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Poisoning Kakadu

Poisoning Kakadu By Grusha If its gets to mine uranium at Jabiluka, Energy Resources of Australia plans to leave 10,770,000 cubic metres — that's 100m X 100m X 1km — of radioactive waste (tailings), and more than that again in non-radioactive

East Timor independence rally

East Timor independence rally By Adrian Gibbs CANBERRA — About 300 East Timorese and their supporters marched under the unity flag from Parliament House to the Indonesian embassy on July 19. The event marked the anniversary of East Timor's

Solidarity helps Zapatistas rebuild

Solidarity helps Zapatistas rebuild By Lynda Hansen BRISBANE — Tucson-based author and solidarity activist Martin Taylor addressed a meeting here on July 16 after touring refugee camps and autonomous communities of Chiapas state in southern

Tamil priest calls for peace

By Sue Bull CANBERRA — Father S.J. Emmanuel, a Tamil Catholic priest from Sri Lanka, called on the Sri Lankan government to end its "War for peace" at a public meeting here on July 21. The meeting, called by Friends for Peace in Sri Lanka and

VCA students and staff reject up-front fees

VCA students and staff reject up-front fees By Sue Boland MELBOURNE — At separate meetings on July 23, Victorian College of the Arts students and staff unanimously rejected the college council's attempt to introduce up-front fees for

Socialists rally against racism

By Regan Davis and Tim E. Stewart BRISBANE — "Anti-racists on your feet! Join the march on Boundary Street". This was the call of Democratic Socialists as they marched through cosmopolitan West End here on June 25. Chants of "Hanson, Howard,

Parliamentary representation weakened

By Tony Iltis HOBART — Tasmania's parliament voted last week to cut the size of the lower house from 35 to 25, by reducing the number of members elected by each electorate from 7 to 5. This will make it harder for minor parties and independents

Burma solidarity conference demands democracy

Burma solidarity conference demands democracy By Trish Corcoran MELBOURNE — Up to 100 people attended the Activist Conference for a Free Burma on July 18 and 19 to discuss the political situation in Burma and the prospects for democratisation.

Fair go!

Not an advertisement Fair go! How would YOU like to pay income tax of $30,000 or $40,000 a year? You wouldn't put up with it. Yet many Australians who make a million dollars a year and are taxed at 3 or 4 per cent, pay income tax of at least

CPSU members reject leadership's funding cut

CPSU members reject leadership's funding cut By Michelle Armstrong CANBERRA — On July 20, the ACT branch members of the Community and Public Sector Union told the union's joint national secretary, Wendy Caird, that they did not want their

A campaign for all left activists

A campaign for all left activists MELBOURNE — MAURICE SIBELLE, Victorian TAFE Students and Apprentices Network coordinator, will be the Democratic Socialist candidate for the state seat of Northcote in a by-election on August 15. Green Left

Resistance Jabiluka bus confiscated

By Rebecca Meckelburg Resistance and the "No Jabiluka Mine" media collective issued a joint statement on July 7 condemning the Northern Territory University's decision to confiscate a bus hired by the Resistance Club at NTU for club activities,