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Labor condemned at anti-VSU rally 25 August
by pc
Saturday August 27, 2005 at 05:35 PM
Last Thursday about 1000 students and supporters shouted down Opposition spokesperson Jenny Macklin in anger at Labor's backdown over VSU. Senator Natasha Stott Despoja was loudly applauded for her pledge to vote against the legislation...
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Actually the estimate of 1000 by the ABC may have ben generous: forwhatever reason, the organisers must have been disappointed if were hoping for a larger turnout than at the last rally, on August 10th. And there was no blaming the weather this time. Interestingly enough, though, there were no Young Liberals in evidence either...
But there was no mistaking the general anger at the backflip by the porpoise which claims to be an opposition, although Jenny Macklin was given a hearing following a vote by show of hands. There was a clear perception on the part of those present, at least, that VSU is not just about amenities, but about the right to organise. And at the end of the rally proper a group of about 35-40 made their way to the headquarters of the ALP and barricaded themselves inside for a time.
After the paint-bombing of Liberal Party headquarters at the last rally, police were well prepared to defend the building in Exhibition Street - there was line of horses drawn up in front - but they had nothing to do, as the march kept straight on along Collins Street to the old Treasury Building for a final rallying call from Rebecca Barrigos: "What we want to do, we want to give students back their voice. We want to say that we [will] defend our right to politically organise and we [will] defend our right to have a say on what happens on our campuses. That's what this rally is about."
There is to be another rally on 15 September.
There were reports in the mainstream media online - http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200508/s1446151.htm
and http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,16384937%255E2862,00.html
as well a paragraph in Friday's AGE.
on State Library steps before rally
by pc
Saturday August 27, 2005 at 05:35 PM
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also before the rally
by pc
Saturday August 27, 2005 at 05:35 PM
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Greens' spokesperson Gemma Pinnell
by pc
Saturday August 27, 2005 at 05:35 PM
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Like the Democrats, the Greens are pledged to oppose the legislation
shackled
by pc
Saturday August 27, 2005 at 05:35 PM
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as in many previous rallies, students from VCA stood out ...
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by pc
Saturday August 27, 2005 at 05:35 PM
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and this person was a great hit with the phone cameras of passers-by
at the end of the march
by pc
Saturday August 27, 2005 at 05:35 PM
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