BY
SARAH STEPHEN
On April 15, the full bench of the Federal Court found that the government
has limited powers to detain asylum seekers, and cannot detain them indefinitely
as they await deportation.
The court found that, in order to
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BY BILL
MASON
BRISBANE At meeting of 50 people at the Paddington Workers Club
on April 10, Humphrey McQueen Australia's most eminent left-wing historian
spoke on the theme of the War on Work, outlining the links between
the war
Adelaide: Speakout against the occupation of Iraq. 12.30pm, Thu May 1. Rundle Mall, city. Organised by the Socialist Alliance. For more info, phone (08) 8231 6982.
Join Socialist Alliance's contingent to the unions' May Day Rally for Peace. 10am,
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Mohib and Fatima Sarwari and their four children were arrested by police at their home in Launceston, Tasmania, on December 5 and taken to the Baxter detention centre. Their 'crime"? They failed to correctly notify the immigration
BY
SARAH STEPHEN
Ebrihim Sammaki fled Iran after the fall of the Shah, and fell in
love with an Indonesian woman, Endong, while he was living in Indonesia.
Nine years ago, they married and had two children. Then, two years ago,
Ebrihim
BY
VANNESSA HEARMAN
Martin Kingham is the Victorian secretary of the construction and
general division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union
(CFMEU). On April 29, he will face charges in the Melbourne Magistrates
Court,
On May 1, the day
of international workers' solidarity, anti-corporate activists, unionists
and peace campaigners will be taking to the streets of cities around Australia
to oppose the corporate looting of Iraq and to protest against the First
William Safire, Robert Bartley, Wall Street Journal, Jerry Falwell, Jay Garner, Balfour Declaration, Christian Zionism, Lord Palmerston, Lord Shaftesbury, British imperialism, Uri Avnery ">
UNITED STATES: Architects of empire
By URI AVNERY
BY ROHAN PEARCE
For those who expected the US-led invasion forces in Iraq to be welcomed with open arms, events on April 15 proved to be a shock. On that day in Nasiriya, some 20,000 Shiite Muslim Iraqis protested against the US occupation of Iraq,
BY NORM DIXON
"The allegation ... of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) is an excuse [the US uses] when we have it out for other countries", Jon Wolfsthal, deputy director of the Non-Proliferation Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International
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