BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE Queensland nurses are seeking an interim wage rise of
10%, backdated to June 1, while they wait for an Australian Industrial
Relations Commission hearing on their claim for an 18% rise. The AIRC hearing
is set for
507
BY VANNESSA HEARMAN
On August 15 an Indonesian court convicted Abilio Soares, the former Jakarta-appointed governor of East Timor, of failing to rein in subordinates in September 1999 as pro-Jakarta militias rampaged, killing at least 1000 East
BY NORM DIXON
The democracy movement in the tiny southern African country of Swaziland is celebrating the August 22 High Court acquittal of opposition leader Mario Masuku on a charge of sedition.
The charge against Masuku, leader of the
and aint i a woman: Repeal, don't reform, abortion laws
The August 21 decision by the ACT Legislative Assembly to remove abortion from the Crimes Act has re-drawn attention to the difficulties that Australian women face in accessing abortion.
BY JOHN PILGER
LONDON — The Blair government was told in January by the Americans that there was no justification for attacking Iraq in the "war on terrorism" and that their main aim was getting rid of Saddam Hussein, who stood in the way of the
BY NORM DIXON
JOHANNESBURG — The South African government has repeatedly resorted to police repression to stifle protests by critics of the African National Congress' anti-poor, anti-worker, pro-corporate policies during the August 26-September 3
BY NICOLE HILDER
WOLLONGONG On August 22 it was announced that Sandon Point was
named in the Australian Council of National Trusts' Endangered Places List
2002. ACNT chairperson Simon Molesworth said the key threats to these
23 places
Via cruise missile
"We don't seek revenge. We seek justice out of love." — George "The Crusader" Bush, August 28.
As long as they don't live in Iraq
"My call to people in this country is that if you want to join on the war on terror, if you
BY JODY BETZEIN
MELBOURNE
Three thousand people turned out on August 30 for a rally outside the
State Library organised by the Melbourne Refugee Action Collective (RAC)
to demand freedom for refugees.
The very youthful crowd marched
BY EVA CHENG
Until July 31, the latest official statistics reported that the United States last year suffered only one quarter of negative GDP growth. But on that day, revised figures based on more comprehensive data revealed that the
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