BY BOB WING
LONDON, September 28 British Prime Minister Tony Blair may be President George Bush's only European ally in his drive for war on Iraq. But the people of the United Kingdom today forcibly demonstrated their opposition to forcible
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BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — The immigration detention centre at Woomera in South Australia has been at the centre of the public controversy surrounding the mandatory detention of asylum seekers since it was opened in 1999. The brutal conditions
BY MICK BULL
MELBOURNE The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU)
and the Federated Engine Drivers and Fireman's Association (FEDFA) have
reached an in-principle agreement with the Master Builders Association
(MBA) over
BY SEAN MARTIN-IVERSON
PERTH The Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, near the Peel Inlet south of Perth, promotes itself to potential residents and eco-tourists with the slogan, "Explore the beauty". In its "Vision for the Future", the shire
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Weekly cartoonist Chris Kelly with his collection of sculptures The
Subterraneans, modelled on members of the Howard cabinet, and Kelly's
stand-alone piece titled John Howard Desert Warrior the Poor Man's
Napoleon (above).
BY STUART MUNCKTON
A Reuters news-wire report from Caracas on September 19 tells of a joke circulating among wealthy Venezuelans: George Bush wakes from a 10-year sleep to find that Saddam Hussein has embraced democracy. "What about Venezuelan
BY ROHAN PEARCE
John Pilger has come under attack in Britain for his documentary Palestine
is Still the Issue, to be screened in Australia on SBS TV at 8.30pm on
October 8.
A September 20 article in the British Jewish Chronicle
BY SUE BULL
MELBOURNE Martin Kingham, the Victorian state secretary of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), faces the possibility of six months' imprisonment. Kingham was formally charged with being in contempt of the
BY RUSSELL PICKERING
PERTH Two thousand building workers rallied on the steps of Parliament
House on September 24 to protest another death in the construction industry.
Five days earlier, Des Walsh, a 47-year-old rigger with three
[This letter was received from
Lesley McCulloch via an email from the Acehnese human rights activists
working for her release from Indonesian custody. It was written on September
27.]
Those of you who know me personally can confirm I am
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