GLW issue 672, published 2006-06-21.

Opposition mounts to proposed immigration changes

Andrew Hall, Canberra Many refugee-rights advocates describe the Howard government's Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 as worse than the policy of mandatory detention introduced by the Hawke Labor government in the

Working class life in the hard times

A Fantastic Dad and His Romantic DaughterBy Mairi McKenzie378 pages, $30Phone (08) 9371 8521 REVIEW BY BARRY HEALY The fantastic dad of this title, Thomas Wignall, was a leading member of the Communist Party in WA from the 1920s onwards. He was

Uranium: making the world a dirtier and more dangerous place

Ian Lowe, emeritus professor of science at Griffith University and president of the Australian Conservation Foundation, spoke to Green Left Weekly's Dave Riley about the nuclear debate. The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

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NSW ALP to back anti-Labor candidate?

Geoff Payne, Newcastle The Queen's Birthday weekend conference of the NSW Labor Party rejected a motion, moved by the Newcastle State Electorate Council, supporting the rank-and-file preselection of Bryce Gaudry, the member for Newcastle since

Cleaners' rallies target CBD building owners

Sue Bolton, Melbourne In cities across Australia on June 15, nearly 1000 people joined rallies and marches to demand a "fair deal for cleaners". Rallies were held in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. The

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International News

IRAQ: Haditha massacre survivors paid 'hush money'

Doug Lorimer "The investigation of an alleged Marine massacre of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, last year has focused on whether cash payments to the families of victims were part of a cover-up", the June 8 New York Daily News reported. The

SRI LANKA: Air force bombs Tamils

Two Sri Lankan Air Force jets began bombing the town of Mullaithivu and its suburbs on June 15, according to a TamilNet report. The town is controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The LTTE's S. Elilan said that Sampoor and Muttur East in

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Cultural Dissent

On the box

The Chaser's War on Everything — Confronting and lampooning key players from the world of politics, business, religion, media and culture. ABC, Friday, June 23, 10.15pm. Sixty Thousand Barrels — Nancy Hillier, a defiant and audacious

Australian decency?

POEM BY JOHN TOMLINSON Refugee, asylum seekerwho's the listener,who's the speaker? Are you ventriloquist or fakerwho's the giver,who's the taker? Compassion now, or racist pridewhich is decent,who has lied? Come, citizen or overlordwere children

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