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[ April 22, 2008; ]
This month we are taking action to close the gap in indigenous and non indigenous Australians? life expectancy. Health issues are affecting Indigenous Australians all across the country, even here in Victoria and Tasmania. The state and federal governments have made positive steps to decrease the inequality in health and living standards but there is [...]

Action x 1
Visit local pokie venues and report if they have ATMs, how many and where they are located in the venue (foyer, bar, bistro etc). Also identify where the next nearest ATM to the pokie venue is outside of the venue itself. Send the details to Mark at mark.zirnsak@victas.uca.org.au
For all the action ideas and [...]

Check out the new JustAct website!
Comparing our Standards
Did you know that the amount humanity currently consumes is more than the earth can sustain? How is this possible? Think about the world as being a bank account. If we simply live off the interest then (theory has it) we can sustain the capital indefinitely. However, if [...]

Come along and join us in the JustAct non-violent action on human trafficking!!!
Stop the Traffik!
Saturday 25th August 2007
12 noon for the non-violent briefing
Wesley Uniting Church
148 Lonsdale St,
Melbourne
Meet in the garden at the front of the church.
12:30pm start walking through the city to Federation Square.
Feel free to bring your friends!!!
On-the-day-contact will be Kerryn 0419 530 [...]

This month JustAct are looking at the Australian Government?s intervention into indigenous communities in the Northern Territory as a response to the findings of The Little Children are Sacred report. A lot has been said about this plan, from criticism to welcoming the move from a wide range of Australians. This action is [...]

[ July 26, 2007; 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] 2007 marks the 200th year since the long campaign to end slavery in the British Empire resulted in their government passing the Abolition of the Slave Trade bill. The story of the campaign to end legal trading of people in Britain is the subject of the new film Amazing Grace.

Come and see the film [...]

Action
Refuse to support companies whose marketing practices endanger the lives of mothers and babies world wide, breaking the World Health Organisation?s international code of practice!
How
Gather evidence and boycott! And let the companies know you are refusing their products and why.
THE ISSUE

This action is about choice, freedom of information [...]

Action: Act to prevent further killings in the Philippines and bring the executers of such violence to justice.

How: Send the Government of the Philippines a sympathy card expressing your sadness of [...]