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"
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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
Pip Hinman
Up to 7000 people joined a March 20 protest organised by the Stop the War Coalition in Sydney. Thousands more rallied in other cities, including 2000 in Melbourne and 1000 in Brisbane.
The Spanish election results had clearly given
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.
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
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
Feeling Bolshie
"A [Russian] leader writer has expressed concern that the Soviet Union still exists, that nostalgia for it seems to be the dominant mode. Polls by reputable institutes confirm this: 57% of Russians want the USSR back (2001); 45%
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).
On March 21, it will be 10 years since 154 countries signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) following the 1992 Earth Summit in Brazil.
The only implementing treaty, the Kyoto Protocol, is in limbo. The US and
Paul Benedek, Sydney
The Socialist Alliance is running 24 candidates across 10 councils in the March 27 NSW local government elections. The alliance is also fielding candidates for mayor in Newcastle City, Wollongong, Canterbury and City of
SYDNEY — At least 650 residents met at Ashfield Town Hall on March 15, to debate the government's proposed options to extend the M4.
The meeting condemned the poor and inadequate information provided by the Road Traffic Authority on key issues
Family members of soldiers now in Iraq have become a central pillar of the US movement against war and occupation. Military families and veterans groups mobilised for a protest on March 20 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, the home of Fort Bragg.
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