SYDNEY — While Prime Minister John Howard was preparing to speak at the handover of the Document of Reconciliation at the Sydney Opera House on May 27, a group of protesters from the Indigenous Students Network (ISN) and their
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Dismantling Abstudy: the Coalition's 'practical reconciliation'For almost 30 years, Abstudy has been one of the key components of ensuring increased educational opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
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NEWCASTLE — Accusing Prime Minister John Howard of attempting to "whitewash the past" and arguing that his stance on reconciliation has "nothing to do with justice or equality for indigenous people", the newly formed Indigenous
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Timorese support call for scholarshipsNEWCASTLE — Young East Timorese are enthusiastic about calls for the Australian government to extend scholarships so they can study in this country, an activist recently
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CANBERRA — A new permanent exhibition has recently opened in Old Parliament House's Discover Gallery. The exhibition, Corridors of Power, looks at Australia's political and social history since federation in 1901. The exhibition
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Women protest against tax on tamponsCANBERRA — One hundred protesters attended a rally here as part of a national day of action against the GST on sanitary products. Participants at the rally, which was held in Garema Place,
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In 1996, Pauline Hanson was catapulted onto the national stage when she was elected as the federal member for Oxley in Queensland. For the next two and half years, Hanson became the public face of racism in Australia. Hanson vowed
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Gay and lesbian pride springs outCANBERRA — The ACT's first Gay and Lesbian Pride Festival — Spring Out — included a rally and march on November 13, attended by 300 people. The rally was addressed by,
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Free market speech isn't freeFreedom of speech is one of the most treasured ideas in Western democracies, held up as an ideal towards which all nations and governments should strive. The United States has enshrined this right,
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The fight to stop uranium mines at Jabiluka, Beverley, Roxby Downs, Honeymoon and the dozens of others proposed, and the fight for land rights are intertwined. For more than 200 years, the racist doctrine of terra nullius was used
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1949 coal strike: Labor's 'boots and all' sell-outJune 27 marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the 1949 coal strike. The strike dominated Australian politics for two months, attracted international attention and
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McSux: taking on the corporate giantBritish activists Helen Steel and David Morris, who have been fighting the fast food giant McDonald's since they were sued for libel for producing the "What's wrong with