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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.

Remembering Pablo Neruda

By Silvia Cuevas September is a sad month for many Chileans: the month in which Salvador Allende's government was overthrown by Pinochet, and the month in which Pablo Neruda, one of Latin America's greatest poets, passed away.

ASIO: agency of social control

JOAN COXSEDGE and GERRY HARANT continue a debate about ASIO with David McKnight. Instead of responding in endless detail to McKnight's reply (to our criticism of his book, we concentrate on the ideological divide between us. Reverting to

Georges calls for return to ALP

GEORGE GEORGES was for many years a Labor senator for Queensland. In a long career in the ALP, he became a major voice of the party's left wing. But Georges also distinguished himself as an activist outside the party — he was renowned for his

SA information jobs to go

SA information jobs to go By Rhonda Williamson ADELAIDE — The Australian Small Business Association recently forecast a dramatic increase in bankruptcies over the next two years, due to an expected influx of thousands of

Petition to revoke Timor Gap Treaty

Petition to revoke Timor Gap Treaty A petition campaign which calls on the federal parliament to revoke the Timor Gap oil exploration treaty is being conducted at university tertiary campuses across Australia. The national launch of the

On the box

Platypus Man — This documentary focuses on the work of John Wamsley, dedicated environmentalist and creator of the Warrawong Sanctuary in the Adelaide Hills. ABC, 12.30am, Wednesday, September 14. As It Happened: Acts of War — A

A Song for Cuba

A Song for Cuba SYDNEY — The committee "A Song for Cuba" is organising a cultural artistic festival which will take place September 20-25 in various venues here. The purpose of the event is to raise funds for the worldwide

Maritime unions fight to save ANL

By Pip Hunter Members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and the Australian Maritime Officers' Union walked off the job on September 8 in protest at the federal government's moves to liquidate the Australian National Line (ANL). The

East Timor campaign gains momentum

By Wendy Robertson Preparations for the October 15 National Day of Action against Australian government and business involvement in the Timor Gap Treaty are under way in all states. The National Day of Action is jointly organised by

Demolishing orthodox economics

The Death of Economics By Paul Ormerod Faber and Faber, 1994. 219 pp. Reviewed by John Tomlinson The title The Death of Economics seems the answer to every non-economist's dream as we tire of the multitude of Friedmanite

Uranium debate features on SBS

Dateline: The Uranium Mining Debate SBS, Saturday, September 17, 7.30pm (7 Adelaide) Reviewed by Tom Kelly This week Dateline deals with the escalating debate around moves to change the ALP's "three mines" uranium policy. Jane