Kerryn Williams

  • University of Canberra students uphold vote

    CANBERRA — Students were able to defeat a motion by a failed candidate to overturn the results of the recent elections to the University of Canberra students' association. The university annual general meeting, held on October

  • Nothing new at ANU

    Nothing new at ANUCANBERRA — Less than 800 students voted in the students' association elections at the Australian National University last week. This was due in part to a strike and teaching bans imposed by the

  • Asian activists address secondary students

    Asian activists address secondary studentsCANBERRA — Touring activists Edwin Gozal from the Indonesian People's Democratic Party (PRD) and East Timorese writer Naldo Rai addressed a packed lunchtime forum at

  • Timorese art exhibition opens

    Timorese art exhibition opensCANBERRA — The Tuba-rai Metin art exhibition opened on September 11 at the Canberra School of Art. Initiated by the East Timor Cultural Centre in Fairfield, Sydney, this impressive

  • Anti-racists ROAR!

    Anti-racists ROAR!CANBERRA — Local bands Smeg, Buttnugget, Tinnitus, Punchinello, Poinaz Dare, All Ords, Goons Hired Goons, Reign of Terror, Apathy, Alpha Team 1 and No Strings Attached will all be appearing at a mega

  • Bendigo residents oppose open cut mining

    Bendigo residents oppose open cut miningBENDIGO — Driving along Kangaroo Valley Road, it is impossible to ignore the sentiment of residents against the proposed open cut gold mining project in Kangaroo Flat. Large

  • Business and government push privatised high schools

    While more attention has been directed at the federal government's plans for higher education, secondary education is also under severe attack from both state and federal governments. One of the biggest factors is a massive

  • National Action visits Young

    YOUNG — Gold was first found in 1860 at Burragong Creek on Lambing Flat — now the town of Young. Many of the 22,000 miners working the fields were Chinese. The Europeans, resentful of the Chinese miners, and pressured the

  • Employment forum finds few solutions

    CANBERRA — A symposium entitled "Youth Employment: Looking for Solutions" was convened on March 8 by the Youth Coalition of the ACT and the ACT Southern Tablelands Area Consultative Committee. It provided few answers to

  • Priest from Jaffna speaks on Tamil struggle

    CANBERRA — An Amnesty International forum on February 4, the 49th anniversary of Sri Lankan independence, heard a Catholic priest, Dr Edwin Savundranayagum, describe the massive human rights violations against

  • Racist minister gets 'special treatment' from protesters

    Racist minister gets 'special treatment' from protestersCANBERRA — An angry group of protesters gathered at the Australian National University on November 15 to picket a function addressed by Aboriginal affairs minister John

  • Gearing up to reclaim the night

    Gearing up to reclaim the nightCANBERRA — Kamini Junankar, a Resistance member involved in organising this year's Reclaim the Night march here on October 25, told Green Left Weekly that the theme of the event is to reclaim