Editorial: What conflict of interest?
What conflict of interest?
Rejecting Labor claims that his minister for resources and energy, Senator Warwick Parer's, ownership of $2 million worth of shares in a coal mine amounts to a conflict of interest,
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Adam Hanieh
RAMALLAH — Tension in the West Bank has increased dramatically in the last two weeks following the shooting of three Palestinian workers at a roadblock into the West Bank on March 10. As Palestinians working in Israel were returning
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Power workers at Queensland's four major electricity stations have threatened to sue Liberal deputy premier Joan Sheldon over remarks she made blaming possible union "sabotage" for the power breakdowns which caused
By Michael Karadjis
The slaughter unleashed by Slobodan Milosevic's Serbian regime in the occupied region of Kosovo, killing 80 innocent villagers in the region of Drenica, has provoked western condemnation. However, this has little to do with
"Native title is going to be Australia's single defining issue", Aboriginal writer, activist and film-maker SAM WATSON told a February 7 Brisbane meeting. "It will be the crucible in which this nation is forged, or the holocaust in which Australia
By Ahmad Nimer
The collapse of Stalinism in the late 1980s and early '90s has resulted in a widespread rethinking of the notion of revolutionary politics and in particular the concept of state power. This discussion has resulted in numerous
By Sarah Connor
LONDON — On the day that I am writing, this I attempted to give evidence as to the value of someone's life. A defence attorney flew in to the UK to obtain testimony that might mitigate his punishment. My words were controlled and
Howard unveils 'zero tolerance' drug strategy
By Sean Healy
John Howard has unveiled his latest "anti-drug" strategy, which includes a new funding package of $102 million and a hand-picked Australian National Council on Drugs. The extra funding
By Kathryn Fairfax
SYDNEY — More than 50 people gathered to hear Patricia Pego Guerra, a visiting representative of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples and the Union of Young Communists, speak about life in Cuba after 40 years of
Solidarity with arrested activists
By Max Lane
On the night of March 13, Suharto's military agents captured three People's Democratic Party (PRD) leaders in a raid on a tenement flat in Jakarta. They were Mugianto, from the PRD's International
Documents for peace
Visions and Actions for PeaceProceedings of the 1997 conference of the IPPNW and MAPW 303 pp. $15 (plus $6 postage and handling)Write to MAPW, 3 Katz Place, Spence ACT 2615. Review by Craig Cormick
Both the International
Another death in Port Phillip prison
MELBOURNE — A 34-year-old man was found dead, hanging in a cell at the Port Phillip private prison on March 19. This is the sixth death at the prison since it began operating six months ago.
This death
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