September 29, 2002

Thousands March In Sydney, Hundreds Of Thousands March In London, But Costello Wants War Tax

Friends Of The Earth Australia
Australian Peace Committee
Ozpeace
People For Nuclear Disarmament
Campaign For International Peace And Disarmament (Cicd)

In the last 24 hours, as many as 400,000 people marched against a war on Iraq in London, while several thousand marched yesterday in Sydney in a march called at very short notice. Recent polls say that as many as 75% of Australians disapprove a war in Iraq, and yet treasurer Costello says he will not rule out a war tax.

September 24, 2002

Mr and Mrs Sydney Australia would prefer not to have a nuclear reactor situated halfway up their arse.The community campaign to halt a second nuclear reactor in Sydney received a boost recently with support from one of Australia's most noted designers. Reg Mombassa, the name behind the popular Mambo clothing brand, has created a new image and shirt to highlight the risks the reactor poses to Sydney and beyond. The shirts are available at Mambo's Sydney outlets or direct from their website and each sale will help fund work against the reactor.

Spetember 16, 2002

Groups Call For Parliamentary Debate, Senate Inquiry

Friends Of The Earth Australia
Australian Peace Committee
Ozpeace

In the light of poll figures showing that three out of four Australians oppose a war with Iraq, Australian peace and anti nuclear weapons groups have called for the Australian government to urge restraint and compliance with international law on the Bush administration. The groups have stressed that it is vital for there to be a full and complete parliamentary and community debate and urged the labor party to support moves in the Senate for a senate inquiry into policy on Iraq, and urged support for a senate motion against a 'first strike' on Iraq.

September 9, 2002

Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, and City of Boulder Team Up to Bring Law Suit

WASHINGTON - August 27, 2002 - Friends of the Earth (FoE), Greenpeace and the City of Boulder, Colorado filed a lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco on behalf of their members and citizens who are victims of global warming. The suit has been filed against two U.S. government agencies - the Export Import Bank (ExIm) and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). Ex-Im and OPIC are taxpayer funded agencies that provide financing and loans to U.S. corporations for overseas projects that commercial banks deem too risky.

September 4, 2002

Johannesburg: Tuesday 3rd September. After nine days of talks, the Earth Summit is finally winding to an end. We have analysed the final text of the Programme of Implementation and found precisely TWO new and specific targets in the whole thing:

1. To halve by 2015 the proportion of people who do not have access to basic sanitation (para 7), and
2. Establishment of marine protected networks including representative networks by 2012 (para 31c) ­ which is really half a target, but we prefer to be generous in our praise.

September 4, 2002

Brief Assesment Of Trade And Globalisation Issues

In The 'Sustainable Development In A Globalizing World' And 'Means Of Implementation' Draft Texts As At 1 September 2002

September 1, 2002

Peace Groups Welcome Weapons Inspections For Iraq, United States

Australian Peace Committee
People For Nuclear Disarmament
Australian Anti-Bases Campaign
Ozpeace

Australian peace groups and antinuclear groups have welcomed calls by the European community and mr Downer to send weapons inspectors back into Iraq and have called for inspectors to be sent to the United States, to determine progress toward the elimination of the worlds largest and by far the most sophisticated stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, which the US is legally bound to eliminate under the nuclear nonproliferation treaty.

September 1, 2002

Voluntary Type 2 Partnerships announced by the Australian Government at the WSSD Summit today will not compensate for the Government's general opposition to creating international Type 1 Agreements that promote sustainability, key Australian environment groups said today.

August 30, 2002

From Melbourne to Johannesburg

The poor performance, secrecy and unsustainable impacts of transnational corporations will be the focus of protest action by Australian environmentalists in both Melbourne and Johannesburg today. The Melbourne action, at the headquarters of mining giant Rio Tinto, coincides with the launch in Johannesburg of a new publicity campaign by global resource corporations.

August 27, 2002

Australian civil society are so embarrassed by the Australian Government's position at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg that they are telling the world they feel ashamed to be Australian.