Radiation protest
HOBART — More than 50 parents, children and friends gathered at Lenah Valley primary school oval on May 15 to protest against Telstra's placement of a mobile phone tower next to the school. Research suggests that the
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By Kathryn Hamilton
Kashmir has been a battle ground for too many years. The peaceful, friendly Kashmiri culture has been destroyed and can never be rebuilt. The only authority recognised is the gun. In a land where one death would have the valley
Ray Jackson
May 9 marked five years since the handing down of the 339 recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. There is, however, no cause for celebration, nor great achievements in the implementation of the
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The Queensland government's support for gun control could split the National Party, police minister Russell Cooper said on May 13. The warning came as Coalition MPs, including Cooper and Liberal leader Joan Sheldon, faced
By Norm Dixon
National Party leader F.W. de Klerk on May 9 announced that his party will withdraw from South Africa's government of national unity (GNU) on June 30. The sudden announcement finally ends the apartheid party's 48-year continuous
By Eva Cheng
On May 6, police in Kumi, in the southern province of Kyongsang, arrested 45 union activists of the Korea Textile Company following a violent clash two days earlier between 800 workers and riot police. The workers were reportedly
By Chris Spindler
SYDNEY — In the face of proposed massive cuts to tertiary education funding, a stop-work meeting of Macquarie University academic staff on May 8 endorsed the national 24-hour strike for May 30. The meeting reaffirmed the
The Coalition government's industrial relations and shipping policies are particularly targeted at the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA). Howard and Reith want to reduce transport costs to business. More importantly, without the maritime union their
By Mark Bahnisch and Sacha Blumen
BRISBANE — At least one department has been closed at the University of Queensland; it has completely disappeared, though nary a word has been heard from our student union. The Russian Department has been
By Chris Martin
SYDNEY — Walking in silence through a light rain, more than 200 people, black and white, came together in Sydney on March 9 to retrace the steps of one of Australia's first protest marches by Aboriginal people. This early act of
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