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BY IAN JAMIESON PERTH — Unions in Western Australia have welcomed a package of industrial law reforms introduced by the Labor state government. Unions WA secretary Stephanie Mayman described Labor's bill as an important step forward but it "does
Big Sister? Australia's Big Brother television show is unfortunately not unique. In the last three years, 36 different versions of the show have been aired around the world — but while 50% of the “contestants” are always women,
Unwarranted Praise Greens Senator Bob Brown, in a June 14 press release, congratulated federal Labor leader Simon Crean for having “taken a large step in moving Labor from the 'me-tooism' on asylum seekers it proffered during the [2001
Activists “welcomed” the G8 summit, held in Kananaskis, Canada, June 26-28, with a string of anti-corporate protests. On June 26, some 4000 people took part in a three-hour snake march through Calgary, the closest city to Kananaskis. The march
PALESTINE: Operation 'Determined Path' to massacre BY ROHAN PEARCE The expression “peace process” has become increasingly meaningless. As Israel's murderous “Operation Determined Path” continues, and White House pronouncements lose any
News Briefs 'Youth for Refugees' hunger strike CANBERRA — Pro-refugee high school and campus students and young workers took part in a 24-hour solidarity hunger strike on June 28. The hunger strike, organised by Resistance, was in
BY ROBYN MARSHALL For the first time in many years Queensland nurses are taking industrial action to demand conditions in the public hospitals change once and for all. A nurse employed at the Royal Brisbane Hospital (RBH), who wished
BY ALISON DELLIT  On June 27, the Senate passed five of the six “anti-terror” bills, in effect introducing a new “terrorism” offence into Australian law, broadening treason offences to include any support for any group engaged in armed
Afghan refugee pleads: Don't send us back! NOORIA WAZIFADOST is a 16-year-old Afghan refugee now living in Sydney. She arrived in Darwin with her family in 2000, and spent 40 days in the Curtin detention centre before being released on
BY JO WILLIAMS HAVANA — Critics continue to say that Cuba is undemocratic, closed off, repressive, and that critical ideas in general are suppressed. An investigation of the education system and the young people in Cuban schools paints a very

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