BY ROHAN PEARCE
The commemorations for the innocent people killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York received saturation television coverage across the globe. However, Israel's atrocities committed against the Palestinian
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BY EMMA MURPHY
On September 6, a report was released from a coronial inquest held in May and June into three petrol-sniffing related deaths between 1999-2001 in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands. The coroner found that, in all three cases, "the
BY JULIE ALBERDI& JILL WESTAWAY
MELBOURNE On September 8, residents of Heidelberg Heights won their campaign against the erection of a mobile phone tower on their local church.
They had been advised in mid-August by the Rosanna Baptist
BY AMIE HAMILTON
PERTH Despite a 200-strong student general meeting at which students voted overwhelmingly to hold a referendum in order to declare the University of Western Australia a refugee safe haven, it is unclear whether the referendum
BY TIM STEWART
BRISBANE Three hundred people attended a September 14 forum organised
by Australians for a Just Peace around the slogan our grief is not a cry
for war.
The forum was chaired by ABC radio presenter Sandy McCutcheon,
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE On September 13, the Victorian Electoral Commission sent letters to all 764 Socialist Alliance members in Victoria.
The letters ask one simple question "Are you an Australian citizen 18 years or over and
BY CHRIS SLEE
MELBOURNE Members of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) employed by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) held stop-work meetings during the week of September 9 to 13, at which they voted to hold a two-hour strike on
BY PHIL CHILTON
PERTH On September 9, about 60 people staged a vigil outside the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs in Perth. The vigil was for Steven Khan.
Khan is one of the asylum seekers locked in
Every day the sun risesBut we are in a positionThat can't rise upCan you imagine what it is?
I like to see the worldBut I know that I can'tCan you tell me about the world?Do the people treat you well enough?
Every bird has feathersSo they fly
BY KATELYN MOUNTFORD
In the last 25 years, capitalism's neo-liberal offensive has extended like a gag around the women of the world. It has stripped and privatised public services, pushing the duty of care back onto the family unit and, by