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NSW postal workers strike to defend jobs Jenny Long, Sydney On February 12, Australia Post parcel workers struck for 24 hours over proposed network and technology changes that will undermine jobs, wages and conditions. The Communications,

Chris Williams, Wollongong Residents of Thirroul, a suburb north of Wollongong, are outraged at plans to redevelop the Beaches Hotel site in the main street. Wests Illawarra Leagues Club has submitted a development application to Wollongong City

Bob Elliston, Hobart A five-year campaign to save part of historic Recherche Bay, in south-east Tasmania, has been won, with all parties involved having achieved a satisfactory resolution. The agreement was announced on February 8 by Labor Premier

Sarah Stephen, Sydney On January 31, 47-year-old former Afghan diplomat Naqib Ahmed Noori was released from Villawood detention centre after six years and four months of imprisonment. Noori, a former member of the People's Democratic Party of

SYDNEY — At least 120 people assembled outside the Egyptian consulate here on July 15 to condemn Israel's aggression against Palestine and Lebanon. The protest, called by Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia, also condemned Arab leaders, particularly Egyptian

Ian Jamieson, Fremantle In an Australia-wide precedent, waterside workers in Fremantle have won the right to insist on safety standards on ships bearing asbestos. During the Christmas break, wharfies employed by Patricks came across suspicious

Noreen Navin, Sydney After a drawn-out absence from Community TV Sydney (TVS), Actively Radical TV (ARTV) has been reinstated to the community station, Channel 31. However, the conditions imposed by TVS management are unnecessarily onerous.

Graham Matthews, Sydney On July 18, NSW police minister Carl Scully, accompanied by assistant police commissioner Graeme Morgan, held a media conference to announce the final results of strike force Enoggera — the police task force charged with

PERTH — On June 25, 50 people attended a rally organised by the Refugee Rights Action Network (RRAN) for World Refugee Day, to protest the Australian government's refugee policies and legislation that would send asylum seekers who arrive in

Alex Bainbridge Central Sydney was filled with throngs of people — many from the Lebanese and Palestinian communities — as 20,000 people marched on July 22 to protest the bitter injustice of Israel's latest offensive against Lebanon and

Geoff Payne, Newcastle The Queen's Birthday weekend conference of the NSW Labor Party rejected a motion, moved by the Newcastle State Electorate Council, supporting the rank-and-file preselection of Bryce Gaudry, the member for Newcastle since

Kerry Smith Byron Bay woman Frankie Lee was arrested outside a Japanese Airlines office on July 31 while calling on people to boycott Japanese products and services while Japan continues its whale-killing industry. Lee was charged with not following