By Bill Mason BRISBANE — There was sufficient evidence for a jury to convict six police officers of depriving three Aboriginal youths of their liberty, John Gerard QC, representing the Aboriginal Legal Service told the Queensland Supreme Court on
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Sinn Féin national executive member, Dodie McGuinness, is currently touring Australia. Dodie, a native of Derry, has been actively involved in republican politics since the early '70s. Her party responsibilities include international work,
Guatemalan military steps up harassmentBy Gabriel Torres On November 4, two-year-old Juan Carlos Velasquez Menchu was snatched from his mother's arms by heavily armed men, believed to be from the military, a block a way from peasant leader Rigoberta
By Adam Hanieh ADELAIDE — Activists from the Socialist Party of Australia, the Democratic Socialist Party and other progressive organisations are organising a seminar on November 19 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the
By Norm Dixon More details have emerged about how the apartheid state collaborated with Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi's Inkatha Freedom Party to murder its opponents. Former defence minister General Magnus Malan and 10 former security officers
The Australian government has informed PNG-based officials of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that it is cutting funds to the main camp for refugees who have fled Indonesian-controlled West Papua. Australian officials are
By Jolyon Campbell and Jeremy Smith MELBOURNE — In the last three weeks Victorian premier, Jeff Kennett, has upped the ante against the Save Albert Park (SAP) campaign. On October 23, in a wild outburst, Kennett accused the protest group, its
Exporting the 'ALP model' to Britain By John Pilger In a recent article in the Guardian, the [British] Labour MP Denis MacShane lauded the "compelling model" of the Australian Labor government. "What is the secret of its success?" he asked, listing
By Anthony Benbow PERTH — After a three-month campaign of union action, the Western Australian government has been forced to back down on in industrial relations "reforms". In emergency negotiations with union officials on November 6-7, Premier
By Anthony Brown BRISBANE — After fours years of intense political lobbying conservationists have achieved what is being described as one of Queensland's greatest environmental victories. In late October the Queensland and federal governments
US to resume nuclear weapons' tests By Eva Cheng On October 27, the US government announced plans to carry out six underground tests of nuclear materials, including plutonium, over the next two years. The tests could modernise and upgrade what is
By Lisa Macdonald Five hundred dock-workers in Liverpool have been sacked by the Mersey Harbour Dock Company (MHDC) after refusing to cross a picket line established by young "trainee" dockers fighting casualisation of their jobs. Dozens of ships and
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