Doug Lorimer
Two days after several thousand rioters looted and burned down shops, hotels and other buildings in the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara on April 18, Australian PM John Howard dispatched 110 troops and 80 police officers to join the
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Clinton Fernandes
When it comes to Australia-Indonesia relations, public opinion has often been under-estimated by policymakers, who have then been frustrated by the challenges it poses.
More than a year before Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East
Annolies Truman
Speaking on ABC Radio National's Perspective program on April 12, Greenpeace Australia Pacific spokesperson Tim Hollo said that Australia's export of renewable energy technology to China "holds far greater prospects than uranium for
BlowbackWritten and directed by David PledgerNot Yet It's Difficult ProductionsWith Roslyn Oades, Todd MacDonald, Luciano MartucciThe Studio at the Sydney Opera HouseUntil April 29
PREVIEW BY CLAIRE VINCE
Award-winning, internationally acclaimed
A boat carrying 21 West Papuans has sunk with one confirmed dead and 18 missing, Indonesian police said on April 20.
Police reports indicate that some of the people were student supporters of West Papuan independence, who were planning to seek
Steve O'Brien, Cape Town
An International Labour Media Network and Cooperative (ILMNC) will be established following the "Workers' Education and Workers' Media in a Global Economy" workshop held on April 4-7.
Fifty people representing
Vanessa Garbett, a member of the Electrical Trades Union in Victoria, writes of her experiences visiting Colombia last year as part of a union delegation.
Colombia is a country in turmoil and war caused by globalisation and exploitation by
Steve Zeltzer
Labour film and video activists are assembling the first international working class film and video festival to be held in Turkey. The festival will include labour films from around the world, including Venezuela, Korea, Iran, Japan,
Ron Perkins, Perth
Four blue-collar WA unions have resolved to organise a rally on June 28 as part of the nationwide protests against the Work Choices legislation, despite the refusal of UnionsWA to endorse it. The four unions are the Maritime
Annolies Truman
April 26 marks the 20th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear power accident, the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. One-hundred-and-twenty-three kilometres north of Kiev in the Ukraine, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant's number four
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