Bastard Boys — It was the fight that stopped the nation, the 1998 battle for Australia's waterfront, becoming a war for the hearts and minds of Australians. ABC, Sunday and Monday, May 13-14, 8.30pm.
Cutting Edge: Will Israel Bomb Iran? — What
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Speaking on behalf of the Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Project, Adrian Lovney told the April 26 Sydney SX newspaper that the NSW Polices lesbian and gay liaison officer program was utterly inadequate.
At least 104 US soldiers died in Iraq in April, capping the deadliest six-month period for US forces since the war began more than four years ago, the May 1 Sydney Morning Herald reported, adding that April was the deadliest month so far this year and the sixth deadliest of the war. It also brought to five the number of consecutive months when the American death toll has surpassed 80, the longest such stretch of the war.
Environmentalists and anti-nuclear campaigners are disappointed but not surprised by the ALP national conference decision on April 28 to drop its no new uranium mines policy. This allows state Labor governments to approve new mines, a policy backed by the South Australian and Queensland premiers.
On May 2, the Socialist Alliance announced that two candidates from the Gold Coast will stand in the next federal election. Amelia Taylor will run on the alliances Senate ticket in Queensland, alongside Aboriginal activist Sam Watson. Tim Kirchler will stand for the seat of Moncrieff, currently held by Liberal MP Steven Ciobo.
A month in Darwins Berrimah jail, from March 12 to April 8, sheeted home several truths about democratic rights to former journalist Rob Inder-Smith.
We know more about energy policy than the government does
We know where every skeleton in the closet is most of them we buried, boasted a member of the self-described greenhouse mafia, a group of lobbyists comprising the executive directors of the coal, oil, cement, aluminium, mining and electricity industries, said Clive Hamilton, executive director of the Australia Institute.
Around 80 students rallied outside the Perth Cultural Centre on May 2 during a National Union of Students (NUS) day of action to demand a better future. Protesters called for better access to education, the repeal of Work Choices, and government
This open letter to the April 27-29 Australian Labor Party national conference protesting against the restrictions on workers rights contained in the new ALP industrial relations policy was supported by Socialist Alliance and other militant trade unionists. The letter was distributed to all 400 conference delegates and the media, and was the basis of some sharp media questioning of the ALP leadership. Unfortunately, no amendments to the policy were moved by conference delegates.
The following appeal by Ali B. Humayun, who has been detained in Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in Sydney for more than a year, was sent to Community Action Against Homophobia. It has been abridged for publication.
The Australian people now know less than they would have historically about what is happening in their society, Chris Warren, secretary of the journalists union, told the April 26 Australian, following the release by the union of a report detailing how press freedom is becoming increasingly strained as a result of Washington and Canberras war on terror.
“What we are now seeing is a clear choice for voters at the next election”, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) president Sharan Burrow said on April 17, referring to the industrial relations policy that Labor leader Kevin Rudd received support for at the party’s national conference at the end of April. A slight choice may be a more accurate description.
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