Paul Oboohov, Canberra
On September 23, candidates for the October 9 federal election addressed a forum at the Australian National University organised by the National Tertiary Education Union.
The Liberal candidate for the seat of Fraser, Adam
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Politicians grilled about refugee policy CANBERRA — A jam-packed forum on June 22 of 220 people organised by the Refugee Action Committee grilled politicians and activists on their policy and actions towards refugees. ACT MLA Kerrie Tucker
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SYDNEY — "Viva Fidel" was the sentiment of the night as 350 people took part in a solidarity fiesta in support of the Cuban Revolution and its central leader Fidel Castro on August 13 — Castro's 80th birthday. Cuba solidarity activist and NSW
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Sue Bull, Melbourne Anonymous late-night phone calls, threats of jail for non-appearance at interviews or for withholding information, allegations of illegal conduct at events up to two years previously and closed courts — such police-state
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More unions and campaign groups have endorsed the national "End the lies" protests scheduled for the October 2-3 weekend, including the Western Australian branch of the Maritime Union of Australia. Following are some messages of support for the
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SYDNEY — Residents on Howard Avenue in Dee Why and Howard Street in Lindfield have shown their support for asylum seekers by displaying hearts in the windows of their homes. From Green Left Weekly, June 23, 2004. Visit the Green Left Weekly
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SYDNEY — On August 17, pro-choice students at Sydney University held a protest rally outside an anti-abortion forum organised by the university's Catholic chaplaincy. The forum was addressed by Terri Herring, the former president of Pro-Life
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SYDNEY — On May 23, David Burgess and Will Saunders gave $10,000 to Dr Salam Ismael from Doctors for Iraq. Burgess and Saunders were jailed for nine months in 2004 for painting "NO WAR" in giant letters on the Sydney Opera House two days before the
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Tony Iltis, Melbourne A mass meeting on September 8 of about 400 members of the Victorian branch of the Ambulance Employees Association (AEA) voted to reject offers put forward by the Metropolitan Ambulance Service and Rural Ambulance Victoria
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Fabian Loschiavo & Bea Brear, Sydney The waves crash onto the base of sheer cliffs on the ocean side. In the bay they are more gentle. The coloured sandstone — golden, purple and orange — shows itself among the native heath and shrubs. Old
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Another 'Mission Accomplished' "Hezbollah started the crisis. And Hezbollah suffered a defeat." — Emperor George Bush II, August 14. 'We was robbed!' "However hard [Israeli PM] Ehud Olmert tries to spin it, the UN ceasefire that began yesterday
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GYMPIE — Two successive rallies bringing out a total of 3000 people have been held in the last fortnight in the Mary River Valley to oppose Queensland Labor Premier Peter Beattie's $150 million proposed mega-dam. Up to 1000 residents are expected