Norm Dixon, Sydney
US President George Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Australian PM John Howard — "politicians with blood on their hands" — should be "punished" at the ballot box for invading and occupying Iraq, renowned political
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Leigh Hughes, Adelaide
Thirty years after the month-long occupation of Flinders University in 1974, students have used the tactic to force their administration to consult better over fee increases.
Vice Chancellor Anne Edwards is planning to
Alison Thorne
Activists in the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) are mobilising to back a number of proposals to go before the union's 26-28 March National Council.
Most motions were developed by activists from around the country aligned
Simon Tayler, Sydney
Supporters of Sydney's only community television station - Channel 31 - were shocked to hear on March 18 that the station would be forced off the air as a result of a decision by the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) to
Eva Cheng
After achieving an average annual GDP growth of about 8% over the last decade under Beijing's push to restore capitalism, the Chinese economy grew at an even more back-breaking pace of 9.1% last year.
But during the March 5-14 annual
Max Lane
Since the East Timorese independence referendum in 1999, the Australian government has received approximately $1 billion dollars in taxes on oil taken from the Laminaria Corallina field, which is fully situated in East Timorese territory.
Norman Brewer, Sydney
On the first day of an Aboriginal youth summit, held March 17-18 in Redfern, a new group, called One Voice for Inner City Aboriginal Youth, was founded.
Although the Aboriginal Dance Theatre had planned to hold the summit in
In January, New Zealand National Party leader Don Brash gave a speech viciously attacking affirmative action for Maoris. In the uproar that followed, New Zealand's Labour government made significant concessions to Brash, agreeing that a "new balance"
Bronwyn Jennings
The federal government's recent announcement that it will attempt to amend the Sex Discrimination Act to encourage more men to become teachers will have little effect on the number of men who are attracted to the teaching
Socialist Alliance candidates in the March 27 NSW local government elections:
Auburn: Lisa Macdonald (councillor, First Ward).
Bankstown: Raul Bassi, Rihab Charida, Maurice Shaya (councillors, East Ward).
Canterbury: Susan Mullan (mayor).
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
Many Victorian unionists were shocked when an ACTU-initiated resolution titled "Criminal and violent conduct policy" was rammed through the March 12 Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) executive meeting.
The resolution is
Doug Lorimer
While Washington is scrambling to keep Spain from withdrawing its contingent of 1300 troops from Iraq, it is threatened by a serious rift with another NATO ally, Turkey. Turkey is objecting to the interim constitution that the US has
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