Shua Garfield, Hobart
University of Tasmania student Munyaradzi "Munya" Chiramiro is facing deportation to Zimbabwe after incorrectly completing a bridging visa application. Munya has lived in Hobart since mid-2001 and is one semester short of
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Doug Lorimer
"Today our coalition is working ... with Iraqis and the United Nations to prepare for a transition to full Iraqi sovereignty by the end of June", US President George Bush dishonestly declared in his January 21 State of the Union
ROHAN PEARCE
Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair has, for the moment at least, escaped becoming a victim of his pre-war deceptions about Iraq's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction.
On January 28, an inquiry headed by James Hutton
On January 16, author and activist Arundhati Roy, winner of the 1997 Booker Prize, addressed the opening plenary of the World Social Forum in Mumbai. This is an abridged text of her speech.
Last January thousands of us gathered in Porto Alegre in
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REVIEW BY IGGY KIM
Kev Carmody has been much missed since his last original album release, 1995's Images and Illusions. While his
Elizabeth Stewart, Brisbane
Adrian Skerritt, the Socialist Alliance's candidate for the seat of Inala in the February 7 Queensland elections, has called a "public auction" of the electoral office of local Labor MP and primary industries minister
Doug Lorimer
The Labor Party's three-day 2004 national conference formally began on January 29 with federal ALP leader Mark Latham's keynote speech. However, the conference — a largely staged-managed public relations event to launch Latham's bid
Kathy Newnam, Mumbai
One of the largest contingents to the World Social Forum (WSF) in Mumbai was from the Pakistan Social Forum (PSF). With nearly 400 delegates, it was the largest delegation of Pakistanis that has been to India for a specific
"Good parenting and responsibility is not an optional extra in life, it's necessary for a good society", argued federal ALP leader Mark Latham in supporting plans by the Western Australian Labor government to issue "parental responsibility orders"
HOBART — A recent Newspoll on woodchipping commissioned by Doctors for Forests has drawn angry responses from the forestry industry and Liberal and Labor state politicians. More than 85% of the 1200 people interviewed across Australia said they
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