ADELAIDE — The Environmental Youth Alliance will hold a state festival here October 24-25. The opening address, by Domingo Colicoi, will be on indigenous people's struggles to save the environment in Chile. The event will be held at the Box Factory, 59 Regent St, starting on the Saturday at 2 p.m. All are welcome.
PERTH — A 60-strong meeting of South Fremantle residents on October 6 discussed transport options for the Fremantle area. Residents' immediate concern centres on the high levels of traffic, including the many heavy vehicles, that transit the area, especially along Hampton Road. The South Ward Community Association called the meeting after the state ALP government quashed plans for a bypass road. Members of the Democratic Socialist Party and the Greens pointed out the environmental impact of encouraging road traffic, and called for a massive expansion of public transport, including rail and tram services.
- On October 1 parents and students from Deanmore primary school in Perth's northern suburbs protested outside the Ministry of Education, calling for immediate replacement of the school's dangerous asbestos roof. The 30-year-old roof is badly weathered and releasing deadly asbestos fibres into the air near playgrounds and classrooms. The ministry is refusing to replace the roof, preferring its "encapsulation" policy.
SYDNEY — The NSW Nurses Association and concerned residents from Port Macquarie will protest against privatisation of the Port Macquarie Hospital at a demonstration outside Parliament House on October 28, 12 noon.
- World Fashion Network is sponsoring a fashion parade on October 16 at Silknit House in support of Greenpeace. The "Atmosphere and Energy Eco-Parade" will feature a large range of designers and students from Sydney Institute of Technology and the Whitehouse School of Design. Prizes will be awarded to the "most outrageous" designers, models and guests. Tickets, $35, can be purchased from Silknit House, phone (02) 281 6798.
- Two hundred residents of Erskineville rallied on October 10 to continue their fight to halt the Fahey government's efforts to sell off local parkland. Residents blocked an attempt to auction the land earlier this year and obtained a verbal assurance from Premier Fahey that the land would be sold at a nominal price to South Sydney Council. Fahey now claims to have meant the council was allowed to enter a bid for the land.