Kathy Newnam, Darwin
On June 18, the Northern Territory Supreme Court will hear an appeal to re-open the coronial inquest into the death in custody of Douglas Bruce Scott. The case has been lodged by his widow Letty Scott, who has been fighting for
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Jack Smit Medical care in detention centres is still substandard, and is not at all confined to the past, contrary to former immigration minister Philip Ruddock's allegations on ABC's AM program on May 6. Project SafeCom has been able to confirm
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Leslie Richmond, Adelaide On November 17, protesters rallied against the visit to Adelaide of US war secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who arrived to attend the annual Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN). The AUSMIN talks, at
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Alex Milne, Melbourne On August 16, a public forum held in the Melbourne Town Hall heard speakers address a variety of nuclear-related issues, including the new nuclear reactor being constructed at Lucas Heights in suburban Sydney and the
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Just like the 'evidence' for WMD "I think we are going to succeed in Iraq, I think the evidence is overwhelming." — Lord Darth Cheney, March 19. Lord Darth Cheney every morning "The situation on the ground remains tense. In the face of
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Emma Lord, Sydney Andrew Wilkie has announced that he will run as the Greens' candidate in Prime Minister John Howard's seat of Bennelong. Wilkie made headlines last year when he resigned from the Office of National Assessments (ONA) over the
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Kathy Newnam, Darwin On November 3, 100 people attended the Darwin premiere of Australian Atomic Confessions, a 48-minute film documenting the legacy of the 12 British nuclear-bomb tests carried out in Australia in the 1950s. Greg Young, the
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1 Labor uses Howard's anti-worker laws MELBOURNE — The Victorian state council of the Ambulance Employees Association voted on August 11 for paramedics' work bans to remain suspended while conciliation talks with the government continued.
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On February 27 we had a meeting with a senior DIMIA [Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs] officer, and we [were] told that DIMIA will find [a solution to] our problem within two months. Now, the two months have
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Andrew Martin, Brisbane On October 19, workers at James Hardie's Meeandah concrete pipe factory arrived for their usual start time of 6.30 am to find factory's gates locked. The company had initiated a 28-hour lockout in response to workers holding
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3 Central Queensland protests US base Over 10% of the population of Yepoon, central Queensland, rallied on August 1 against plans for a joint US-Australia military "training centre" in nearby Shoalwater Bay. Hundreds of people took to the town
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Socialist Alliance members took to the streets in the northern working-class suburbs of Hobart on April 17 to promote Socialist Alliance legislative council candidate for the seat of Elwick, Kamala Emanuel. Eight cars displaying Socialist