Linda Waldron, Melbourne
On March 22, 40 people attended a Green Left Weekly forum on the topic "The Hamas Victory: What now for Palestine, Israel and the 'peace process'?" Addressing the forum were Michael Shaik from the International Solidarity
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Kamala Emanuel, Hobart "No police state" and "No to Howard's terror laws" were the mobilising slogans of a civil liberties rally held on November 12 and attended by 800 people. Organised by the Tasmanian Council of Civil Liberties, the rally was
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Emma Murphy, Adelaide The Rice/Rumsfeld Reception Committee (RRRC) has received, from various sources, reliable information that US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld will be in Adelaide on November 16-18. This information follows several months
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DARWIN — The Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union (LHMU) launched a campaign on October 22 to win better wages and professional recognition for child-care workers in the Northern Territory. The LHMU has targeted low wages as one of the key
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Pip Hinman, Sydney "It seems that the Howard government is happy to recognise same-sex partnerships to deny us our civil rights, but when it comes to extending rights, they exclude us", Community Action Against Homophobia (CAAH) spokesperson Rachel
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SYDNEY — Members of Resistance, the Greens, the Uniting Church's Tertiary Students Association and Socialist Alternative picketed the University of NSW military recruitment stall on February 23 during the campus orientation week. "People come to
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Bruce Marlowe and Marcel Cameron Australian interest in Venezuela is growing, boding well for the forthcoming tour of Dr Carolus Wimmer, Venezuelan MP to the Latin American parliament (click here for details). Partially spurred by the United
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Nicole Hilder, Wollongong On September 29, the Illawarra Socialist Alliance launched its health policy outside Wollongong Hospital, the same day as the Illawarra Mercury carried the front-page headline "Health shut-out: region's hospitals have
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Kamala Emanuel, Hobart Hundreds of Tasmanian casino workers struck for 24 hours on July 3. A mass rally and march at Hobart's Wrest Point Casino attracted 150 workers and their supporters. This was the first state-wide strike ever held against
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HOBART — On February 1, Metro Tasmania — Tasmania's primary public transport provider — logged a claim with the Australian Industrial Relations Commission seeking an end to the bargaining period with its bus drivers. This would make a planned
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Emma Brown & Marcus Greville, Melbourne Alex Tilman, a representative of Fretlin, the largest political party in East Timor, and Vannessa Hearman, an Asia-Pacific journalist and solidarity activist, addressed a July 13 Green Left Weekly-organised
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Tent embassy burnt down Nicole Hilder, Wollongong In pre-dawn hours of September 19 the Sandon Point Aboriginal Tent Embassy (SPATE) was destroyed by fire while five occupants were asleep inside. The tent embassy had stood on the site for more