300,000 join union protests!

July 6, 2005
Issue 

Estimates of attendance at protest rallies and meetings against the Coalition government's anti-union laws include:

June 30

Adelaide — 7000

Brisbane — 20,000-25,000

Cairns — 2000

Canberra (June 26) — 500

Darwin — 2000

Devonport — 500

Geelong — 10,000

Gladstone — 2000

Gove — 900

Hobart — 3000

Karratha (June 27) — 3000

Mackay — 1200

Melbourne — 120,000-150,000

Perth — 20,000-25,000

Portland — 2000

Rockhampton — 2000

Townsville — 700

Wodonga — 1500

July 1

Armidale — 550

Bankstown — 2,000

Bathurst — 1100

Belmont — 1500

Burwood — 700

Canberra — 150

Cardiff — 2000

Coffs Harbour — 650

Coogee — 200

Dungog — 150

Fairfield — 200

Gymea — 3500

Kingsford — 90

Kogarah — 2000

Lismore — 400

Liverpool — 2000

Mayfield — 2800

Newcastle — 3500

Orange — 550

Parramatta — 3000

Penrith — 600

Queanbeyan — 550

Redfern — 350

Richmond — 550

Sydney city — 20,000

Tamworth — 1000

Wagga & Albury — 1200

Wollongong — 6000.

From Green Left Weekly, July 6, 2005.
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