Rich Bowden
Following unexpected gains made in last October's general election, the Coalition will be the first Australian government in 27 years to control both houses of parliament from July 1.
While government members see this as a gilt-edged
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Federico Fuentes
No one can talk about the crisis in Bolivia, the site of continuous waves of mobilisation, road blockades and general strikes that have thrown out two presidents already, without mentioning Evo Morales. No matter what the viewpoint
Karol Florek & Steph Mawson, Warsaw
On June 11, 5000 protesters took part in an act of civil disobedience in support of gay and lesbian rights. The march's successful execution was a decisive victory in defence of civil rights and democracy; given
Duroyan Fertl
After almost five years, and countless thousands of people dead and disappeared, the US$7.5 billion initiative known as "Plan Colombia" has failed — politically and militarily — to bring an end to the crisis that characterises
James Balowski, Jakarta
Although no-one has been charged with last year's murder of Indonesia's foremost human rights activist, Munir Said Thalib, evidence is mounting that the prime suspect in the case, Garuda Airlines pilot Pollycarpus Budihari
Dick Nichols
Federal government submissions to the last three safety net cases before the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) have cited surveys here and overseas that typically claim that every 10% increase in the legal minimum wage
Stuart Munckton
Washington's increasing isolation in the Americas â its own backyard â was dramatically illustrated at the 35th general assembly of the Organization of American States, held June 5-7 at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
After failing
June 24
1978: The first Sydney Mardi Gras march ends in a police riot.
June 25
1876: US cavalry face the biggest defeat in their war against Native Americans in the Battle of Little Big Horn.
1955: During a three-week strike in NSW,
SYDNEY — The NSW branch of the National Union of Workers (NUW) has called on the Labor Party to commit to a reversal of PM John Howard's industrial relations agenda should it win office in 2007.
In a June 15 media statement, NUW state secretary
SYDNEY — On May 29, Redfern parish priest and Neocatechumenal Way sect member Dennis Sudla threw a cross painted in the Aboriginal colours onto the floor while saying mass, and smashed a table on which it had been standing. Later, three
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