Mock funeral warns against Badgerys Creek airport
By Gail Lord
SYDNEY — On February 15 a mock funeral cavalcade left the proposed Badgerys Creek airport site and proceeded to Warragamba Dam, to dramatise the dangers of noise and water
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Actions around Australia condemn violence in Mexico
By Neville Spencer
In response to the escalation of violence in Mexico, activists in Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney organised protest actions on February 16 to condemn the Mexican government's
By Francesca Davis
"White people have four seasons, but we have only two: the wet and the dry, the high and the low of the river. The land rules the seasons for us. In the dry, we know the pools where the big fish have stayed. In the floods we know
By James Vassilopoulos
On January 26, Jimmy Nolan, the chairperson of the Merseyside Port Shop Stewards Committee, notified supporters that the Liverpool dockers had decided to end their two-and-a-half-year dispute. After a herculean and heroic
IWD live to air on 2SER-FM
SYDNEY — As women take to the streets of Sydney on Saturday, March 7 — International Women's Day — community radio 2SER-FM (107.3) will take to the airwaves between 11am and 5pm to present a unique day of
Art is for the rest of us
ART IS NOT A COMMODITY OR A PLAYTHING OF CORPORATE POWER . ART IS FOR THE REST OF US . art for the rest of us TRANSFORMS THE WORLD . art for the rest of us CAN BE MADE BY "NON ARTISTS" . art for the rest of us IS POLITICAL
By Jennifer Thompson
The Newcastle Legal Centre has called for a new inquiry into the 1981 death of Eddie Murray in a police lock-up. In a report published late last year, the NLC criticised the inquest and subsequent investigation of Murray's
By Allen Myers
"We have worked for 30 or 40 years to develop our countries to this level, but along comes a man with a few billion dollars and who, in a period of just two weeks, has undone most of the work we have done", Malaysian Prime Minister
Editorial: Taxation: reform or reaction?
The Coalition government has relaunched its bid to introduce a consumption tax after the next election. The government and big business won't give up on their plans for a GST. Having learned that it is best
By Francesca Davis
On February 16, the Australian ran a "scoop" on the Coalition government's allocation of most of the funds from the National Heritage Fund to its own electorates. The fund was never going to solve Australia's environmental
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