BY PIP HINMAN
Some of the refugees rescued by the MV Tampa last August have been given refugee status and are being resettled in Australia.
After 10 months in prison camps on Nauru and on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, 480 Iraqis, 56 Afghans
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BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY The branch of the Democratic Socialist Party previously located in Burwood has relocated to Sydney's south-west. A new Bankstown office was opened on July 26 with a toast to the Cuban revolution and a celebration of the
BY DAVE ROBINSON
Working with the ALP presents the union movement with challenges and some immense difficulties at times. I guess, like me, many are immensely disappointed, if not outraged, at some of the decisions made by the ALP, both in WA and
Strict interpretation
You'll notice that I never said she should resign, Democrats Senator
Andrew Murray told a July 30 press conference, a day after explaining that
Natasha Stott Despoja's leadership of the party was an
BY SIMON WOOD
WOOLGOOLGA It seems hardly a day goes by now without somebody, from ordinary people to the United Nations, criticising the Coalition government's prejudiced and inhumane mandatory detention policy.
At 9am on July 26,
BY SHANE BENTLEY
SYDNEY Members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) are again protesting against shipping company attempts to reflag Australian crewed and flagged ships as "flag of convenience" vessels with exploited Third World crews.
BY SUE BOLTON
As the royal
commission into the building industry continues its assault on militants
in the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, state attacks on
the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
US President George Bush is preparing for a new war on Iraq using the pretext
that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is threatening the world with weapons
of mass destruction.
Pentagon papers leaked on July 4 reveal plans for an assault on
In the space of a week, the federal government shocked the world by voting against an optional protocol to the United Nations convention against torture, then aggressively dismissed a UN report which was highly critical of Australia's policy of
Among the ancient rocks I pace,Scattered through the friendlyStringybarks, and gaping waterhole,Which feeds the parched red clay.
And gazing on antipodean stone,I shield my eyes from glaringWinter, solstice sun.
Then in a flash I am
The NavigatorsDirected by Ken LoachWritten by Rob DawberScreening in most major cities from August 8
REVIEW BY JANET BURSTALL
Ken Loach's latest film, The Navigators, depicts the impact of privatisation on a group of former British Rail workers.
BY ROHAN PEARCE
On July 23, a US-supplied Israeli F-16 warplane dropped a 1000-kilogram bomb on an apartment block in Gaza City. The bomb killed 15 civilians, including nine children along with Hamas leader Saleh Shehade. Eleven of those killed
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