On June 13, immigration minister Philip Ruddock announced a series of new requirements for around 8000 people, temporarily resident in Australia on humanitarian grounds, to either obtain permanent residency after a 10-year
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Coming in the wake of Pauline Hanson's strident anti-Asian views, the government's decision to cut the family reunion program — a move which will largely affect Asian migrants — reveals, once again,
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John Howard has presented his "10-point plan" on native title as a compromise between the demands of the powerful mining and pastoral interests and their representatives, who are demanding that native title be extinguished,
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Last month a young Aboriginal man and former Long Bay inmate launched A Guide to Surviving Incarceration. The book relates to the feelings of many new Aboriginal inmates — "One of the first things you might think about is
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The recent spate of food poisoning in Victoria has heightened concern over safety. In response, national health officials are only proposing to improve company-operated "quality assurance" programs — industry
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"Ministers warn of health crisis", trumpeted the February 28 Australian. "Medicare emergency", warned the September 24 Bulletin cover, "what the health crisis means to you". "Failing fast" said the Bulletin's January 14
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Closure of landmark Aboriginal Legal ServiceSYDNEY — The Aboriginal Legal Service has been shut down after 27 years of challenging the white-dominated legal system. Late last month, the Supreme Court refused an
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It's been three months since the Liberals' workplace relations bill was passed into law with the support of the Democrats. MAX ADLAM, women's officer of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union South Australian branch and
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Meeting prepares for deaths in custody summitSo far this year, there have been seven Aboriginal deaths in custody — "almost one for every week of the year", Tauto Sansbury, National Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee
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Campaign to save the Block heats upSYDNEY — The campaign to save Redfern's Aboriginal community has heated up amidst repeated denials by the Aboriginal Housing Company of plans to redevelop Eveleigh
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Arthur Miller's play about the 1692 witch-trials in Salem, Massachusetts, written in 1953 at the height of the McCarthyite anti-communist crusade, has come to the big screen.
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What do Graeme Samuel, president of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), the Young Liberals and Jeff Kennett all have in common? Well, if you believe the establishment press, they are