BY ARUN PRADHAN
Libraries standing empty and university lectures being cancelled would normally alarm people concerned with quality education, but on October 16 — when up to 40,000 university staff went on strike across Australia — the sight
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Tens of thousands of people across New Zealand marched on October 11 to oppose genetically modified crops. A moratorium on GE crops is due to lapse at the end of October. The biggest march was in Auckland, where up to 35,000 people took part in what
BY NORM DIXON
In a humiliating backdown, Bolivia's president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada resigned as president on October 17 and fled to the United States. Lozada resigned as his last remaining supporters in cabinet deserted him in the face of huge
BY GEOFF PAYNE
NEWCASTLE — The Lower Hunter Transport Working Group (LHTWG), set up by the NSW Labor government with wide terms of reference, issued its first report on September 19. There were no surprises. Some options, like replacing the heavy
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On June 20, 1789, Dr Guillotin made a significant entry into history. Locked out of their meeting place by
BY IAN JAMIESON
FREMANTLE — The battle to save the popular South Beach is gathering pace, with a public rally being organised on the beach on October 26, at 11am, called by residents and beach users. The rally aims to stop powerful property
BY IGGY KIM
SYDNEY — The Sydney Social Forum (SSF) will be held at the University of Technology, Sydney on October 24-26. It will feature three international keynote speakers: Ariel Guides from the Philippines Solidarity of Philippines Workers
BY DOUG LORIMER
At a White House press conference on October 10, US President George Bush announced new punitive measures against socialist Cuba, including new steps to enforce Washington's 41-year-old trade embargo against the island, stricter
It's becoming clear, why you engineeredOur involvement in their war.For our "mutual aid", and for your "free trade"It was worth their dying for.But your quest for oil, and to carve the spoils,Of their reconstructed ruins,Cannot pay the price, for so
BY ANDREW SULLIVAN
PERTH — Western Australia has had more than its fair share of controversial coastal development issues over the last decade.
The national spotlight has mostly focused on a proposal to build a resort and marina at Maud's
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