JAKARTA — From left to right: Jacob (Free West Papua movement, sentenced to 17 years jail); Wimandjaya (on trial for assisting in the publication of banned booklet); Nuku Suleiman (Pijar, sentenced to five years jail); Bungkus (Indonesian Communist
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Danger of compromise in WA abortion fight
By Sarah Stephen
PERTH — When WA parliament resumes on March 31 after a week's recess it will decide on the future of the state's restrictive abortion laws. During the recess, politicians discussed
Correction
In our March 25 edition, the article "WA parliament debates abortion laws" mistakenly reported that one amendment to the WA government's abortion bill required a woman to wait for a 30-day "cooling off" period after receiving permission
Men don't
I can navigate through my week without giving abortion a moment's thought. I've never had one, you see. It's one of those categorical differences between women and men that to this day divide the sexes.
Women
Tax office seeks non-union agreement
By Chris Slee
MELBOURNE — Australian Taxation Office managers are conducting a staff vote on a non-union certified agreement. The proposed agreement includes provisions that will make it easier to sack
By Malik Miah
SAN FRANCISCO — Congressional outrage. Anger from human rights activists. Protests from democratic forces inside Indonesia. That has been the response to the revelation that the Pentagon continues to train Suharto's notorious army.
Port Botany picketers demand a fair go
By Cameron Parker
SYDNEY — Waterside workers at Patrick Stevedoring's Port Botany facility called a week-long strike from March 25. Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) members are staffing around-the-clock
By James Vassilopoulos
People Against Rio Tinto Zinc and Subsidiaries (PARTiZANS) publish a newsletter of the same name. The latest issue contains much useful information. PARTiZANS is the group which produced the book Plunder, detailing the
Spiritualism I
Charles Smith (GLW #308) criticises GLW for its dismissal of spiritualism and superstition. He argues that spiritualism has grown beyond organised religion, and through it "we could understand more about the energies of the Earth and
By Susan Price
MELBOURNE — Support is broadening for a pro-choice demonstration on April 4. April has been nominated a "month of pro-choice action" by Melbourne's recently formed Pro Choice Coalition. Abortion providers, ethnic groups, health
By Sarah Peart
Six Australian student movement leaders have united to condemn the latest Indonesian military and police violence against students in that country, and to initiate a campaign of solidarity by students and student organisations in
Jabiluka forum at Tas Uni
HOBART — In support of the national campaign to stop the Jabiluka uranium mine, the Resistance Club at the University of Tasmania held a forum on uranium mining on March 24.
Hugh Lockwood spoke about the threats
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