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Dutton’s bid to ban mobile phones

After the defeat in the Federal Court of his bid to ban mobile phones in offshore immigration detention centres, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) Peter Dutton is trying another strategy to subvert the court’s August ruling.

Mobile phones are already prohibited in onshore immigration detention centres and on Christmas Island for refugees who tried to come to Australia by boat.

Joyous and enlightening theatre

Seeing Things By Barry Lowe Not So Straight Theatre Company September 14-17, 8.30pm Space Theatre, Festival Centre, Adelaide Reviewed by Penny Farrow Not So Straight Theatre Company, formed in late 1993, is made up

Portland Aborigines appeal

Portland Aborigines appeal The Kerrupjmara people of far western Victoria are considering re-establishing a tent embassy in Portland, eight weeks after an earlier tent embassy was ended. The embassy was set up in Portland's main

Asian Theatre Festival

Asian Theatre Festival SYDNEY — The second Sydney Asian Theatre Festival continues at the Belvoir Street Theatre until October 1. Five unusual and intriguing presentations are offered. The Return, by Ta Duy Binh, is a poetic

Looking out: Human beings

Looking out: Human beings By Brandon Astor Jones "Let us call it by the name which, for lack of any other nobility, will at least give the nobility of truth, and let us recognise it for what it essentially is: a revenge." —

Although you have disappeared, you live in our heart

Although you have disappeared, you live in our heart By Eliseo Balcazar Dear mother and father Dear sisters and brother Dear companion and friends Where are you? Where ... are you? December, January June August

Mandela's Jakarta visit 'inappropriate'

Mandela's Jakarta visit 'inappropriate' TAPOL, the London-based Indonesia Human Rights Campaign, called on South African President Nelson Mandela to raise publicly a number of human rights issues during his visit to Jakarta, which began on

Anti-Torricelli bill introduced in US

Anti-Torricelli bill introduced in US By Ivonne Cunarro On August 11, representative Jose Serrano, from New York, introduced to the House of Representatives a new anti-blockade of Cuba bill, HR 4941. Serrano, an early

Brisbane meeting for 'Reworking Australia'

Brisbane meeting for 'Reworking Australia' By Bill Mason BRISBANE — "Economic rationalism in practice has proved irrational. It has produced injustice, poverty and unemployment", Professor Frank Stilwell, from the Sydney

How ideas are shaped

Science of Coercion: Communication Research and Psychological Warfare 1945-1960 By Christopher Simpson Oxford University Press, 1994. 204 pp. Reviewed by Brian Martin Before reading this book, I thought that psychological

Censorship and repression in Uruguay

Censorship and repression in Uruguay By Jorge Jorquera A demonstration in Montevideo in support of Basque nationalists seeking refuge in Uruguay was brutally broken up by police on August 24. A number of people were killed, some

Thai army steps up comeback attempt

By Chris Beale A leak of plans to reshuffle army staff — reported in Bangkok's Nation newspaper — has revealed further evidence Thai generals are staging a "creeping coup" against the "pro-democracy" government of Prime Minister Chuan