BY SARAH STEPHEN
Twinfish is a dynamic indie band from the south coast of NSW. Guitarist/songwriter Marco Verdugo and singer/songwriter Tracy Verdugo form the core of the band. With Nick Guggisberg on drums, the band delivers powerful and emotive
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This email was received by a refugee supporter who corresponds with an asylum seeker imprisoned on Nauru. It is a horrific example of the daily humiliation and mental torture the remaining 79 asylum seekers are subjected to.
On September 28th
MUA veterans back Johnston
WOLLONGONG — We members of the Maritime Union of Australia Veterans Association, Southern Branch (Port Kembla) wish to offer our total support in the campaign to release [former Victorian secretary of the Australian
Sarah Stephen
A peaceful protest by 15 Sri Lankan asylum seekers detained in the Baxter detention centre entered its 21st day on October 6, when one of the protesters, Sarath Amarasinghe, told Green Left Weekly that they were demanding a "positive
Norm Dixon
Sudan's Islamist military government has agreed to the deployment of an extra 3500 African Union (AU) troops in the devastated Darfur region, in the country's west. According to UN officials, the expanded force will not have peacekeeping
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Chris Slee
Fears are growing that a renewed war could break out between Sri Lankan government troops and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Tamil guerrillas have complained to Scandinavian peace monitors that government soldiers have
Boris Kagarlitsky, Moscow
The number of dead and wounded in the Beslan tragedy was stunning, but so were the authorities' lies. They minimised the number of hostages and casualties. They said there were Arabs and "one black" among the terrorists.
In early 2004, the Kumbutjil Association was formed by residents of Darwin's One Mile Dam community to undertake projects in the community and address the profound health and safety issues confronting residents. According to community leader David
Sue Bolton
Delegations of Eritrean community members from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane gathered in Canberra on October 1 to protest over the plight of Eritrean refugees in Libya, Malta and Europe who face being deported back to Eritrea.
After
BRISBANE — On October 7, a snap protest was organised by the University of Queensland student union women's rights group outside the Liberal Party headquarters in Bowen Hills. The protest was in response to a Family First candidate's comments that
Tim Vollmer
The community campaign is growing against James Hardie, a multinational company that has taken unethical and illegal corporate behaviour to new lows.
The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has been at the
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