Much of the pontificating about the threat of terrorism is merely fear-mongering. You are still more likely to get die in a car accident or of a terminal illness than be killed in a terrorist attack. Patterns of Global Terrorism 2002, a report
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Iggy Kim, Sydney
The March 27 NSW local government elections resulted in an increased vote for candidates whose general policy positions are to the left of the ALP, with the Greens registering significant improvements.
The Greens more than
PERTH — One thousand people rallied in Perth on March 27 to demonstrate their outrage at the assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin by the Israeli military.
The rally, organised by the Muslim community, called for a peaceful
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Protesters greet 'Australia's biggest liar'
GEELONG — More than 500 people protested the visit of "Australia's biggest liar", Prime Minister John Howard, on April 2.
Visiting the city for a Liberal Party fundraiser reported to cost $1200 a
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
The conservative wing of the union movement and the Victorian Labor Party machine are exerting massive pressure on union officials to withdraw support from Australian Manufacturing Workers Union activist Craig Johnston, in the
Eva Cheng
After five decades of mostly military rule by the Nationalist Party (KMT), a former lawyer and member of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) — Chen Shui-bian — won Taiwan's second ever presidential election by
Austin Whitten
Another notoriously crooked polling question
greeted Australians on March 30, compliments of the Sydney
Morning Herald and the Age.
Both newspapers claimed a poll conducted by ACNeilson on
March 26-28 showed that most
Our Common Cause: Are Labor governments the
friends of unions?
Unionists are desperate to get rid of the Coalition
government. The government's anti-union laws, its 1998 attack
on the wharfies and the ongoing attack on building industry
Dave Riley, Brisbane
What was once simply known as Brisbane has morphed over the past 20 years into a new entity: South East Queensland. SEQ, as it is generally referred to, doesn't just straddle the Brisbane River at its mouth, but stretches from
Uri Avnery, Tel Aviv
Five hundred black-and white-bearded Hamas members were sitting opposite me. Venerable sheikhs and young people. On the side, some rows were occupied by women. I was standing on the stage, talking in Hebrew, with the crossed
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