, for the first time in more than a decade, for dramatic positive change in US nuclear policy.… Go to Article
Do the US Marines in Darwin pose a risk to our peace and security ?

The Agreement between the Governments of the United States and Australia which under- pins the annual stationing of up to 2,500 US Marines in Darwin is called the Force Posture Agreement (FPA).… Go to Article
US troops land in Darwin

The largest contingent of US marines yet, 2,500, have started to arrive in Darwin. Among the war exercises they will carry out with the ADF is the Talisman Sabre war exercises on and off the coast of Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef.… Go to Article
Frontier Wars
The 4th annual Frontier Wars Ceremony conducted by Gimuy Walubara Yidindji with Peace Pilgrims is happening Wednesday. We look forward to you being involved. … Go to Article
Barnaby’s water deal
This house won’t vote for Mandatory Detention
Sign up at https://www.maxforgriffith.com/close-camps …and they will put one on your fence as well!
Lox Pics
The Spanish film Festival is coming up in Brisbane at the Palace Cinema from 24 April till 9 May 2019. Screening times of the films below can be found at https://workersbushtelegraph.com.au/cinema-del-popolo/lox-pics/… Go to Article
One big raise
I was handed this leaflet outside the Annerley Centrelink in Brisbane by members of the antipoverty network. I have not heard any comment about this from the major parties during the federal 2019 election.… Go to Article
Jaffa – industrial capital of Palestine

Write down this
I am an Arab
And I work with comrades in a stone quarry
And my children are eight in number.… Go to Article
Its dancin’ in the streets to stop Adani

The Bob Brown show came to Brisbane today via Blue’s Fest … 4,000 people joined them and marched through city streets, down to Adani’s Brisbane headquarters opposite Eagle Street Pier near where Pauline Hanson and Fraser Anning are holed up in government offices at taxpayer expense.… Go to Article
Bushman donated land to Redlands for $1
I wonder if the cabbage knows
He is less lovely than the Rose;
Or does he squat in smug content,
A source of noble nourishment;
Or if he pities for her sins
The Rose who has no vitamins;
Or if the one thing his green heart knows —
That self-same fire that warms the Rose?… Go to Article
The longest period of mass defiance in our history
So come on people let’s organise
To smash this bloody Jerk we all despise,
We can do it if the people unite and be strong
We’ll strip him of his power
He’s a bible bashing bastard and we’ve just begun to fight.… Go to Article
The Paper Chained
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Maaate on Big Coal
“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” ― Albert Camus

Interview with Andrew Harding, CEO Aurizon
VICTORIA: Please introduce yourself
ANDREW HARDING: Andrew Harding, managing director and CEO Aurizon Holdings
VICTORIA: Previous employment ?… Go to Article



