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june 18 1999


Australia

LATEST REPORTS - LIVE

Reports from Melbourne
Biotic Baking Brigade have struck in Melbourne! At the APEC lecture held at Shell headquarters in Melbourne, our 'honourable' Oppostion Leader, Kim Beazley, gave a speech on trade liberalisation, hosted by Hugh Morgan, the mining man who is rather into uranium in a big way. An anarchist from the audience who had snuck into the lecture managed to give Beazo his just deserts!!! A vegan vanilla cream pie (yum) was planted right in his face to the astonishment of the other audience members.

After the event, an upcoming executive took it upon himself to make a citizen arrest of the perputrator of the lemon merange message. Anyone got any icing to top this one off?!

Reports from Sydney and webcast

CONTACTS

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WEBCAST: http://www.j18.cat.org.au
The Sydney action will be covered live by our team of alternative media freaks. Being one of the first actions of the day, we hope to inspire activists everywhere with up-to-date reports from the streets.

LATEST: 7.30pm, (GMT 1.30pm) Kim Beazley, the Leader of the Opposition, was pied for speaking at a meeting about APEC and Global Trade, sponsored by Shell, and organised by Monash Uni. The event was chaired by Hugh Morgan, chairman of the Western Mining Corporation, who wiped the pie from Ms Beazely's face.[We'll have a quicktime and stills soon. J18-er from the Studio's of SKA TV in Melbourne City]

Adelaide

Adelaide: J18 groupmisslouise66@hotmail.com

Melbourne

J18 Melbourne

After meeting at the Stock Exchange headed for WEstpac, the investors in the Jabiluka uranium mine. The crowd crashed through the shopping centre into David Jones and stunned consumers by rushing through displacing store goods. At McDonalds caused general disturbance. Also tram machines were sabotaged and the NIke store paintbombed.

8.30am - Free breakfast outside Flinders Street Station (under the clocks)
12pm - Meet outside General Post Office, cnr Elizbeth street and Bourke Street

Individual groups advertise otherevents, and in general various events will occur spontaneously.

for updates from melbourne australia...http://www.antimedia.net/melbj18/.happening throughout the day - but mostly at 4pm melb time]

Contact: J18 Melbourne
Email: june18@bogfoot.com or j18@xchange.anarki.net

Web: http://www.antimedia.net/melbj18/Perth

Contact: Alive and Global J18 Land Address: Box 37, Maylands, Perth, Western Australia 6931 Email: brencon@cygnus.uwa.edu.au

Sydney

Sydney J18 network:Email: j18-sydney@cat.org.au.Sydney: Reclaim the StreetsEmail: rpaulelliott@bigpond.comConversations for the 21st Century:Email: nwinterb@ozemail.com.auWWW: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~nwinterb

DIRECT ACTIONS PLANNED FOR J18 IN SYDNEY INCLUDE:

GOOD MORNING AUSTRALIA
Sydney will wake up to banners hung on major routes into the city. Activists will travel on the morning trains and buses, welcoming the city-dwellers to a day they won't forget.

PRESS CONFERENCE 11AM NSW PARLIAMENT HSE
Speakers: Greens MLC Lee Rhiannon, Trevor Thomas (Jubilee 2000), Lina Cabaero (AidWatch), Kilty O'Gorman (Justice Action).The press conference will cover global financial issues and the significance of the day's direct actions. Topics such as MAI, Third-World debt, corporatism and the impact of widespread privatisation will be discussed.

LUNCHTIME FIESTA
A variety of community groups will be represented at this lunchtime music, street theatre and discussion forum in Martin Place. Local groups will have the opportunity to discuss the impact of globalisation and corporatism on the community. Music will provide an ambient backdrop for an interactive discussion/debate in which all are invited to participate.

CORPORATE INFO (SCUMBAGS) TOUR
A black comedy guided tour of major corporations in the CBD that exploit people and the planet for the profit of a few. Well-known corporate vandals such as Westpac, ERA and Boral will have their indiscretions exposed to the public in this information-exchange initiative.

FRIDAY NIGHT OFFICE PARTY
Peak hour carnival with Critical Mass riding through the streets of Sydney. Bands and DJs will turn the CBD into a party - for one night we will Reclaim the CBD!

WEBCAST: http://www.j18.cat.org.au
The Sydney action will be covered live by our team of alternative media freaks. Being one of the first actions of the day, we hope to inspire activists everywhere with up-to-date reports from the streets.


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