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AMA: 'Spend more on indigenous health' By Margaret Allum The Australian Medical Association used Australia Day to call for more resources from this year's federal budget to improve indigenous health. Dr Ngiare Brown, the AMA's indigenous health
NSW police commissioner put on the spot By Danny Fairfax SYDNEY — More than 100 people attended a public meeting with NSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan at Ashfield Town Hall on January 27. The meeting was organised by the Ethnic Communities
Thousands mark Invasion Day The capitalist establishment and mass media organised spectaculars throughout the country on January 26 to celebrate the uninvited arrival of a bunch of scruffy British naval officers, prison guards and convicts at
Hobart rally backs republic By Nikki Ulasowskiand Tony Iltis HOBART — Later this year a referendum will be held on whether Australia should become a republic. On January 26, a pro-republic rally held at the state Parliament House Lawns
Waste time bombs for Hunter Valley By Graham Williams NEWCASTLE — Cessnock City Council was forced to release details of a video promoting the building of a waste dump at Cessnock on December 11. The Council has been investigating building a
WA protests against clear-felling By Iggy Kim PERTH — On January 24, 100 people gathered in an area of old-growth forest in the south of Western Australia to protest against clear-felling. Known as the Wattle Forest, the area lies adjacent to
Injury highlights mine safety crisis By Bill Mason BRISBANE — On January 20, mining apprentice Brant North had both legs amputated in a horrific accident at MIM's Oaky Creek mine, about 350 kilometres north-west of Rockhampton. North is in a
Tamils protest Sri Lankan minister's visit By Jon Singer CANBERRA — Australian Tamils and their supporters from Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney protested outside the Sri Lankan embassy and National Press Club on January 22. About 150 protesters
IWD: 'Women and workers united' IWD: 'Women and workers united' By Margarita Windisch MELBOURNE — The International Women's Day Collective has decided that this year's theme will be "Women and workers of the world united in action". The day's
Pakistan socialist speaks CANBERRA — Farooq Tariq, secretary of the Labour Party of Pakistan, was the guest speaker at a Green Left Weekly public meeting, "The struggle for people's democracy and nationhood in South Asia", on January 14. Farooq
One Nation MP in row over CJC By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Queensland One Nation MP Jack Paff has pledged to introduce bills to abolish the Criminal Justice Commission and its parliamentary watchdog, the Parliamentary Criminal Justice Committee.
Mine owners ravage West Coast Tasmania By Dave Andrews ROSEBERY — Three of West Coast Tasmania's major mines are facing bleak prospects as management and financial backers threaten mass sackings, back-breaking roster changes and possible