Jon Lamb
Cuba's shining example
A nation that has been forced to endure major economic upheavals and constraints, Cuba is a shining example of what can be done to diversify agricultural production and meet energy needs in a sustainable way.
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Clinton Fernandes
Over the course of a long political career, newly re-appointed federal Labor leader Kim Christian Beazley has demonstrated an impressive consistency in his views on strategic policy. In 1974, he submitted his masters' thesis to
Kamala Emanuel, Hobart
Twenty people attended an "Iraq pre-election fire sale" on the Salamanca Lawns on January 29.
The Peace Coalition organised the action to draw attention to the massive privatisation of Iraqi assets that has been prepared or
Message Stick: Bob Maza — Profiles Bob Maza — an actor, writer, director, activist and mentor — who campaigned tirelessly for Aboriginal rights and reconciliation and for a better understanding between black and white Australians. ABC, Friday,
The leaders of the more-than-30 unions that make up the Central American Common Union met on January 18 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to establish the next moves in their campaign against the US-Central America Free Trade Agreement. They slammed CAFTA
HOBART — Incat management has agreed to some of the demands put by unions following industrial action in support of a 5% wage rise and a 38-hour week.
Following the lead of 20 electricians who took strike action the previous week, 100 workers
Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
Around 400 Aboriginal protesters and their supporters rallied in Roma Street Forum and marched through city streets to Musgrave Park to mark Invasion Day, January 26, the day white settlers first arrived in Australia.
The
Nick Everett, Canberra
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations employees have voted overwhelmingly against a non-union agreement put forward by DEWR management. The result, declared on January 27, was 78% against the proposal.
DEWR
Ruth Ratcliffe, Newcastle
When residents of several Newcastle suburbs received offensive leaflets in their letterboxes demanding "humanitarianism for local Australians, not gang-banging Sudanese" and advertising a January 22 "meeting" in Islington
Polish police arrested 28 demonstrators on January 26, at a rally to protest the planned presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin at a memorial service at the Auschwitz concentration camp on January 27. The protesters argued that Putin was a war
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