GLW issue 567, published 2004-01-21.

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Residents' campaign defeats 'bypass' plan

Tom Flanagan, Lismore Following a sustained public campaign led by the North Lismore Progress Association (NLPA), the Lismore City Council has abandoned its preferred route for a northern "bypass" that would have seen heavy traffic routed between

Beattie heads to the polls

Jim McIlroy, Brisbane A snap Queensland election is underway. On January 13, Labor Premier Peter Beattie called the election for February 7, in a summer-holiday bid to take the heat out of the government's damaging problems over the abuse of foster

Lombok asylum seekers end hunger strike

Sarah Stephen A group of 16 Afghan asylum seekers stranded on the Indonesian island of Lombok ended a seven-day hunger strike on January 14. The hunger strikers agreed to finish their protest after a meeting with UN High Commission for Refugees

Attack on prisoners' legal rights

Dale Mills, Sydney The NSW government is planning to restrict compensation claims to prisoners who sue for injuries received while in prison. This opens the door to prisons being able to risk the health and safety of inmates without effective
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