Turkish troops chase Kurdish rebels
Turkish newspapers reported on May 1 that as many as 40,000 Turkish troops crossed 10 kilometres into northern Iraq in an effort to attack guerillas of the Kurdistan Workers Party. Turkey regularly stages
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Young people occupy premier's office
SYDNEY — On May 9, around 30 Justice For Young People activists occupied the premier's office in protest against the planned "street safety" legislation. They were later removed by around 90 police
By Alex Bainbridge and Jane Beckmann
NEWCASTLE — Newcastle City Council and the steelworks unions organised a public meeting of 150 people in the Town Hall on May 8 to build community support for the campaign to save the BHP steelworks. Geoff
REIHANA MOHIDEEN, the convener of Asian Australians Against Further Intimidation and a member of the national executive of the Democratic Socialist Party, will soon begin a national speaking tour to campaign against the racist offensive spearheaded
By Alison Dellit
MELBOURNE — On May 8, the Melbourne University administration building was occupied as part of the national day of action against cuts to higher education. The occupation was specifically in response to Melbourne University's
Editorial: A racist attack on native title
A racist attack on native title
In his much-featured and analysed criticism of the blatantly racist lies being spread by Pauline Hanson on May 8, PM John Howard said that Hanson was "wrong" to
Docile 'feminism'Docile 'feminism'
Naomi Wolf's new book will be released in Australia this month. Promiscuities: A Secret History of Female Desire has generated much more of a stir in the US and Britain than it deserves.
Maybe it's
The Australian government's policy positions appeared as those of a "self-interested hypocrite" at an important environmental meeting in New York, according to Friends of the Earth (FoE). The meeting was the fifth session of the Commission for
With more than a tinge of cynicism, John Howard recently announced that under the Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement, funding for public housing will be slashed by only $50 million in 1997-98, not $200 million as recommended by the Treasury.
Taliban's rule
@box text intro = A woman has been stoned to death by a Taliban court, after being found guilty of being outside in the company of a man who was not her husband or a relative. The man she was with was shot dead when he tried to
BRISBANE — Despite heavy rain, 3500 unionists turned out for the annual Labour Day march from the Trades Hall to Albert Park on May 5. Members of a wide variety of unions marched behind their union banners, with floats, placards and flags in
Privy preservationPrivy preservation
I'm going to tell you something that may surprise, even shock, you. I'll be describing a frequent act that I'm not proud to own up to. It's sure to be the dirtiest thing you'll hear all day.
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