BY PIP HINMAN
SYDNEY — The federal government's "Pacific solution" is likely to be become the "Christmas Island solution" when a 1200-bed detention centre is finished there in March 2003, Anne Coombs, from Rural Australians for Refugees (RAR),
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BY SUE BOLTON& ALISON DELLIT
While the majority of Green Left Weekly's readers live in Australia's capital cities, during the last 10 years, the paper's distribution has expanded into a number of regional centres.
GLW is now distributed in Alice
Hell Stirs in HeavenBy Anita Caratelliself-published, Melbourne, 2001$25, order at <acspecials@yahoo.com>
REVIEWED BY CHRIS SLEE
Most Australians are only vaguely aware of the Torres Straits islands. Most have heard of Eddie Mabo, the
SYDNEY — More than 40 people gathered in Parramatta Mall on July 9 to protest against the public executions that have taken place recently in Iran and the failure of the UN to condemn human rights abuses there.
Speakers also condemned the
BY NORM DIXON
Residents in Mandela Park, Khayelitsha (near Cape Town), rebelled on July 8 in response to a raid by police and municipal officials. Community anger boiled over when a council sheriff attempted to repossess an elderly pensioner's
500th issue Australian solidarity messages
Congratulations to Green Left Weekly, our robust, people-produced, streetwise and ethical alternative source of news and views, in a dangerously censored world. Best wishes for the next 5000 editions, at
This message of condolence and solidarity was sent to the Worker Communist Parties of Iran and Iraq following the death of Mansoor Hekmat.
Dear comrades, the members of the Democratic Socialist Party of Australia extend our sincere condolences to
BY ROHAN PEARCE
The ruling classes of the USA, Britain and Australia are finalising their plans for the next war against Iraq. Leaked Pentagon documents reported in the July 4 New York Times propose that Iraq be attacked from the north, south and
[In 2000, the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union embarked on an industry-wide industrial campaign called Campaign 2000. The campaign won some of the best wages and conditions in the industry. This is an abridged version of
Make Tasmania a refugee safe haven. End mandatory detention.
Jobs not profits. A shorter working week with no loss in pay. Nationalise under workers' and community control companies that threaten mass sackings. Abolish youth wages.
A massive
BY KATHY FAIRFAX
SYDNEY Husaini Hasan, chairperson of the Government Council of
the Free Acheh Movement (MPGAM), told a meeting on July 11 that his people's
struggle for a referendum would not be realised without international solidarity.
BY STACEY BRENNAN & EWAN SAUNDERS
BRISBANE — The National Union of Students (NUS) National Education Conference, held July 5-7, was attended by 400 students. An endorsement of the campus refugee sanctuary campaign as "an idea worthy of further
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