BY PETER SYKES
[Former Queensland Democrats state leader Peter Sykes knows all about compliance committees and getting the boot for speaking his mind. Now a veteran of the Australian Greens, he follows up his April 1998 GLW article which asked,
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BY SARAH STEPHEN
Since the MV
Tampa incident one year ago, a broad and vibrant protest movement
has developed. It is matched by no other social movement in recent years.
The movement has swelled well beyond the ranks of those who have
BY SUE BOLTON
At 2.30pm on
August 7, Green Left Weekly received an email from Taylor &
Scott, lawyers acting on behalf of Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
national secretary Doug Cameron, in which they demanded that an article
War is peace
"I know all the war rhetoric, but it's all aimed at achieving peace." George "The Crusader" Bush, August 7.
Having a bet each way
"The death tax is punitive on small business owners. It is very tough on farmers and ranchers.
BY SUE BULL
MELBOURNE As the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry began sitting again in Melbourne, a union leader has been threatened with imprisonment, a former union leader has condemned union activities and 5000
BY ANDREW HALL
CANBERRA The 30-year-old symbol of the fight for Indigenous justice, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy on the lawns in front of Old Parliament House, is facing serious threats of removal.
This follows hard on the heels of the July
LISMORE Twenty
people attended the launch of a hunger strike and outdoor refugee embassy
on August 16, organised by the Refugee Action Collective. The hunger strike
will culminate in a public meeting with Howard Glen of Australians for
BY ZOE KENNY
MELBOURNE Hundreds of people have turned out to hear Afghan refugee Riz Wakil's presentation, "Is it safe to return to Afghanistan?", during his visit here on August 12-14. The federal government claims war-torn Afghanistan is
BY TERRICA STRUDWICK
South African-based fast food chain Nando's has come under fire for a radio advertisement that mocks the desperate situation refugees face in Australian detention centres.
The ad, which was pulled after a deluge of
The human cost of the 'Pacific solution'
On August 26, 2001, 433 asylum seekers aboard an Indonesian fishing
boat, the KM Palapa 1, overloaded and sinking, were rescued by the
Norwegian freighter, MV Tampa. On August 27, the Howard
Museworthy: Life, Related to 'Bread'
Todaythat man's sister, his wife,two of histhree children?a new path.
The small boyrescued from the pyrehe feeds withbits of bread.
Despite painthere is no question:These are your lives!These are your
BY VANNESSA HEARMAN
MELBOURNE To respond to the increasing activities of the misogynist Blackshirts, the Diversity and Safety Community Network was formed on August 7 at a meeting of 25 local residents and activists in Brunswick.
The
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