Kazem, a refugee from Iraq, arrived in Australia by boat from Indonesia in October. University educated and with a family in Iraq, he hoped to make a new life in Australia, free from constant fear. He planned to bring his wife and children out to
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Call for international protests against sanctions on Iraq
The following statement was issued by Jalal Mohammed from the Worker Communist Party of Iraq (email <shemal1@ihug.com.au> or <zarya@ihug.com.au>) and John Percy, national
Work conditions not in the 'Olympic spirit'
BY ALANA KERR
SYDNEY — Construction work at Olympics venues across the city has been disrupted by the discovery that 24 New Zealand workers were employed on inferior conditions to their Australian
Up to 120,000 East Timorese are still languishing in refugee camps throughout West Timor 10 months after the post-referendum rampage by the Indonesian military and their pro-integration militia proxies forced around 290,000 East Timorese across the
Joy miners joyful
SYDNEY — Two hundred union supporters enjoyed an excellent evening of Latin American and African music at a benefit at the Harbourside Brasserie on July 12 for the workers of Joy Mining.
The evening, organised by the
Emission excuses compound embarrassment
BY SEAN HEALY
Friends of the Earth (FoE) Australia has described as "embarrassing" new figures which show a massive blowout in Australia's greenhouse gas emissions, to 16.9% above 1990 levels. The group has
Spotlight on Indonesia
Right to form unions
The Indonesia House of Representatives passed a bill on July 10 easing restrictions on workers' right to form unions.
The law also allows public servants to form and join unions; for decades they were
The myth of the peaceful atom
BY JIM GREEN
"Over the last 30 years the International Atomic Energy Agency's safeguards system under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty has been a conspicuous international success", says Ian Hore-Lacey from the
Abortion doctors reinstated
BY MARY MERKENICH
MELBOURNE — The Royal Women's Hospital announced on July 10 that it would reinstate three medical workers suspended for performing a late-term abortion on a 40-year-old woman who discovered that her
Wildlife conservationists protest
SYDNEY — Activists from a wide range of environment groups gathered outside the Australian Museum on July 13 to protest against a NSW Liberal opposition proposal that endangered native animal species be conserved
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