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  • Bankstown students reject admin attacks

    Stuart Munckton& Sarah Alamein, Sydney "Why do we need a brand new garden bed? I just want access to courses!" said University of Western Sydney (UWS) student Melissa Abram to 100 cheering students on September 8 at a speak-out against course cuts

  • Community rallies behind refugee family

    Susan Austin, Hobart When the news broke on March 30 that a local El Salvadoran family was being threatened with deportation, the Socialist Alliance and Tasmanians for Refugees called a protest action for that afternoon. The Refugee Review

  • Report condemns detention of refugee children

    Sarah Stephen A new report by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission (HREOC) details the horrifying conditions that refugees and their children are subjected to in Australia's detention centres — violence and despair, self-mutilation

  • US bombers get the nod

    Jon Lamb, Darwin On November 18 it was revealed by defence minister Robert Hill that one of the outcomes of the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN), held on November 17-18, was that the Australian government had given the

  • Howard has worked to 'dehumanise asylum seekers'

    Graham Matthews, Melbourne Prime Minister John Howard's Coalition government has "worked to dehumanise asylum seekers, to use them as a tool in wedge politics", David Ristrom, the lead Victorian Senate candidate for the Australian Greens, told an

  • Low turnout in Vic Park

    Chris Latham, Perth The ALP retained the WA state seat of Victoria Park in a by-election held on March 11, with its candidate Ben Wyatt polling 61% of the vote on a two-party preferred basis. The by-election was prompted by the surprise resignation

  • Don't add insult to injury!

    Chris Latham, Perth On May 13, chanting, "What do we want? — Workers' comp!", more than 2500 workers marched on the Western Australian parliament. The rally was organised by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), the

  • Forum on terror laws

    PERTH — On November 5, 400 people attended a forum at the University of Western Australia on the Howard government's new anti-terrorism legislation, now before the federal parliament. Greens Senator Rachel Siewert gave an impassioned speech in

  • Loose cannons

    Had the royal touch "He came across very arrogant, like a total pompous git." — Comment made about Richard Butler, the recently resigned Queen's representative in Tasmania, quoted in the August 11 Sydney Daily Telegraph. Selfless "I was

  • May Day rallies oppose Iraq occupation

    Adam Leeman, Sydney May Day rallies took place around Australia on the May 1-2 weekend. In Sydney, 1000 people marched, including contingents from the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous

  • Loose Cannons

    Pot calls kettle black "Bin Laden says his own role is to tell Muslims, quote, 'what is good for them and what is not.' And what this man who grew up in wealth and privilege considers good for poor Muslims is that they become killers... He assures

  • Cameron uses AMWU conference to attack militants

    Sue Bolton The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) held its biennial conference in Sydney on July 26-30. Delegates to the conference report that it was quite different to the previous conference with a lot of guest speakers and not a lot