Students protest take-over
LISMORE — Six students occupied a balcony of the heavily fortified administration building at Southern Cross University overnight on May 15. The students and their supporters below were demanding that the
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Aid objectives
"The [Australian] Government reached a view that UNIDO's [United Nations Industrial Development Organisation] programs were not consistent with Australian aid objectives and not enough Australian firms benefited from aid
By Pip Hinman "The announcement last week by Queensland Liberal Party president Steve Wilson that his party would direct preferences to Pauline Hanson at the next election reveals the connection between them. Hanson is the Liberals' stalking horse:
Public housing loses tens of millions
By Therese Moore
A cut of $50 million from the Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement adds up to a real cut of almost $140 million, Sally Bryant, director of the Community Housing Federation of Australia,
Picket of Thai consulate
SYDNEY — On May 15, 40 Burmese pro-democracy activists and supporters protested outside the Thai consulate against Thai Prime Minister General Chavalit Yong Chai Yud's visit to Burma the next day. Chavalit aims to
By Adam Hanieh
Through the south of Lebanon, you can see large sprawling buildings known as the "camps" which house Palestinian refugees. These areas have been bombed by the Israelis, Syrians and Lebanese, but they remain a focus for resistance
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — When Russians these days hear promises of "reform", they often grit their teeth and brace themselves for something thoroughly unpleasant. One of the latest such shocks befell residents of St Petersburg in the last
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 Thursday, 10pm, and Saturday, 7pm.
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Victorian workers demonstrate over industrial safety
By Sue Bolton
MELBOURNE — The front page of the Age on May 13 reported on a life-threatening industrial accident in which a young construction worker was buried up to his mouth in heavy
By Carla Gorton
ADELAIDE — On May 16, five National Action thugs attacked a Resistance anti-racism stall at Central Markets in the city. Emma Webb was the only person staffing the stall at the time because another member had gone to collect
Queensland teachers' dispute escalates
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The Queensland Teachers' Union's rolling strike campaign is set to continue into a third round after strong votes by mass meetings of teachers in the week beginning May 12.
Comment by Howard Daniels
Around 400 people gathered in Adelaide's Maughan Church on March 3 to comment on the issues to be discussed at the National Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (NCAR) meeting in Melbourne on May 26-28. Hundreds of
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