By Sarah Stephen
Sydney Latin American Film FestivalFri Feb 17-Sun Feb 19Campbelltown Arts Centre, Art Gallery Rd (cnr Camden & Appin Rd)Fri Feb 24-Sun Feb 26Tom Mann Theatre, 136 Chalmers St, Surry HillsFor full program visit
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Adam Hanieh
Hamas' landslide victory in the January 25 elections for the 132-seat Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) is an unprecedented turning point for politics in both Palestine and the broader Middle East. For the first time since the
Tamara Pearson
"There are more dangerous poverties than the material type", Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tsaid in an October 2003 interview. "There is moral poverty — the poverty of principles. We could say that material poverty is the
HOBART — On February 1, Metro Tasmania — Tasmania's primary public transport provider — logged a claim with the Australian Industrial Relations Commission seeking an end to the bargaining period with its bus drivers. This would make a planned
By Ray Jackson, Sydney
St Valentine's Day will be the second anniversary of the death of TJ Hickey, who was mortally impaled on a metal-spiked fence in Redfern on February 14, 2004.
According to those calling for the inquest into TJ's death to be
Laws are being introduced in Victoria to allow children as young as 10 to be strip-searched in public by police of the opposite sex without the knowledge of the children's parents. The Terrorist (Community Protection) (Amendment) Bill 2005 will be
Federal parliament is likely to vote this week on whether a politician or health professionals will determine access to RU486, a drug used to terminate pregnancies in their early stages. The MPs of both major parties will have a conscience vote, and
Amy McDonell
You might remember, some two-and-a-half years ago, US President George Bush standing triumphantly on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln, announcing the "end of major combat operations" in Iraq. According to Bush, Iraq was a free
Several hundred trade unionists at Tehran's bus company Sherkate Vahed were arrested and many badly beaten following a strike on January 28. The union's leader, Mansour Osanloo, has been in prison since December 22. On January 24, the union called
Roger X& Emma Clancy
It must be a strange coincidence that PM John Howard feels the need to introduce laws that take away our rights to free speech and political dissent at the same time as his government is launching major attacks on the rights
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