STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS!

Sunday August 13
12:30pm
Parliament House front steps
Spring Street
Melbourne
followed by reception at CBD venue

Download rally leaflet

WEAR: Something red, festive and wet-weather ready!

• Same-sex relationships are equal in commitment, quality and love to mixed-sex relationships.
• But they are not treated equally by the law - yet.

Formal relationship recognition is essential to achieve social equality and legal security for loving same-sex couples and their families. It's time for legal discrimination to end, and for same-sex couples to be treated with full equality.

If you want to see a Civil Union scheme in Victoria, and national recognition for same-sex couples, come to the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby's National Day of Action for relationship recognition!

more info: Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby | www.equallove.org.au

Sunday 30 July 1.30 p.m.
Sunshine Pool
Sunshine
site on the grass behind the old 50M pool

Farewell to the Old 50
After discussions with the CFMEU yeserday the Brimbank Council has belatedly agreed to allow the Sunshine community to have a Commemoration Service for the old community built and funded 50M outdoor pool before it is demolished next week...

The service will honor the magnificent voluntary efforts of local residents, community groups, schools, unions and businesses who between 1958 - 60 collectively raised over 7500 pounds and contributed much more than that in voluntary labour and materials to build the 50M outdoor pool for future generations to enjoy. view newspaper clippings about building of 50m pool

The "Farewell to the Old 50 Commemoration Service" will also call on the Brimbank Council and Bracks government to urgently agree in writing on the proper replacement for our grand old 50M pool. And for them to agree to this before demolition starts so the Sunshine community knows where we are at with the promises that have been made about a stage 2 replacement for the 50 metre pool.

It is terrific that work will commence on refurbishing the indoor pool and the new wading pool but the community needs solid confirmation on what will replace the outdoor 50 metre pool. (Note: Werribee is having its 50 metre pool replaced in the next 12 months and new outdoor leisure pool built)

more info: Save Sunshine Pool Committee

Saturday August 26th
2pm onwards
North Melbourne Town Hall
crn of Errol & Queensbury sts
North Melbourne.


art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it. Bertolt Brecht

We are calling singers, actors, clowns, visual artists, musicians, comedians, filmmakers, puppeteers and wannabes of all types to creatively respond to this question, and in the process help build a network of creatively minded-people to take back public space and give John Howard nightmares!!!

Supported by: Union Solidarity, Melbourne Workers Theatre, Victorian Trade Union Choir, Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance , North Melbourne Town Hall and Latin American Solidarity Network( LASNET).

more info: Colm 9354 2703.

Rally for Peace

1pm Sunday
30 July
State Library
cnr Swanston & Latrobe Sts
Melbourne

more info: Melbourne Palestine Solidarity Network 0406 402 401

1pm Saturday
22 July
State Library
Swanston St Melbourne

A major Rally that has been called for this Saturday. It has been organised by the Lebanese Community in conjunction with trade unions, peace groups and progressive political parties.

• A stop to the bombing of Lebanon
• For Israel to withdraw from the West Bank and Gaza
• An end to the spiral into regional war

more info: Committee for Peace & Justice in Lebanon 0433 202 631 | 0418 819 548

Sat July 16
1.30pm
State Library
Swanston St City

(Eureka) Last Stand Pool Rally

Sunday 16 July
11 30 a.m.
Sunshine Pool
Kennedy St Sunshine (Behind Bi-Lo)

Why:
We have heard that the Brimbank Council plans to bust the Sunshine Pool Community Picket with security guards and then roll in the heavy machinery to bulldoze our community built pools.

What will we lose:

• 50M OUTDOOR POOL
• OUTDOOR LEARN TO SWIM POOL
• TODDLER'S POOL

What they are going to build for $9.5 million (plus GST): One small 0.9 metre (three feet deep at the deep end) Learn to Swim pool, A Smaller Gymnasium Not much else.

This is it - the Last Stand at the Pool - a peaceful rally of a community fighting for a big pool like every other community in Victoria has - not a little shallow pool that is only 3 feet deep at the deep end. (at the exorbitant cost to rate payers of $9.5 million) Ironically the time of the rally was the time that the Eureka Stockade started. We are hoping to have a descendent of one the Eureka Stockade miners in attendance to recite the Eureka oath! Event: Sunshine Pools - Last Stand Community Rally

more info: Save Sunshine Pool Newletter | SMS list 0408 521 913 text "Save the Pool" | Picketline roster hotline 0408 521 913 | Save Sunshine Pool Website

Thursday 27th July
4.30-6.00pm
St Kilda Town Hall
Corner Carslisle St & St Kilda Rd

A seminar for young workers to discuss their rights at work and issues such as low pay, casualisation and workplace safety.

Presented by St Kilda Legal Service and proudly supported by UNITE

Speakers include Anthony Main (UNITE Secretary), Damian Murphy (Barrister) and Andrew McCarthy (Jobwatch).

more info: Vanda 8598 6609