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Mansell, SARAH STEPHEN"> BY SARAH STEPHEN On June 14, the Fairfax company's Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald each ran a three-page expose detailing the stories of four women who allege that they were raped in the 1970s and '80s by
BY PIP HINMAN The federal government is secretly trying to return to the widely discredited "special relationship" with the Indonesian government, developed by both Labor and Liberal parties during the 32-year reign of Suharto. And it is doing it
BY GARY MEYEHOFF DARWIN — The Top End Users' Forum has voiced concerns at the Northern Territory government's efforts to pass new laws expanding police powers, calling them "vote-grabbing". The Country Liberal Party has introduced draft
By Kylie Moon and Chris Atkinson Since the November 1999 “siege of Seattle” a new movement has come onto the world stage, the movement against corporate globalisation. This was sparked by the victory in Seattle of stopping a new round of
BY IGGY KIM Renowned Russian Marxist writer and political commentator Boris Kagarlitsky will speak at the Second Asia Pacific International Solidarity Conference, to be held in Sydney, March 29-April 1, 2002. Kagarlitsky was jailed for his
BY SEAN HEALY SYDNEY — The giant transnational corporations will come under the spotlight in September, when more than 100 academics, researchers and activists from across the region gather here for the third conference of the Asia-Pacific
BY MELANIE SJOBERG As the sun slowly crept above city office buildings, hundreds of union activists and officials responded to an urgent call by the NSW Labor Council to blockade parliament on June 19 in a desperate attempt to prevent Labor Premier
BY NOREEN NAVIN Despite incredibly short notice it was inspiring to hear the Labor Council call for a blockade of parliament. It reminded me of the unity and successes of S11 and M1 where we collectively demonstrated the power of people and the
"M1 was a great, inspiring demonstration of people's power and of what we can achieve if we organise against corporate tyranny, whatever the odds. I think the most inspiring thing at M1 was the level of solidarity and unity among protesters, and the
BY LINDA WALDRON MELBOURNE — "I'm not interested in the mobile phone or being addressed as 'Councillor'. What is important is to give the city back to the people. It's time the council reflected the interests of residents, small business, the
pregnant, women, sport, Trevor Mudge, Australian Medical Association, Pam Smith, Karen Eustace, United States, foetus, Lynch v Lynch, ALISON DELLIT"> and ain't I a woman: Why Netball Australia got it wrong On June 18, Netball Australia took
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