By James Balowski
Over the last few weeks, fires have again swept through Kalimantan and other parts of Indonesia, destroying thousands of hectares of rainforest and blanketing Singapore and Malaysia in a dense cloud of smoke and ash. Despite
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Boy meets girl ... who used to be a boy
Different for GirlsDirected by Richard SpenceStarring Rupert Graves and Steven MacintoshScreening at the Luna Cinema in Perth and selected cinemas nationwide Review by Corrine Glenn
This is a tale of
By William McDonald
MELBOURNE — About 100 people from the Kurdish community and supporters marched on September 1 to support the Musa Anter Peace Train, which was journeying from Brussels to Diyarbakir in northern Kurdistan (south-eastern
By Tom Flanagan
DARWIN — While the Northern Territory elections returned the ruling Country-Liberal Party to government (with 18 seats to Labor's seven), a significant vote was recorded for progressive candidates in a range of electorates. The
Forest protection petition
The Earth Repair Foundation is seeking to collect more than 1 million signatures on a forest protection petition launched on August 17. The previous most-signed petition in Australia was for health care funding,
By Norm Dixon
Workers in every province of South Africa strongly supported a week of rolling general strikes beginning August 18 to demand changes to the Basic Conditions of Employment Bill. Employers and COSATU reported that 60-100% of workers
Action against racism in WA
By Anne O'Callaghan
PERTH — Action Against Racism organised a picket on August 29 outside a One Nation supporters' meeting at Warwick community hall. Despite only five days' notice, AAR mobilised more than 50
By Alison Dellit
Over the last 18 months, unprecedented attacks on the higher education system have struck at the very core of publicly funded education and have propelled many students into action. The RMIT occupation is but the latest example
By Susan Laszlo
While more severe and frequent drought and floods, linked to the El Niño effect, are being cited as evidence of the greenhouse problem, the Australian government is forging ahead with its campaign to scuttle binding
Victorian auditor-general under threat
By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — A public meeting on August 25 at Eastern TAFE's Wantirna campus was one of several across Victoria to protest against the state government's proposed changes to the
By James Vassilopoulos
BRISBANE — The title of the Australian Council of Trade Union's congress, September 1-5, was "Negotiating the Future". A more apt title would have added "Away". This, the first congress since the election of the federal
Precedent
"The Indonesian government used to complain about the Australian media like this. I just never thought I would hear it from an Australian foreign minister." — Indonesian journalist Ratih Hardjono on Alexander Downer's complaint that
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