now. Not Vorster, On 22 September a Brisbane demonstration of more than 2000 opposing this ban was met bs more than s0o police — specia Branch and uniformed — drafted in from all over South-East Dueensland. 32 were arrested. On 12 October there were more arrests when police outnambered a further march of SUU, This big show of strength for 22 Octobe when 416 were arrested from a 3,500 strong march calling for a natioowide moratorium on unium mining. There were more arrests when the 416 ap peared in court while solidarity marches in Melbourne and Sydп Pasca mou mauca pression by the Queensland Government — a traditional bunker - comes in the context of a owing: response from the Noyment and a drop in real power workers' strike in was met by a scate of Fronted the prowine moves while violence har sphinst uranium mining. Et crucial to current investment and the Queensland overument in particular is Union action on this directly political isaue has led to steppedTEC OHAL irganise. New "right to work' egislation in Queensland outlans *The day of the political street march is over. Anybody who holds a street march, spontancous or otherwise, will know they are acting illegally. Don't bother fo apply for a permit. You von't get one. That's Government policy but Queensland Premier Bjilke-Petersen. SYLVIA INNES looks at the most repressive state in an increasingly repressive country.
The CoreNn laws, backed by Petersen, coable tbe Government to deregister a Koch Petersen and Prime Min ster Malcolm Fraser have calle 1o Famber terein of who the famibar terrain rales-the-country? Coming on two years after th overDor-General Keit put t right wing back in power, the Federal elections are designed to consolidate the Covernment s yet power before the labour move- ment makes any further advances Nation.
The Queensland Government is ideally placed to lead the current nichtse. electoral system ensures Petersen's return oo 12 From this impregnable position Petersen has built up his model state? In 1976 be sacked the Police Commissioner who called for an inquiry into corruption instead increasins police power of detention without arrest and abolisline the righe to sience The dependence of the Queensland economy on mining of Petersen himselt od mining issue of che right to organise A demonstration has been called for Il November, supported by militant workers, black, women. and student activists the ucensland Trades and Labo ouncil, sections of the Labo Pany and conservationists. demonstration, by John marches In bouroc. a al picke Jueensland House in the Stran n London from 12-2pm, will b a key creal in the development of while Foderal the Australian class struggle, and in the defence of the democratic class. It deserves your support.
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