SYDNEY — National Tertiary Education Union members at the Wagga Wagga campus of Charles Sturt University (CSU) leafleted students and their families at graduation ceremonies on April 6-8 to highlight their campaign to force the university to return
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One of the guests at the third Asia-Pacific International Solidarity Conference, held in Sydney at Easter, was Helmuth Markov, who is a member of the European Parliament from the German Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). This is an abridged version
Tim Anderson
The federal government, backed by mining company-funded "think tanks", has a new agenda for Aboriginal land rights: privatise them. And privatisation here, as elsewhere, means that the sharks will move in.
In February, Indigenous
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
On March 23, a mass delegates' meeting called by the Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) voted for a work stoppage and mass protest on June 30, the day before the federal Coalition government takes full control of the Senate.
Kim Bullimore
On March 17, the Israeli state moved to re-arrest and charge nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu with 22 counts of violating the restrictions placed upon him when he was released from jail in April last year.
Vanunu's arrest came
Lara Pullin, Canberra
Arabunna elder Kevin Buzzacott appeared in the ACT Supreme Court on March 29-April 6 on charges of stealing a coat of arms.
On January 27, 2002, Buzzacott removed the metal Australian coat of arms from Old Parliament House,
Five US soldiers were arrested on March 29 for trying to smuggle 16 kilograms of cocaine out of Colombia on US military aircraft. The news was leaked to the media on April 1, and confirmed by a statement issued by the Colombian defence ministry on
The article in GLW issue #621 entitled "UNSW Guild staff strike over redundancy pay" stated that the previous year's guild executive officer had agreed verbally to the NTEU's demands. It was the staff management committee negotiating team that agreed
America's Military Today: The Challenge of MilitarismBy Tod EnsignNew Press, 2004430 pages, $37
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SYDNEY — A handful of protesters took their anti-war message to the Fleet Base East, where HMAS Tobruk was leaving for Iraq, on April 4. The supply ship is to provide sealift for Australian troops deploying to the
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