GLW issue 680, published 2006-08-23.

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Refugee bill: why Howard backed down

Anna Samson Five minutes before it was scheduled for debate in the Senate on August 15, PM John Howard pulled the Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill from the program. Had the DUA bill become law, it would have resulted in

Taxi drivers revolt against unsafe job conditions

Dan Burke, Melbourne After blockading the streets of Melbourne's central business district on August 11, at least 600 taxi drivers held a rally at the Flemington Racecourse on August 15, where they confronted Victorian transport minister Peter

'Swindling is what the major parties do best'

Alex Bainbridge, Sydney On August 15, the Sydney Inner West branch of the Socialist Alliance preselected anti-war activist Pip Hinman as its candidate for the seat of Marrickville in the March 24 NSW election. The alliance will run an in-your-face

Loose Cannons

'Calming' Baghdad "Iraq, US Forces Raid Sadr City to Calm Baghdad" — Headline on US Bloomberg news service report on an August 7 US-led military attack that set off a two-hour gun battle with supporters of anti-US Shiite cleric Moqtada al Sadr.
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