Welcome to Australia — and destitution
By Lisa Macdonald
The hardship caused by the two-year waiting period for social security payments has been especially severe because of the government's tighter guidelines for special benefits.
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Hinchinbrook protesters assaulted
By Tim Walgers
BRISBANE — On September 14, a group of around 60 protesters and media representatives were physically attacked by Port Hinchinbrook development site workers and supporters of the project.
Thousands oppose forest agreement
By Tony Iltis
HOBART — Between one and two thousand people rallied outside parliament on September 18 to oppose the imminent, and long-delayed, signing of Tasmania's regional forest agreement (RFA). The
By Marcel Cameron
MELBOURNE — Students and staff at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology have joined forces to campaign for a "no" vote in the referendum on up-front fees for undergraduates. The referendum will be held from September 29
Change the law on RU486
Results from Australian trials of the abortion drug RU486 expose federal parliament's decision last May to restrict access to the pill as punitive moralism, and add weight to arguments for lifting the
Bus drivers fight attack
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Bus drivers here are mounting a campaign to defend their jobs, wages and conditions in the face of a concerted attack by their employer, the ALP-run Brisbane City Council. Demands by the
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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Study shows danger of nuclear waste traffic
A serious accident involving a ship carrying highly radioactive nuclear waste through the waters of the Federal States of Micronesia would result in increased cancer risks, require a ban on the
Privatisation push at Chinese CP congress
By Eva Cheng
Chinese President Jiang Zemin has pronounced a firm intention to further restore the rule the market and private profits to China at the Communist Party's 15th congress, held in
By Michael Karadjis
— NICOSIA, September 5 — The following declaration was signed by 58 Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political, cultural, trade union, peace and women's organisations on the occasion of the International Day for
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