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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear Members</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">There have already been a number of May Day marches in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Queensland</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">this week, with the Brisbane march attracting up</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">to 35,000</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, about 3 times as big as last years march and much larger than</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">the 20,000 that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Queensland Council of Unions had initially hoped to attract. T</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">he marches</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">in Queensland</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">regional</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> centres</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">have also been much bigger</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">than</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> recent years with</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1000 in Blackwater, 1200 in Toowoomba, 700 in Ipswich and 1000 in Gold Coast, 4000 people in Townsville.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Links below are to articles on the Brisbane and Townsville march</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">e</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">s.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.couriermail.news.com.au/story/0,20797,18986269-5003400,00.html"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://www.couriermail.news.com.au/story/0,20797,18986269-5003400,00.html</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200605/s1627509.htm"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200605/s1627509.htm</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,18990495%255E14787,00.html"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,18990495%255E14787,00.html</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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