Tom's first big political action was in 1981, when he was arrested for obstructing bulldozers on Mount Nardi in what is now Nightcap National Park. A campaigner on environment and social justice issues since the Franklin River campaign, Tom has
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Kamala Emanuel, Hobart
Hundreds of Tasmanian casino workers struck for 24 hours on July 3. A mass rally and march at Hobart's Wrest Point Casino attracted 150 workers and their supporters.
This was the first state-wide strike ever held against
Water, The Drop Of Life: A Price To Pay — Reveals the nature and politics of water transportation, and its impact on a growing number of people and enterprises around the world. SBS, Friday, July 9, 1pm.
Message Stick: Aden Ridgeway — In 1999,
Jim Green
The Coalition government's campaign to build a national nuclear waste dump in South Australia is going from bad to worse.
The government has been subjected to a barrage of friendly fire in recent months, in the form of strong criticism
Lynda Hansen
On June 7, the Courier Mail warned voters that the person they elect will cost taxpayers more than $600,000 to keep in office.
Perks have driven the total cost to taxpayers of keeping the 226 federal MPs and senators in parliament to
Sarah Stephen
On June 24, a mosque in Melbourne suffered an arson attack. The following day, a Muslim prayer hall in the north-western Sydney suburb of Annangrove was vandalised. Pig's heads were put on spikes outside the hall and offal was smeared
AFGHANISTAN: Women election workers killed
Two Afghan women were killed and 13 were wounded on June 28 by a bomb that exploded on a bus filled with election workers travelling to Rodat to register women voters. A Taliban spokesperson claimed
Some 530,000 people, braving a heat wave in humid Hong Kong, demonstrated on the seventh anniversary of the former British colony's July 1, 1997, handover to China. They were angered by Beijing's recent rejection of the demand for complete direct
Annie Philips
Living in Hobart I witness the rather sobering daily event of scores of laden log trucks thundering down the main street of town. It's a continual reminder to all those who care about the environment of current Tasmanian forestry
Kerryn Williams, Sydney
SYDNEY — Rallies took place around the country on June 30 to "Bring the troops home" and to protest the fake handover of sovereignty to a US-appointed Iraqi interim government.
The "handover" occurring two days early and
Marcus Pabian& Tony Iltis
Over the last 12 months a new bilingual newspaper, Codka Dhallinyaradda Soomaaliyeed (Voice of Somali Youth), has been published in Melbourne by activists who were part of the Western Suburbs Community Coalition Against
With Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber and Mekhi PhiferDirected by Zack Snyder
REVIEW BY RJURIK DAVIDSON
There is no space for liberalism in the horror story, which proceeds from the assumption that there is something drastically wrong with
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