Shell fined for safety breaches
By Chris Spindler
GEELONG — The Shell oil company has been fined a total of $225,000 for six breaches of Victoria's health and safety laws in 1998 at its plant near here. The inadequacy of the fines is clearer
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By Jon Land
DILI — Walking through the streets of the capital of East Timor, one thing is very evident: the reconstruction of East Timor is taking place at a snail's pace. The only buildings that appear to be repaired in any significant way are
Fighting for women's rights in Indonesia
By Bronwyn Powell and Susan Austin
Under the Suharto regime, feminism in Indonesia was stifled and progressive women's organisations banned. Now, with more democratic space opening up, women are again
Next door
I guess things have finally settled down next door. Next door?
Indonesia. Looks like there won't be a military coup after all.
I beg yours ...
The standoff between General Wiranto and President Wahid has been resolved and
Indonesia — struggling for democracy and justice
By Kerryn Williams
During the first two weeks of February, 11 Australian solidarity activists took part in a student exposure tour to Indonesia. We met with activists from various sectors and
Mandatory sentencing 'unjust and discriminatory'
By Sibylle Kaczorek
DARWIN — Six hundred people gathered in the centre of Darwin on February 22 to demand the repeal of the mandatory sentencing law and to mourn the death in custody of a
Art as a weapon for people's liberation
By Kath O'Driscoll and Melanie Bull
In Yogyakarta a young busker with an old guitar stands in front of a wall adorned with graffiti of a large pig-like Suharto, his song calling people onto the streets.
Nepali communists plan defeat for Congress
Nepal's communist movement is amongst the largest and most popular in Asia. A leading force in the 1990 people's power movement that ended the autocratic Panchayat system, the Communist Party of Nepal —
Perth IWD invites men to march
By Trisha Reimers
PERTH — The International Women's Day Collective here decided on February 22 to allow men to march at this year's IWD rally, although at the back of the march. The compromise means that, for the
Old tricks from British Labour
By Greg Harris
LONDON — Tony Blair's Labour Party is under fire for a particularly crude manipulation of the selection process for its London mayoral candidate. Candidate Ken Livingstone was defeated despite
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