Simon Tayler
In the face of a mounting wave of street protests and following the failure of his party to secure enough seats in the April 2 general election to be able to convene the country's parliament, Thaksin Shinawatra announced on April 4
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Sarah Stephen & Farida Iqbal, Sydney
Around 100 refugee-rights supporters from around the country converged on Villawood detention centre on the Easter weekend to highlight the human rights abuses taking place behind the barbed wire. There are 255
Doug Lorimer
On April 11, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that two days earlier Iranian scientists had succeeded in producing "nuclear fuel" — uranium gas enriched with 3.5% of the fissionable uranium-235 isotope (natural uranium
SYDNEY — A new multilingual booklet for victims of domestic violence titled Helping You Go to Court to Get an Apprehended Domestic Violence Order was launched this month by Legal Aid at Marrickville. It explains in 15 languages how to get an order
Natalie Lowrey
Over the weekend of April 14-17, 120 people participated in the Rain Corroboree in support of the Wiradjuri traditional owners' fight to protect Lake Cowal in central-western NSW from contamination by cyanide, which is used by mining
On March 19, 450 people attended the London launch of the Campaign for a New Workers Party (CNWP), at which it was announced that more than 1300 people, including leaders and members from 25 different unions, Labour Party councillors, Green Party
PERTH — Don't worry, be happy, global warming will be tackled by big business, says a PricewaterhouseCoopers' publication released on April 10. The Corporate Responsibility: Strategy, management and value handbook expects corporate sustainable
Kim Bullimore
Palestinians have protested US and European Union economic and political sanctions against the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority government, which was elected on January 25. On April 7, Washington and the EU both moved to freeze all
Kerryn Williams
The Indonesian government withdrew its draft labour law revisions on April 8, pressured by a wave of workers' protests. The revised law would have made it easier for employers to sack workers by dramatically reducing severance pay;
Tony Iltis, Melbourne
Despite threats by local and state governments, court injunctions and a racist propaganda campaign by the Herald-Sun and the Returned Servicemen's League (RSL), Indigenous activists remain at "Camp Sovereignty" on the Kings
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