Young socialist to contest federal seat of Canberra
CANBERRA — The Democratic Socialists have announced 23-year-old Nikki Ulasowski as their candidate for the federal electorate of Canberra. Ulasowski is an active environmentalist and campaigner
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Insincere apologies from Indonesian government
By Max Lane
On August 15, President B.J. Habibie promised that the Indonesian parliament — the one "elected" under the rigged laws of the Suharto dictatorship — would now respect human rights.
Student left set for election campaign
By Keara Courtney
SYDNEY — The left — organised in a grouping called Activate! — is set for a strong showing in Students Representative Council elections at the University of Sydney in September.
Nurses strike at Prince Alfred Hospital
By Shane Bentley
SYDNEY — More than 500 nurses from the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA) at Camperdown held a 24-hour strike on August 18 against staff and service cuts. The strike and rally were held
Action updates
Protesters occupy mining company office
HOBART — About 40 protesters occupied the offices North Forest Products on August 21, in a spontaneous response to the Federal Court's dismissal of the appeal by the Mirrar people against
By Dave Holmes
WOLLONGONG — The massive inundation of the region has been a compelling and sobering experience for all who live here. The normally imposing fabric of our built-up environment and the lives it enables us to lead have been shown to
Tamils urge UN to probe alleged mass graves
Thousands of Tamils demonstrated outside the United Nations' European headquarters in Geneva on August 17 in support of a call for an international probe of alleged mass graves in Sri Lanka. Protesters
China and Che
In GLW #328, Bob Saltis is critical of Eva Cheng's support for "workers' democracy" in GLW #315. It is a pity that Bob, who is president of the Cuba Friendship Society in SA, has not taken Fidel's advice to study the economic
By Jim Green
SYDNEY — The environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed new nuclear reactor in the southern Sydney suburb of Lucas Heights was released on August 17. The EIS was prepared by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
By Trish Corcoran
MELBOURNE — August 21 was the deadline given by Burma's democracy movement leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for the military regime to convene the national parliament elected in 1990. Protests were held at Parliament House in
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