Dr Michael Dudley
I think that the Four Corners program showed (among other things) how immigration department (DIMIA) and detention centre staff were very slow in responding to Cornelia Rau's distress, despite the signals given from visitors,
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Washington University's admissions office was taken over by chanting students armed with leaflets and petitions on April 5, as members of the Student-Worker Alliance began an indefinite sit-in to demand better wages for the university's lowest paid
Jim Green
Have the nuclear industry and its supporters suddenly gained an environmental consciousness? While they're not planning to close their dangerous, polluting reactors nor begin dealing responsibly with their legacy of toxic radioactive
The following message from Carolus Wimmer, a member of the political bureau of the Communist Party of Venezuela and director of international relations for Venezuelan parliament, was sent to the Third Asia Pacific International Solidarity Conference
April 13
1949: 10,000 people attend the Australian Peace Congress in Melbourne.
April 14
1930: More than 100 Mexican and Filipino farm workers are arrested in California, USA, for union activity.
April 15
1944: Fred Paterson becomes
Sue Bull, Ballarat
Negotiations towards an enterprise agreement at the University of Ballarat have broken down. In response to the news, a meeting of 100 members of three unions voted on March 23 for a campaign of industrial bans, a series of
On April 6, members of the People's Democratic Party in Jakarta protested against Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, demanding his government be replaced. Yudhoyono has begun increasing the price of fuel, which is already causing price
The following letter was sent to Amnesty USA by Australian academic Tim Anderson on March 22.
I write as an Australian prisoners' rights campaigner who has been watching Amnesty's interventions over the arrests and jailing of several dozen
The Cuban embassy in Bolivia announced on April 4 that Cuba would award 100 university scholarships to poor Bolivian young people. The bulletin explained that the program was part of Cuba's policy of international solidarity and collaboration. There
BRISBANE — On April 4, about 1000 teacher aides and teachers attended protest meetings in Brisbane and 12 Queensland regional centres jointly organised organised by the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union (representing teachers' aides) and
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