BY MELODY COUTMAN & ALISON DELLIT
NEWCASTLE — The ballots cast in the Newcastle University Student Association (NUSA) presidential by-election on November 6-7 are to be destroyed uncounted, following a decision by the NUSA executive to uphold the
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Richest man is the poor's best hope
Odd as it may seem, it took the richest man in the world to remind us that when most of the world's population lives on the edge of extinction, it mocks the rosy predictions for our common future on a wired
BY SEAN HEALY
While trade bureaucrats from the rich countries begin negotiations in Geneva to extend the World Trade Organisation's Agreement on Agriculture, a new report released by the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) shows
BY MARGARITA WINDISCH
SYDNEY — On November 6, the International Women's Day (IWD) Collective commenced meetings here to organise the annual IWD march scheduled for March 10. IWD is recognised as a day of unity, solidarity and action for women's
BY MELANIE SJOBERGAND BRONWEN POWELL
WOLLONGONG — Four thousand BHP Port Kembla workers voted for a 24-hour strike after an angry debate at a stopwork meeting here on November 9.
"This is about job security", Graham Roberts, Australian Workers
Promise of a Dream: Remembering the SixtiesBy Sheila RowbothamAllen Lane/Penguin, 2000262 pp, $40.00 (hb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
"Dreams have gone out of fashion" and the dreams of the 1960s generation, veterans from a tumultuous decade when
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — The Australian campaign in solidarity with the Palestinian people's struggle to end Israel's war against them, for self-determination and the return of their land have taken important steps forward here.
Following a
Bougainville leaders have warned that the "peace process" may collapse if the PNG government and island leaders do not return to the negotiating table soon to resume the stalled negotiations on the future of the province.
Bougainville provincial
SYDNEY — You passionately committed to a political cause. You have been given $30,000 to help you bring about political change. What do you do with it? Fund a demonstration? Design a web site? Hire a lobbyist? Bribe a politician? Buy guns? Or do
Profits
The four biggest banks raked in record net profits this year: National Australia Bank ($3.24 billion); the Commonwealth Bank ($2.7 billion); ANZ ($1.747 billion); and Westpac ($1.715 billion). The combined total was $9.4 billion, $2.2
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