Abortion
The August 21 passage through ACT parliament of legislation to decriminalise abortion is a welcome development. Its scope makes it a first in Australia. Not only does the law repeal sections 44-46 of the criminal code (which had made
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BY TIM STEWART
BRISBANE — To a packed Kurilpa Hall of 90 people, Craig Johnston, Victorian state secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), gave a gripping account of union struggle Workers First-style.
Organised by the
BY ROBERT COX
SYDNEY — On August 24-25, just before the anniversary of the Tampa incident on August 26, a conference was held in Sydney titled, "The Tampa: one year on". Pax Christi Australia (NSW) and the Buddhist Peace Fellowship organised an
BY ERIN CAROLAN
SYDNEY — On August 26, more than 130 students and teachers wore black armbands to mark Tampa Day at Fort Street High School. Fortians for Refugees hoped to promote increased awareness of the inhumane nature of mandatory detention
BY SAM WAINWRIGHT
SYDNEY — On August 28, 5000 workers, chanting "Stop the bias, stop the lies, hands off the union!", marched down George Street before rallying outside the Family Court in Goulburn Street. High above the spirited rally, on the
BY SIMON BUTLER
It's now been
a year since Pauline Hanson's advice to turn away boatloads of desperate
refugees became Australian government policy. But the unjust treatment
meted out to refugees has sparked a movement of anti-racist
Indian court upholds Bhopal charges
On August 28, an Indian court rejected the United States government's push to reduce culpable homicide charges against former Union Carbide chairperson, Warren Anderson. In 1984, a gas leak at the US company's
BY WILL KNIGHT
Dinny Tumbler, a sixty-five-year-old Aboriginal man, camps in a small room attached to the home of his daughter and son-in-law at the Bellary Aboriginal community, between Paraburdoo and Tom Price in north-west Western Australia.
Dinner raises $1500
PERTH — Around 150 people gathered at the State School Teachers Union hall to attend the a dinner to raise funds for Green Left Weekly on August 24. Greetings were heard from SSTU organiser Michelle White, Socialist Alliance
BY ROBERT JOHNSON
PORTLAND, Oregon There is a significant amount of dissenting noise regarding President George Bush's mad rush to war against Iraq coming from portions of the US right-wing. Brent Scowcroft, George Bush senior's national
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