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  • Anti-nuke dump make inquiry submission

    Kathy Newnam, Darwin Opponents of the nuclear industry took their message to the federal parliamentary inquiry into uranium resources when it met in Darwin on October 24. Deceptively calling itself "the inquiry into developing Australia's

  • 'End the lies!'

    Duncan Meerding & Jim McIlroy More cities have now taken up the call to hold demonstrations in the week prior to the federal election. The Hobart Peace Coalition has initiated a broad group to organise an "End the lies" rally — a similar theme

  • Resistance pledges support for Iraqis

    Chris Atkinson, Melbourne "We support the mounting campaign of the Iraqi people to rid their country of foreign military occupation", said Adelaide Resistance activist Amy McDonell in the opening report of Resistance's national conference on April

  • Strike at Glebe Island car terminal

    SYDNEY — Members of the Maritime Union of Australia employed at the Glebe Island car terminal refused to go to work on October 14 after hearing of a NSW Labor government plan to fast-track the site's closure. With the support of Unions NSW and the

  • Detention centre vigil

    Phil Chilton, Perth For the second time in a month, 30 refugee-rights activists maintained a vigil outside the Perth Immigration Detention Centre on July 17. Nine people stayed overnight. The vigil was initiated by the Refugee Rights Action

  • Stronger left vote in NSW council elections

    Iggy Kim, Sydney The March 27 NSW local government elections resulted in an increased vote for candidates whose general policy positions are to the left of the ALP, with the Greens registering significant improvements. The Greens more than

  • Loose cannons

    Unreasonable lies "One fact is now clear: before the war, the United States intelligence community told the president, as well as the Congress and the public, that Saddam Hussein had stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and if left

  • Victory for victimised guest workers

    A victory BBQ was held in Canberra on February 24 for three Filipino guest workers who spoke out against racist harassment and wage discrimination by their employers in the hospitality industry. The Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union

  • Channel 31 fights to stay on air

    Simon Tayler, Sydney Sydney's community TV channel, Channel 31, will remain on air for now, after a win in the courtroom for the many supporters of the station's current broadcasters. On March 18, the Australian Broadcasting Authority announced

  • News Briefs

    SYDNEY — On March 8, a police officer approached a bookstall at the University of NSW, staffed by members of the socialist youth organisation Resistance, and told them that unless they stopped handing out leaflets, the students could "disappear

  • Loose cannons

    The Lucky (for some) Country "In just 15 years the average yearly income of some of Australia's most powerful chief executives has risen 564 per cent to $3.4 million, new research shows. Between 1990 and 2005 the average annual regular cash

  • IWD: 'no sexism, no war!'

    IWD: 'no sexism, no war!' Erin Cameron, Melbourne On March 6, 250 people attended an International Women's Day march under the banner "Women against war, racism and sexism". Aboriginal rights activist Leonora Jackson explained the extreme