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  • Mines dumping toxic waste, CJC told

    Mines dumping toxic waste, CJC toldBRISBANE — Queensland's biggest company, MIM, was guilty of contaminating thousands of hectares of the northern region, a state government environment officer told the Criminal Justice

  • Report whitewashes Aboriginal death in custody

    BRISBANE — The Criminal Justice Commission released its report on the death in police custody of Daniel Yock on April 5. Yock, who died on November 7, was arrested with another Murri youth in Bereton Street after being tailed

  • ALP left protest succeeds

    SYDNEY — Four hundred Australian Labor Party left-wingers protested outside a meeting of the party's administrative committee meeting here on April 8; they were demanding the reinstatement of rank and file preselection ballots for two safe Sydney

  • Rugby league goes multicultural

    With nearly 50% of the population coming from homes where a language other than English is spoken, rugby league club Canterbury-Bankstown has decided to reorient its promotion of the game. Easter Monday was the third

  • 'Socialism alive and well'

    'Socialism alive and well'BRISBANE — "The success of the Democratic Socialist campaign in the recent Brisbane City Council elections shows there is significant support for socialist policies in the general community", Susan

  • Coxsedge calls for Cuba solidarity

    Coxsedge calls for Cuba solidarityBRISBANE — Cuba has done so much for the world community, now is the time for the progressive movement to speak out in support of Cuba, Joan Coxsedge told a public forum here on March 27.

  • NSW forests 'logged without EIS'

    NSW native forests are currently facing an unnecessary crisis. Logging areas are to be extended without proper environmental studies. According to Tom McLoughlin of the Wilderness Society, there are 250,000 hectares of

  • Court seeks return of death penalty

    Court seeks return of death penaltyPERTH — The Western Australian Liberal government of Richard Court is pushing a "law and order" campaign that prominently includes a call for the return of the death penalty.

  • Day of action on unemployment

    Day of action on unemployment The radical youth organisation Resistance has initiated a petition calling for a national day of action in protest at the federal government's failure to seriously address the unemployment crisis. Following is the

  • Greens call for different priorities

    Greens (WA) Senators Dee Margetts and Christabel Chamarette released their submission on the 1994-95 federal budget on March 22. In their initial response to the government's Draft Fiscal Framework, the WA Greens said that

  • Students rally against voluntary unionism

    Students rally against voluntary unionismMELBOURNE — Around 1000 students marched through the streets on March 23 in opposition to the Kennett government's proposed voluntary student unionism legislation. The legislation

  • 'Revivalist meetings'

    'Revivalist meetings' Environmental activists George Marshall and Brent Hoare will be whizzing around Australia throughout April to hold "evolutionary revivalist meetings" with as many people as possible who are interested in striving to ensure