John Gauci
Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange have lodged the first ever lawsuit of its kind in a US court. Six victims initially filed the lawsuit against a consortium of petrochemical companies on January 30, however, the Viet Nam Society for
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BY SARAH STEPHEN
If you try to recall the Coalition government's most outrageous attacks on asylum seekers, chances are you would recall the Tampa Affair, the children overboard incident, and the isolated, madness-inducing, detention centres. But
Nick Everett, Canberra
"We got it wrong" on refugees, Kel Watt, the Labor candidate for the federal seat of Eden-Monaro, told an August 12 public forum in the south-east NSW town of Braidwood, organised by the local branch of Rural Australians for
Pip Hinman, Sydney
"The August 8 statement by 43 former service chiefs and diplomats, accusing PM John Howard of lying about the reasons for Australia going to war on Iraq, underlines what most Australians already know", Anna Samson from Sydney's
Jon Lamb
On August 5, the ad hoc human rights court in Indonesia accepted an appeal, and acquitted four generals of any involvement in the killing of at least 1500 East Timorese during the 1999 terror campaign that was orchestrated by the
Sarah Stephen
On August 6, the High Court ruled that the federal government has the legal power to detain failed asylum seekers indefinitely — potentially for the rest of their lives.
In making its decision, the High Court considered the
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Labor uses Howard's anti-worker laws
MELBOURNE — The Victorian state council of the Ambulance Employees Association voted on August 11 for paramedics' work bans to remain suspended while conciliation talks with the government continued.
On the last day of the NSW government inquiry into building products firm James Hardie's asbestos compensation fund, the barrister representing the company at the inquiry made an anouncement implying that James Hardie would pay full compensation to
Chris Slee, Melbourne
Forty people attended a public forum on August 10 on casualisation organised by Unite, an organisation campaigning for the rights of casual workers.
Unite has organised campaigns exposing illegal and oppressive practices by
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