Stephen Robson

  • Paid to jail

    Paid to jailPERTH — A study released by the Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) has focused on the town of Wiluna, in Western Australia's mid-west. Police in the town of 250 people made 1071 arrests in the year to August. On

  • Future of land bill in doubt

    Future of land bill in doubtThe federal government has got itself in a mess over the Indigenous Land Corporation and Land Acquisitions Bill. Badly drafted, the bill was offered as a cheap image

  • Kill first, ask questions later

    Kill first, ask questions laterPERTH — Police action toward armed persons has become an issue again following the shooting of Ray Gould by the tactical response group (TRG) early on October 26.

  • WA campaigners fight logging

    PERTH — Decisions on Western Australia's woodchip licence renewals are expected to be made by the federal government prior to Christmas. While the federal minister for the environment, Senator Faulkner, has

  • Instalment 512 of the English soap opera

    Is the English royal family on a course of self-destruction? With the release of the book The Prince of Wales: A Biography by the broadcaster and journalist Jonathan Dimbleby we are treated to yet another episode in the

  • Chris Hani tour in Perth

    Chris Hani tour in PerthPERTH — The final leg of the Chris Hani Memorial tour included a number of successful functions. A memorial dinner attended by 190 people on October 5 heard both John Gomomo,

  • Who's sorry now — and so is McGinty

    PERTH — Ian who? Ian Taylor was the parliamentary leader of the WA ALP until his resignation on October 9. Following Carmen Lawrence's move to federal parliament in March, Taylor had been elected unopposed.

  • Greens senators press amendments to land bill

    Greens (WA) senators Christabel Chamarette and Dee Margetts are pressing the Labor government to amend its Indigenous Land Corporation and Land Acquisition bill. They have indicated that if substantial amendments are not

  • WA's campaign to save old growth forests

    PERTH — The majestic old growth forests in WA's south-west, with their 800-year-old karri, marri and jarrah trees, are under threat. These beautiful forests are being systematically logged for export as woodchips.

  • WA environment actions

    WA environment actionsPERTH — The national campaign coordinator of the Wilderness Society, Kevin Parker, called on the federal government to use its legislative powers to protect WA's unique environment at a

  • 1500 rally for the forests

    1500 rally for the forestsPERTH — Undeterred by driving rain, 1500 people attended the Gathering for the Forest in Forrest Place on August 9. The rally called on the federal government to stop woodchipping in old growth

  • WA Democrats expel members

    WA Democrats expel membersPERTH — Thirteen members of the WA Division of the Australian Democrats were expelled at the end of July by the national executive. Those expelled included individuals on both sides of the