Aboriginal Tent Embassy set to staySYDNEY — With a Land and Environment Court injunction looming, an agreement between police, South Sydney Council and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was reached on August 23 which allows the
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Anti-racism protests at Olympics plannedSYDNEY — Amidst a media fear campaign about supposed terrorists' plans to violently disrupt the September Olympic Games, an alliance of groups is gathering in Sydney to plan peaceful
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Davids workers need solidaritySYDNEY — The Davids warehouse workers' fight against the company's attempt to casualise the work force and gut working conditions is continuing. Unionists are picketing Jewel grocery stores
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On July 8, the federal Senate passed John Howard's Wik bill. The bill's amendments to the 1993 Native Title Act continue a long history of Aboriginal dispossession. From 1788, the British legal system and colonists treated the
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Funding slashed as NSW land rights law winds upSYDNEY — Coinciding with the federal government's attempt at de facto extinguishment of native title, the NSW government has almost halved funding to Aboriginal communities. A
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One Nation challenged by a multi-ethnic election teamThe Democratic Socialists have announced an initial 13 candidates for the federal election to present a progressive alternative to the economic "rationalism" of the Labor
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Bill threatens 1967 referendum winA bill currently before federal parliament, coming on top of the Coalition's Wik bill, threatens to further remove indigenous people's rights to protect their heritage, according to the
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Given the government's stated priorities, the federal budget is a major missed opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, according to ATSIC. Of the four priorities constantly emphasised by the
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50 years of Palestinian catastropheSYDNEY — Around 150 people gathered on May 15 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Palestinian dispossession by Israel. The seminar, organised by the University of Technology Friends of
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On May 26, exactly one year after the "stolen children" report was tabled in federal parliament, the first national "Sorry Day" will be held. The day's aims, reflected in many different activities, include publicly recognising
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Wik and the politics of compromiseSecretive negotiations between the Coalition government, Labor opposition and independent Senator Brian Harradine have been taking place over the passage of the government's Wik bill.
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The Wik bill: land rights for mining companiesSince November 19, the mining industry has been publicly campaigning for the Senate to pass the government's Wik bill. Minerals Council of Australia president, Nick Stump, told a