On July 14, the British Home Office announced that it was suspending the deportation of Zimbabwean asylum seekers pending the outcome of an August 4 High Court test case. Earlier on July 14, in another test case, an asylum seeker applied to the High
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Alex Miller
Following the expulsion of four of its parliamentarians from the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) has initiated legal action to challenge the ban.
The four members of the Scottish parliament (MSPs) — Colin
Kathy Newnam, Darwin
The campaign against the federal government's planned nuclear dump in the Northern Territory is gathering pace.
Anti-nuclear campaigners in Darwin have begun to organise a coalition against the dump and are planning a public
John Miller, Washington DC
While media baron Rupert Murdoch toasted Australian PM John Howard at an exclusive business executives' dinner in the US capital on July 18, protesters outside decried his bullying of East Timor over maritime petroleum
Rohan Pearce
At a joint press conference with US President George Bush, the leader of the West's fabled "free world", in Washington DC on July 19, Australian PM John Howard emphatically stated: "I'm not going to try and put a time limit on our
James Crafti, Canberra
Indigenous activists converged on Canberra on July 20 for the anniversary of the federal government's attempt in 1972 to destroy the Aboriginal Tent Embassy outside Old Parliament House. The tent embassy was erected on
Bernie Wunsch, Lismore
On July 19, Australian Council of Trade Unions president Sharan Burrow made a whirlwind one-day protest tour of the regional NSW town of Lismore. As part of the campaign to oppose the federal Coalition government's changes to
Fiona Alcock, Sydney
On July 20, two children — 12-year-old Ian Hwang and his six-year-old sister Janey — were released with their mother, Young Lee, from the Villawood immigration detention centre after the immigration department (DIMIA)
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I logged on to the Green Left Weekly website today for the first time. It was my husband who suggested I look at it.
I live in Adelaide but am English. I lived for 10 years in London before leaving in May 2003 to move here, as
On July 11, Port Moresby-based workers at Telikom marched to the prime minister's office, where they told chief secretary Joshua Kalinoe that they were on "indefinite holiday", and would switch off the county's telecommunications. The workers are
Grant Morgan, Auckland
Any worker in New Zealand, if she or he heard Australian PM John Howard's comment about people loving "labour market reform", would respond: "What a load of rubbish!"
New Zealand's Employment Contracts Act, passed by the
Peter Boyle
In the first week of our emergency appeal we have received $10,845!
A very special thank you to Jim Mc, Maree R, Kylie M, Jane B and Simon B who joined the "$1000 Club" — supporters who make donations of $1000 or more. Jane sent
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