http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/eric-abetz/ Senator Eric Abetz is the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and a Liberal Senator for Tasmania. Senator Abetz entered the Senate in 1994 and prior to entering Parliament, he worked as a solicitor and barrister. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/bds-bs-has-infected-labor-and-is-gangrenous-in-the-greens/ Last night at a meeting of the Marrickville Council, the council voted eight to four to not pursue its boycott of Israel. Marrickville Council’s abortive attempt to implement the Global Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (GBDS) campaign against Israel in Sydney’s Inner West should be a wake-up call. The moment to turn this objectionable campaign around should not be lost, else we will see more loopy home-grown forays into foreign policy. While this campaign may have been temporarily halted at a municipal level, it has gained considerable ground within Australia’s unions. In moving her motion at Marrickville Council, Greens Councillor, Cathy Peters noted that the BDS campaign had the support of the Victorian Trades Hall Council, the South Coast Labour Council, and various state branches of the ASU, Teachers’ Union, LHMWU, CFMEU and MUA. In fact this is only half the list. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Eric Abetz) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/bds-bs-has-infected-labor-and-is-gangrenous-in-the-greens/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/bds-bs-has-infected-labor-and-is-gangrenous-in-the-greens/#item5673 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:39:59 +0000 Eric Abetz | Author bios | The Punch