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The Cockroaches of Collingwood

May 20, 2010 by Susanna Leave a Comment
collingwood-flats

Cockroaches are an ancient group, having remained relatively unchanged for hundreds of millions of years. Ancient they may be, but the mere mention of them is enough to turn my stomach. And it’s not just me. The residents of the Collingwood Flats have had it up to here with these nasty little brutes. The fast [...]

Filed Under: At Home Tagged With: public housing. collingwood

Make Abbott see the big picture

February 11, 2010 by Susanna Leave a Comment
abbott-billboard

Big polluters won’t pay, taxpayers will foot the bill, and Australian emissions will actually rise by 13% — that’s Tony Abbott’s proposal to tackle the climate crisis. Abbott can’t see the ‘big picture’ on climate change, but we can show him (and the nation) a picture too big to miss, and a message impossible to [...]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: environment

Steak Sanger Sackings Backlash

August 6, 2009 by Susanna Leave a Comment
steak-sandwich

Geelong council workers have a beef with their boss for sacking two workers who were given free steak sandwiches by a sports club after fixing two potholes on their lunch break. Peter Anderson and Mick Van Beek, who worked out of the Drysdale depot about an hour west of Melbourne, agreed to fill two pot [...]

Filed Under: At Work Tagged With: ASU, music

Message from David Hicks gets Primetime screening

November 21, 2008 by Susanna Leave a Comment
david-hicks

View the short Message from David Hicks to GetUp Members and sign the petition calling for a full review of our anti-terror laws, including the unnecessary control orders. Petition Text : Dear Prime Minister, We expect a trusted counter-terrorism system that responds to legitimate threats, not imagined or political ones. That means not sacrificing our [...]

Filed Under: Rights Tagged With: david hicks

Yarra Campaign Against the Tunnel

November 13, 2008 by Susanna Leave a Comment

Register Your Concern & Volunteer Register your concern about the proposed road tunnels and volunteer with the community campaign: If you have any local news, upcoming events, suggestions or information, please contact Chris: 0407 825 467 Issues directly related to the proposed Road Tunnel Recommendation 4 of the East-West Links Needs Assessment. Fact sheet – [...]

Filed Under: At Home Tagged With: road tunnel, ycat

Turkey: Free jailed woman trade union leader

June 30, 2008 by Susanna Leave a Comment
Meryem Özsögüt

Action needed to free Meryem Özsögüt, trade union leader and management board member of PSI‘s affiliate SES in Turkey (the trade union of public employees in health and social services). Özsögüt was arrested on the morning of 8 January following her participation in a press conference on 14 December 2007 to denounce the killing by [...]

Filed Under: Rights
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