Refugee Week forum on Burma
CANBERRA — Forty people attended a forum on June 28 to discuss the current situation in Burma. The event, organised by the Young Christian Workers as part of Refugee Week, was addressed by Mary Way from the Burmese
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By Liam Mitchell
SYDNEY — Over the next few weeks, the NSW government will conclude the Interim assessment process to confirm which areas of native forest will be protected from logging. This is the second stage of the government's forest
By Lisa Macdonald
Janet, a mother of four from Yorkshire, works at home packing gift tags which retail for £1.50 per bag. She works up to 15 hours a day sorting, counting and stapling bags of the tags. She receives just £7.50 per thousand
By Dick Nichols
As John Howard faces his first wave of protest from students and education workers, building and waterside workers, his response shows that he's not yet confident of success. Faced with broad fronts like that of university
By Nico Warouw
On July 26, almost 200 Indonesians living in Sydney attended a public meeting in Marrickville organised by a newly formed organisation, Forum Solidaritas Australia Indonesia (FSAI, Indonesia-Australia Solidarity Forum). Speakers
Gaining access to education is one of the cornerstones of achieving women's liberation. Currently women make up over half the students in Australian tertiary institutions. This has led Ian Dobson, a senior academic at Monash University, to argue that
By Norm Dixon
The Amnesty International Report 1996 paints a chilling portrait of the state of human rights in the world today. The reality is in stark contrast to the rosy picture of a new era of democracy and human rights predicted by world
As It Happened: The Last God-KingProduced by Jim Gerrand SBS, Thursday, July 11, 8.30pm (8 in SA)Reviewed by Eva Cheng
Being remnants of a social system that has no place at all in today's globally operated capitalism, monarchs — notwithstanding
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 4-7pm.
Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31,
The formation last month of the Australia First Reform Party, following the mobilisation of tens of thousands of people at pro-gun rallies around the country, once again raises the issue of the growth of the far-right in Australian politics.
It is
By Lisa Macdonald
On June 21 Greenpeace released Dioxin Factories, the first major report documenting dioxin pollution in Australia, and called on the federal government to legislate immediately for a national pollutant inventory. The establishment
On June 27, Canberra CPSU members in the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DEETYA) called on the ACTU to organise a 24-hour strike on August 19 to coincide with its "Cavalcade to Canberra" day of action against Howard's
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