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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.

Women in the media

Women in the media Volunteers are wanted for "The Global Media Monitoring Project" — a project which aims to record the roles and representation of women in radio, television and newspaper news on one chosen "ordinary" day in our lives,

Poem: My belly may ache

Poem: My belly may ache By Phil Gregory I long for it to be the sound of rolling thunder, Or breakers crashing on the shore, But it's the crunch and grind of woodchip milling, And it makes me shudder to the core.

Loose cannons

Cow jumped over the moon lctext = "Space is not an empty void. It is a cash cow waiting to be milked by Australian space companies ... [according to] Dr Bruce Middleton, an aerospace consultant ..." — Sydney Morning Herald, September 6.

Doctors speak out against uranium mining

Doctors speak out against uranium mining By Anne Pavy PERTH— "The ALP is poised to determine the future of uranium mining in Australia. This represents a critical moment in Australia's history with very serious implications

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

Secret CJC inquiry clears Goss advisers

Secret CJC inquiry clears Goss advisers By Bill Mason BRISBANE — A nine-month investigation by the Criminal Justice Commission, conducted in secret, has refused to support any allegations against current and former staff of

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

Victorian ambulance service at risk

Victorian ambulance service at risk By Katherine Heneghan MELBOURNE — Cutbacks to Victoria's ambulance service in the last budget have led to the formation of the community group, More Ambulance Services in Victoria. MASIV

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