Editorial: Close the detention centres!
Philip Ruddock, the federal minister for racism, has argued that
last week's protests by asylum seekers at the Port Hedland detention facility
were caused by a small group of troublemakers who were
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BY JIM McILROY
BRISBANE — The Democratic Socialists have announced they will be running two candidates in the February 17 Queensland state elections, on a platform of "End corruption — Support socialism".
The two Democratic Socialist
BY BEN COLLINS
MELBOURNE — Protesters staged a sit-in on the roof of the Maribyrnong detention centre here on January 24 to protest the appalling conditions in the centre and the policy of detaining asylum seekers.
Seven protesters climbed onto
ROCKHAMPTON — The conservation movement lost one of its dearest friends and most valuable members when Ann O'Brien lost her battle with a brain tumour and passed away peacefully on December 12.
Ann was a dynamo in all she did. An Englishwoman we
Diplomacy
Once that clear political objective is established such as kick the
government of Panama totally; not just kick the army out, but get rid of
an entire government that's what we did in 1989 on 12 hours' notice,
with
BY ZANNY BEGG
SYDNEY — Over 100 unionists, students and political activists packed into the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre here on January 25 for the second meeting of M1 Sydney. Although a large and politically diverse crowd, by the end of the
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BY EWAN SAUNDERS
BRISBANE — On January 25, two Green Left Weekly distributors staffing a campaign stall in the Queen Street Mall were accosted by police and a Brisbane City Council employee and threatened with arrest if they did not move on. The
By Bronwyn Powell
All over the world people are taking a stand against the tyranny
of big corporations and their governments' international economic institutions.
From Seattle to Indonesia, Melbourne to Prague, the IMF, World Bank and
BY ANTHONY BENBOW
PERTH — On January 23, ACTU secretary Greg Combet addressed 300 BHP workers at a mass meeting in Port Hedland. Combet told the workers that the ACTU was appealing the January 10 Federal Court ruling against unions in their
Networker: Dreams of abundance
In just a few weeks Canberra residents will have access to digital
services that the rest of the world can only dream about, according to
former Australian Capital Territory (ACT) chief minister Kate
BY BEN COURTICE
MELBOURNE — Despite it being a profitable enterprise, the Chef whitegoods factory in Brunswick faces closure by its new owner, Email. The company owns a competing factory and now, having bought out its opposition, is planning to
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