BY REIHANA MOHIDEEN
MANILA — In November alone, more than 300,000 demonstrators here have called for the resignation or sacking of President Joseph Estrada (known as Erap). The mass protests have continued to put pressure on the regime and have
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BY PAUL OBOOHOV
CANBERRA — Inflation figures for the September quarter were recently announced. Included in the figures is the initial impact of the goods and services tax (GST), which the Australian Bureau of Statistics describes as having a
BY BRONWEN BEECHEY
ADELAIDE — In recent weeks, the Woomera detention centre has been the focus of media attention, following allegations that the centre's management had covered up the sexual abuse of a 12-year-old boy at the centre. There have
BY MAHER MUGHRABI
If you were going to use the kind of language that seems to typify discussion of people from the Middle East, I suppose you might say that the Ethnic Community Council's seminar on "Responsible Media in a Multicultural Society" on
BY DAVE RILEY
As more activists from many cities and towns respond to the call for mass actions against corporate tyranny on May 1, cultural activists are to lend their support to these blockades and related events.
Taking our cue from the
Rally demands end to Israeli repression
ADELAIDE Around 150 people rallied here on November 29 on the steps of
Parliament House to demand an immediate end to the brutal Israeli repression
of the Palestinian people. Speakers included
BY SIBYLLE KACZOREK
BAUCAU — On November 26-30, 40 or so members of the Asia Pacific Coalition for East Timor (APCET) met here to discuss international solidarity with East Timor. The international guests were joined by around the same number of
BY CAM PARKER
SYDNEY — Australian Broadcasting Corporation staff voted no confidence in ABC managing director Jonathan Shier at stop-work meetings across Australia held on November 29. The meetings followed revelations in the Senate Estimates
BY KYLIE MOON
Sexist advertisements marketing Chivas Regal whiskey are the latest
to be targeted by an anti-sexist graffiti campaign. Chivas says it is lapping
up the extra publicity.
The advertisement features a woman, minus her
BY RAY FULCHER
MELBOURNE — The National Union of Students (NUS) Victorian conference held at Monash University on November 25 adopted a number of progressive positions.
The policy motion condemning Labor Victorian Premier Steve Bracks over his
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