Alexis Vassiley
In the wake of the National Union of Students' national education conference, held at the University of Sydney on June 30-July 2, student activists around the country have called for rallies to be held in mid August to protest the
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SYDNEY — On July 31, 100 people demonstrated outside Villawood immigration detention centre to demand the closure of the facility. Raul Bassi, Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Blaxland, presented a petition to an immigration
Graham Milner, Perth
The crisis in mental health care in Western Australia has reached severe proportions. There are now rumours that the state government is preparing a new funding package for the sector without community consultation.
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On July 29, Australia's ambassador to the Philippines was called in to that country's foreign ministry to be given a justly deserved "dressing down" over foreign minister Alexander Downer's attacks on Philippines President Gloria Arroyo's decision to
Jon Lamb
Australian Labor Party federal leader Mark Latham's comments on July 22 that a government led by him would start new negotiations with East Timor over the maritime boundary in the Timor Sea has provoked a threat from Prime Minister John
Roberto Jorquera
A new opinion poll, conducted on July 15-22 by the US opinion research firm Evans McDonough Company (EMC), indicates that Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's radical left-wing president, could win the August 15 recall referendum with a
Dale Mills, Sydney
On July 29, two anti-war activists who painted the words "No war" on the Sydney Opera House's main sail on March 18 last year argued in the NSW Criminal Appeal Court that they should have been allowed to put their defence of
Elizabeth Schulte, Chicago
Call him the "me too" candidate. Republican President George Bush is for a stronger military. Democratic Party challenger John Kerry says "me too". Bush shredded civil liberties with the USAPATRIOT Act. Kerry says "me
Refuge Australia: Australia's humanitarian recordBy Klaus NeumannUNSW Press128 pages, $16.95 pb
REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN
Refuge Australia has an explosive opening. It relates three stories of refugees, which could have been set in the present: the
Dave Riley
It was very clear as the various preview screenings swept through Australia that Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 made for no ordinary film showing. Anecdotal feedback from many of these screenings suggested that film-goers
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