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Prostitution law opposed
DARWIN — On December 1, the Scarlet Alliance, a national sex workers' rights group, held a World AIDS Day public forum to highlight issues surrounding the unjust and discriminatory sex worker law in the Northern
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Doug Lorimer
November was the deadliest month for the US occupation forces in Iraq since the war began in March 2003, with twice as many US soldiers dying as in October. At least 135 US troops died in November — the same number as last April,
Frederico Fuentes
With a Coalition majority in both houses of parliament from July 1 next year, federal education minister Brendan Nelson has signalled his intention to move forward with key elements of his higher education "reform" package
On November 26, an asylum seeker doused himself in petrol inside the British Home Office's immigration headquarters, in front of a long queue of asylum seekers. He said that he was going to set himself alight. Police officers guarding the centre
Rafael Eitan
Former Israeli Chief-of-Staff Rafael Eitan was swept to his death on November 23 by a giant wave as he stood on a breakwater.
The Sydney Morning Herald claim that "Eitan earned notoriety for outspoken comments about Arabs and opposed
No politician wants to be associated with the James Hardie scandal. Who can blame them? Australia has the world's highest per capita incidence of mesothelioma, one of the painful forms of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos fibres. By 2020, 18,000
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Don't log Recherche Bay
HOBART — French ambassador to Australia Patrick Henault visited Recherche Bay on December 1.
Environmentalists were hoping for official French support for the campaign to stop logging at the bay, however Henault
Pip Hinman
After two weeks of negotiations with the ALP, Greens Senator Kerry Nettle moved a motion on November 30 condemning the US-led assault on Fallujah and calling on the Coalition government to bring Australia's troops home. The vote was two
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NT power workers take action
DARWIN — Power station workers, control room operators, technicians and other workers covered by the Communication, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) have held a series of workplace meetings and vowed to
Twenty years after the horrific disaster in Bhopal, probably responsible for 20,000 deaths, the victims are still fighting for compensation. This article on this act of mass murder is abridged from <http://bhopal.com>, where information on