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  • Bill Hathaway

    Bill Hathaway MELBOURNE — Prominent AIDS activist Bill Hathaway died on February 6, aged 27. He had been living with HIV since 1989. Hathaway worked as HIV education officer with the Victorian AIDS Council and was an activist in

  • Democratic Socialist candidate in Sydney's west

    Democratic Socialist candidate in Sydney's west SYDNEY — The Democratic Socialist Electoral League has announced that it is contesting the western suburbs electorate of Prospect. The Democratic Socialists will be fielding 36-year-old youth

  • Green Party candidates

    Green Party candidates Murray Matson (Kingsford Smith) and Mark Berriman (Sydney) sorted rubbish or "non-recovered material" at Eastgarden shopping centre on February 18 to call attention to the need for greater recycling. According to Matson, a

  • Socialist environment policy launched

    Socialist environment policy launchedBRISBANE — "For over 200 years, capitalism has inflicted serious damage on Australia's natural and fragile environment", Dr Coral Wynter told a meeting here on February 17, launching

  • Left unions publish new paper

    Left unions publish new paperMELBOURNE — A number of Victorian unions under left-wing leadership and some community groups have produced the first issue of a new monthly newspaper called FrontLine. Their aim is to "help

  • Expelled ALP member to stand against Baldwin

    Expelled ALP member to stand against Baldwin SYDNEY — A former Labor Party member is the Democratic Socialist candidate in the inner city seat of Sydney, currently held by Peter Baldwin for the ALP. Margaret Gleeson, a community housing

  • Community groups continue anti-Kennett protests

    MELBOURNE — Community action groups are trying to keep up the momentum of the campaign against the Kennett government through numerous demonstrations and protest meetings, but the government is beginning to

  • Alternative media setbacks

    Alternative media setbacks The publishers of Modern Times, which ceased publication last September, have written to subscribers confirming the demise of the magazine. First published as Australian Society, the magazine had been in

  • No GST on Tomatoes! say Tasmanians

    No GST on Tomatoes! say TasmaniansHOBART — When Liberal leader John Hewson visited Salamanca Markets on Saturday, February 20, he didn't expect to be pelted with fruit and vegetables. Hewson was

  • Liberals stall on brewery

    Liberals stall on brewery PERTH — The new Liberal state government has already refused to act over the redevelopment of the old Swan Brewery site. Aboriginal affairs minister Kevin Minson said last week that, while the Liberal Party was

  • Picton arrests

    Picton arrests HOBART — Around 60 protesters blockaded the Picton road in Southern Tasmania on February 9 in an effort to prevent vehicles travelling to the five major logging sites in the area. The blockade is part of the Wilderness

  • Loose cannons

    Discriminating "I think all of them." — Yossef Harish, Israeli cabinet legal adviser, when asked before the Israeli Supreme Court how many Palestinian residents of the occupied territories are terrorists. Under control "The