Victoria's last wilderness endangered in regional forest agreement
Victoria's last wilderness endangered in regional forest agreement
By Vannessa Hearman
MELBOURNE — The Wilderness Society is campaigning to keep the Wongungarah area in
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Socialism for the new millennium conferences
— "Socialism for the new millennium" conferences, organised by the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance, were held in Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney over the Anzac Day
By Bronwen Beechey
ADELAIDE — A 24-hour picket at the site of the proposed power station at Pelican Point on the Le Fevre Peninsula is continuing, despite more arrests of protesters on April 27. Local residents and members of Community Action for
Just possibly
"The disclosure that American firms have been selling oil to [Serbia during April] ... is likely to undercut American efforts to moralise to the rest of the world." — Sydney Morning Herald, April 28.
Clearly
"We clearly
NZ students win against VSU
By Zanny Begg
Students in New Zealand have had a victory against the government's attempts to weaken student unions through the voluntary student membership (VSM) legislation. The legislation required student unions to
How the media fan war
By John Pilger
At the height of World War I, the British PM, David Lloyd George, confided to C.P. Snow, editor of the Manchester Guardian, "If people knew the truth, the war would be stopped tomorrow. But they don't know and
Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor. April 23, 1999
Cut all military ties with Indonesia!
Disarm the pro-integration terror gangs!
Indonesian army out of East Timor!
Self-determination now!
We oppose the war against the
By Aaron Benedek
Capitalism is full of contradictions. A bus trip through Jakarta is a stark reminder of this fact. Amidst the sprawling slums of workers and urban poor, luxury motels and military-owned mansions act as obscene reminders of the
Indian priest calls for peace in Sri Lanka
By Nadeem Ansari
CANBERRA — The Reverend Jegath Gaspar Raj told a public meeting here on April 28 that war in Sri Lanka has brought misery to the Tamil people and has polarised the Tamil and Sinhalese
By Sue Boland
The fact that the current goods and services tax (GST) debate is posed as a choice between increasing compensation or exempting food demonstrates that all parties to the debate already know that the GST is intrinsically unfair. For
A highwaymen's romp
Plunkett and MacleaneDirected by Jake ScottScreening from May 20 in major cinemas Review by Jonathan Strauss
The production notes for Plunkett and MacLeane describe it as "the quintessential buddy movie ... a hybrid classic
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By Danny Fairfax Last July and August, high school students in Australia gained notoriety when 25,000 of them walked out of school against racism. In Indonesia, high school students are also organising. Alongside workers, peasants and the urban
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