By Dom Bromilow John Ondawarme and Matthew Jamieson spoke about the movement for a free West Papua at a November 7 meeting, co-sponsored by Resistance and the Australia West Papua Association. They said that, while the establishment media had largely
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By Sujatha Fernandes SYDNEY — More than 3000 people rallied in Burwood Park on November 11 in a prayer meeting and fast organised by the Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations. The event was part of an international day of action in
She is such a wonderful person ... she is a doer — not a talker. [Stephanie is the classic example of] the difference [that] just one person can make. [She] inspire[s] people to find one cause that they believe in. — Glenys Alderton Some of you
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,
The Alliance Alternative in Australia: Beyond Labor and LiberalEdited by Robert LeachCatalyst Press, 1995.Left Book Club Co-operative, $17 (p)Reviewed by Jim McIlroy The Australian two-party political system is in crisis. After 12 years of right-wing
By Bill Mason A group of Torres Strait islanders, led by Jim Akee, have held meetings on the Murray Islands in preparation for a move to declare the islands independent from Australia and set up an interim government. The independence move has drawn
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
By Hendrik Gout ADELAIDE — In two months' time a multinational consortium will take control of the state's water supply. United Water, a French, English and Australian firm, has the contract to deliver water to every house, shop, office, factory
By Karen Fletcher SYDNEY — NSW TAFE teachers will strike for 24 hours on November 14 to protest the state ALP government's application of national competition policy to vocational education and training (VET) — which expressly goes against ALP
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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