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
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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
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
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
Barry Weisleder, Toronto
On June 28, voters across Canada rejected the newly formed Conservative Party, and punished the Liberals for 11 years of cutbacks and corruption and strengthened the New Democratic Party (NDP). The electoral shift to the
Frances Evans
West Papua: where the second largest rainforest in the world is cleared for Freeport/Rio Tinto's gold and copper mines; where one of the world's most diverse marine environments is being polluted by BHP-Billiton's toxic tailings;
Indigenous households earn about $200 less than other households per week, or 62% of the average household income.
Indigenous people are half as likely to have completed their schooling and only about 40% are employed, compared to 60% in the wider
Doug Lorimer
On June 24, Iraqi resistance fighters forced US Army troops to withdraw to the outskirts of Baquba, a city with 250,000 residents located 56 kilometres north of Baghdad. The assault was part of coordinated attacks against US occupation
Julia Costello & Frances Usherwood, Sydney
The University of Sydney recently proposed the cutting of its nursing faculty. This proposal, announced by Vice-Chancellor Gavin Brown, states that the faculty will not take any more undergraduate
Rohan Pearce
The June 26-27 opening weekend of Michael Moore's new documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11, confirmed the nightmares of US President George Bush's supporters. Despite the right-wing's best efforts to derail the Fahrenheit juggernaut, in a
Stephen Garvey, Melbourne
On June 28, 2300 people packed the Melbourne Town Hall to hear British-based Pakistani author Tariq Ali talk about the US occupation of Iraq.
Ali said it was ironic that the supposed handover of national sovereignty to
Justin Tutty& Jon Lamb, Darwin
Environmentalists rallied June 28 to demand a moratorium on water extraction licenses in the Northern Territory's Daly River Basin. The protest was held before a meeting of the Daly Community Reference Group.
The
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