Friends of the Earth's Kim Stewart spoke to Nnimmo Bassey, a Nigerian activist campaigning against the destructive practices of oil companies.
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Margaret Perrott Members of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) will ignore the bed restrictions in NSW hospitals and admit mentally ill patients for "as long as they need". The ABC Radio National's PM program
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On June 1, students and young workers around Australia will be leading by example — showing why young people have always been at the forefront of progressive struggles. The June 1 student strike initiated by the Resistance socialist youth
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It took the federal Coalition government three attempts and 10 months of negotiations to finally get its Medicare legislation passed by the Senate — by 33 votes to 31 on March 11. This was only after health minister Tony Abbott secured the votes of
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Ian Jamieson, Fremantle Most days, you will find Chris Cain, state secretary of the Western Australian branch of the Maritime Union of Australia, behind his desk with a landline phone in one ear, a mobile in the other, a pile of messages building
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Evidence emerging from the Australian government-appointed commission of inquiry, headed by Terence Cole, into whether or not AWB Ltd, Australia's wheat export monopoly, had violated the rules governing the UN's "oil-for-food" program, has revealed
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The electoral fortunes of the ALP seem to have turned around since its national conference. Recent polls have the two major parties level, and the Liberals behind on a two-party preferred basis. The intelligence justifying the Iraq war is being
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Anti-war activists have refused to be silenced or intimidated in the wake of the September 9 bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta. It is crucial for the anti-war movement to remain steadfast in its vocal and determined opposition to the
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The July 30 Melbourne Sunday Herald Sun reported that a McNair Gallup Poll commissioned by the newspaper had found that "Four in 10 Australians believe Islam is a threat to our way of life". According to the newspaper, the poll of 502 people also
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Jenny Long, Sydney As Sydney enters its third week of massive disruption to commuter rail services — with up to 121 daily commuter services having been cancelled — some astonishing facts have been emerging from this remarkable dispute. One is
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The revelation that PM John Howard knew asylum seekers were innocent of the charge of throwing their children overboard, even as he continued to tell voters that it was true, is hardly a shock to most of us. To paraphrase Douglas Adams, politicians
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On September 14, PM John Howard threatened to end Canberra's $85 million per year "aid" package to the Solomon Islands, upon which the Solomons' government is dependent to meet its budget. Howard's threat came shortly after Canberra imposed visa