Tasmania Uni cuts provoke anger
BY ROHAN PEARCE
HOBART — Official attempts to transform the University of Tasmania into a "business-friendly" institution have provoked anger from students whose departments are being de-funded. Thirty-five
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Immigration minister Philip Ruddock's announced increase in migration places for 2000-2001 further shifts Australia's immigration policy towards wealthier and better educated business and skilled migrants and away from family reunion and humanitarian
War crimes
The Genocide Convention Act 1949, which came into force in Australia on January 12, 1951, makes it clear that Australia had a mandatory obligation to prevent and punish the genocide unleashed against East Timor by the Indonesian military
Telstra anti-privatisation rally planned
BY TIM STEWART
BRISBANE — With the leaders of Telstra unions concentrating their campaign efforts in towns like Geelong and Townsville, the left-wing Members First activist group in the Community and
UNITED STATES: From the news media to Elian, with love
Oh Elian, we love you! We're the news media. And you're incredibly special. Many politicians, legal experts, psychologists, celebrities and pundits have wanted the world to know that they
Fill it
I am gone into the fields
To take what this sweet hour yields
Reflection, you may come tomorrow,
Sit by the fireside with sorrow.
You with the unpaid bill, Despair
You, tiresome verser-reciter, Care
I will pay you in the
On April 6, Prime Minister John Howard and minister for Aboriginal affairs Senator John Herron were forced to apologise over the federal government submission made to the Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee's inquiry into the stolen
BY EDWARD JOHNSTONE
BRISBANE — The just-released Criminal Justice Commission report, "Prisoner Numbers in Queensland", confirms that the massive increase in the prisoner population during the 1990s is unrelated to crime rates or state population
'We need a bit of a blue'
The incumbent leadership of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) is in for a bit of a shock over the next few weeks. The militant Workers First team is contesting the position of national secretary, the first
No Border, No Cry â the revolutionary vision of Stoic Frame
By Bill Nevins
ALBUQUERQUE â The US-Mexico border region is a hot, turbulent zone
of cactus, songs, snakes, spicy food, guns and brave gente (people)
doing what
New abortion clinic for regional NSW
By Leslie Williams
CANBERRA — A new, privately owned gynaecological clinic in the NSW regional city of Queanbeyan, bordering the Australian Capital Territory, is to provide services to women, beginning with
ALP won't decriminalise marijuana
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — The ALP government has reneged on an election campaign promise to decriminalise marijuana use in Tasmania. Instead, minor violations of the laws against marijuana use will result in
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