BY EMMA CLANCY
PERTH — The Fremantle branch of the ALP held a rally on November 23 in opposition to a war on Iraq, which drew around 120 people. Local MP Carmen Lawrence told the crowd that she believed "our aim should be the removal of weapons
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BY ANNE O'CASEY
MELBOURNE — A crowd of around 10,000-15,000 turned out to oppose war on December 1, the day after the Victorian election.
The rally was chaired by Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia state secretary Michele O'Neil
BY BIANCA BILLIK
In the central Australian desert, just 19 kilometre south-west of Alice Springs, is the Pine Gap Joint Military Defence Facility. In simple terms, Pine Gap is a US military spy base. Pine Gap will play an important role in any
BY JOHN GAUCI
SYDNEY — Despite a ban on all political activity in the Manly Corso, the beachside suburb's famous pedestrian mall, 200 activists held a "No war on Iraq" rally there on November 23. The rally was initiated by the Northside Socialist
BY ROHAN PEARCE
Ignoring the fact that Iraq is fully cooperating with United Nations weapons inspectors, Washington continues to prepare for war. The November 19 New York Times reported that the US "has quietly doubled the number of its troops in
BY STUART MUNCKTON
"Highways are blocked with barricades, creating huge traffic jams. Protests and tear gas fill streets; police patrols are few; residents stick by their radios and TVs, ingesting venomous political rhetoric while seeing if it's
BY JODY BETZIEN
The Baxter refugee detention centre near Port Augusta in South Australia is the latest addition to the federal government's anti-refugee arsenal. The purpose-built facility was supposed to demonstrate the government's commitment to
BY
MATT MACKAY
SORRENTO, Victoria Hundreds of angry Mornington Peninsula residents
brought their concerns to the city on November 1, holding a rally at the
steps of the State Library to protest at the state government's and Melbourne
BY JAMES BALOWSKI
On November 27, an Indonesian court sentenced notorious militia chief Eurico Guterres to 10 years in prison for crimes committed during the violence in East Timor following the 1999 referendum for independence.
The judge said
BY
MAX LANE
JAKARTA Any analysis of Indonesian politics during the last year
three years, especially since the downfall of President Abdurrahman Wahid,
has to take account of the steady rise in the masses alienation from the
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