Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Brisbane Coral Wynter held a Challenge to Beattie rally on February 4. "We all know that Premier Peter Beattie will win this election", Wynter said. "The real question is: what will Labor do with its
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Leon Parissi, Sydney
Thousands of NSW TAFE students face a massive fees hike this year. A union- and student-based campaign to oppose the new fees has built up a head of steam since the middle of last year. Unionists oppose the fees because public
Che anti-queer
I was glad to see the Socialist Alliance attend this year's Queer Pride March. It is important that the left continue to have a presence at the event. However, I was not impressed with your choice of banner. Taking a banner featuring
New Zealand resettles more refugees
On January 27, the New Zealand government announced that it would resettle on humanitarian grounds 20 asylum seekers held in the Australian-funded detention centre on Nauru.
The asylum seekers have not been
Margaret Perrott
Members of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) will ignore the bed restrictions in NSW hospitals and admit mentally ill patients for "as long as they need".
The ABC Radio National's PM program
Molly and MobarakWritten and directed by Tom ZubryckiShowing at the Kino Cinema, Melbourne; the Schonell, St Lucia, Brisbane; and the Valhalla, Glebe, Sydney
REVIEW BY TONY ILTIS
Tom Zubrycki's documentary film Molly and Mobarak opens with shots
Jim McIlroy,
Brisbane
The ALP government of Premier Peter Beattie has
been swept back into office in the February 7 Queensland
election, with its record majority only slightly reduced. The
net loss of ALP seats is likely to be three to
Kiraz Janicke, Perth
Around 40 students ambushed Prime Minister John Howard on February 3, chanting "Howard, come off it, education is not for profit" as he entered the 6PR radio station. The following day, another crowd gathered outside Liberal
Socialist Alliance national executive member Brian Webb reports from the ALP national conference.
There was a lot to be cynical about at the ALP national conference — the record number of business observers, the corporate venue, and the new
Ian Jamieson, Fremantle
Most days, you will find Chris Cain, state secretary of the Western Australian branch of the Maritime Union of Australia, behind his desk with a landline phone in one ear, a mobile in the other, a pile of messages building
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
On February 3, John Fairfax Holdings suddenly announced the closure of its printing operations at Spencer St in the city, cutting 66 production workers' jobs. Fairfax owns the Melbourne Age, the Australian Financial Review and
Seven women on trial in Portugal face up to eight years in jail if they are found guilty of having abortions. A doctor and a variety of "accomplices" — two medical staff, parents and partners of the women, and even a taxi driver who allegedly drove
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