BY ROHAN PEARCE
There is growing hostility among ordinary Iraqis at Washington's attempts to impose a puppet government on the country. While there is little nostalgia for the brutal rule of Saddam Hussein, there seems to be determination not to
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BY VANNESSA HEARMAN
MELBOURNE — Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) state secretary Martin Kingham was acquitted of breaching the Royal Commission Act at the Melbourne Magistrates Court on May 2, following a three-day court
BY DENIS OLSEN
Pat Finucane, a high-profile Catholic solicitor who acted for republican paramilitary suspects, was shot dead by the loyalist paramilitary Ulster Defence Association in front of his family in 1989.
After 14 years, three inquiries,
Making the issues move forward
"The idea is that you want to have a legitimate Iraqi interim authority in place because it makes the issues move forward more quickly, including the pumping of oil." — US State Department official, quoted in April
BY PETER BOYLE
On April 25-26, the national committee of the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) decided to support the initiative by the Non-Aligned Caucus in the Socialist Alliance to move forward the process of left regroupment. The open letter
As the catalogues advertising cheap slippers, saucepans and vacuum cleaners drop into our letterboxes, it might be worth remembering that the woman widely credited with initiating Mother's Day, Julia Ward Howe, would be horrified by the marketing
GEELONG — On April 28 at 6am, one hour before the end of the 12-hour night shift, security guards removed and locked out 110 workers from Geelong Wool Combing's Corio factory. The company's justification was that during enterprise bargaining negotiations with the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia, the union had refused to accept 25% pay cuts over 12 months.
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