BY SUE BOLAND
"If the profitable third of our farmers were able to represent the industry and set the agenda for debate we would hear a rural voice with constructive ideas ... Instead, the debate is driven by the unprofitable rump ... who yearn for
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Timorese: we're being forced to leave Australia
BY JON LAND
East Timorese asylum seeker and independence activist Naldo Rai is being forced by immigration authorities and government officials to leave Australia. Along with around 1600 East
ACEH: a history of repression and resistance
Aceh has a long and proud history of struggle and has a special place in Indonesian history. Resource rich and devoutly Muslim, it is located 700 kilometres north west of Jakarta at the northern end of
Dismantling Abstudy: the Coalition's 'practical reconciliation'
BY KIM BULLIMORE AND SUE GREEN
For almost 30 years, Abstudy has been one of the key components of ensuring increased educational opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Networker: The bubble is still to burst
The bubble is still to burst
It's that time of year again, when all the stupendously overpriced internet-related stock prices crash. For the second year in a row, a huge rise in high technology share prices
James Cook protest against PM
Several hundred students and staff at James Cook University in Cairns protested on May 18 against a visit by Prime Minister John Howard, on campus to open a new library.
"At first he smiled as if he was being
and ain't a woman: Sex(ism) and the city
In May, the Finance Sector Union (FSU) lodged a complaint with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission against the ANZ bank because it had decided to cut the hours of its part-time workers. The
Do you want tax with that?
Please control yourselves. The Olympic torch may have touched down and the footy season is under way, but don't get too carried away. I fear that the introduction of a new tax system may be too much excitement for one
Queensland teachers to strike
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — Teachers at Sarina High School in north Queensland are to defy the state Industrial Relations Commission and strike for 24 hours on May 23, and other schools will hold stop-work meetings to
By Melanie Sjoberg
SYDNEY — The revolution will be live at the Seymour Centre from May 31 in the form of some of the most powerful songs from the turbulent 1960s to the present. The show aims to celebrate music and its capacity to change, as well
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