NTEU supports national day of action
By Jo Brown
SYDNEY — Meetings of the NTEU branches at Sydney and New South Wales Universities last week decided to support the National Day of Action on May 8 to defend public education. A meeting of
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Chilean band a hit in Brisbane
By Lynda Hansen
@box text intro = BRISBANE — Chilean band Illapu transformed the staid Performing Arts Complex Concert Hall into a Chilean carnival on April 13.
The seven-piece ensemble left Chile,
By James Balowski
The subversion trials of 14 Peoples Democratic Party (PRD) activists are now dragging into their fourth month and the Indonesian government is moving quickly to bring them to a "conclusion". On March 26, the Jakarta daily
Clyde refinery flare worries residents
By Norm Dixon
@box intro = SYDNEY — Residents living near the Shell oil refinery in Clyde, in Sydney's west, are sceptical about management claims that a much larger, brighter and noxious than usual
Them and usThem and us
My political opinions are well known. I have seen them many a time inscribed on walls and heard them shouted with much bravado during street marches.
I, who have for many years presided over the destinies
After 50 hours of negotiations, on April 11 the US and the European Union reached a tentative agreement on the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996, known as "Helms- Burton". The EU is suspending until October 15 a complaint it brought
WA parliamentary gallery occupied
By Michael Bramwell
PERTH — For a few hours on the night of April 15, parliament for once reflected its title as "the house of the people", when 120 trade unionists armed with banners, balloons and their
Internet industry jitters over government bill
By Alex Ringis
The Australian internet service industry is concerned about its future, following the passage of federal telecommunications legislation in late March. The legislation, which
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Murder investigation sparks backlash against women
By Corinne Glenn
PERTH — The disappearance of one woman, and the murder of two others from Claremont, a wealthy suburb, over the past 15 months has sparked a regressive "safety" campaign.
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