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Simon Tayler, Sydney Transmission by Sydney's community TV station, Channel 31, ceased at midnight on April 23, after the current licence holders, TV Sydney (TVS), refused an offer by the previous licence holders, Community TV Sydney (CTS). TVS

Paul Oboohov, one of the Members First candidates in the watershed Community and Public Sector Union elections, spent last week campaigning in Canberra. The union elections are being held from November 18 to December 7, and Members First is

Dale Mills, Sydney On July 29, two anti-war activists who painted the words "No war" on the Sydney Opera House's main sail on March 18 last year argued in the NSW Criminal Appeal Court that they should have been allowed to put their defence of

SYDNEY - On March 16, 250 people attended an emergency rally initiated by the Stop the War Coalition (STWC) in response to the aerial bombardment and killings in Falluja, Iraq. Protesters marched to the US consulate, demanding "Iraq for the

Leslie Richmond, Adelaide On November 17, protesters rallied against the visit to Adelaide of US war secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who arrived to attend the annual Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN). The AUSMIN talks, at

CANBERRA — "Ideas to change the world" was the theme of the inaugural socialist ideas conference, held at the Australian National University on July 10. The conference brought together 60 socialists and activists to discuss imperialism,

Peter Boyle On February 23, Australian treasurer Peter Costello belted out this warning to Muslim migrants: "Before becoming an Australian you will be asked to subscribe to certain values. If you have strong objections to those values, don't come

Family values I "NEW YORK — Adelphia Communications Corporation founder John Rigas and his two sons siphoned millions of dollars from the [now bankrupt] company as if it were a 'private piggy bank', for everything from 100 pairs of bedroom

Kathy Newnam, Darwin On November 3, 100 people attended the Darwin premiere of Australian Atomic Confessions, a 48-minute film documenting the legacy of the 12 British nuclear-bomb tests carried out in Australia in the 1950s. Greg Young, the

The Melbourne North-East Activist Centre (formerly the Resistance Centre) on High Street, Northcote, is now closed, due to financial constraints. The Socialist Alliance will continue to meet at the Northcote Town Hall, 189 High Street, Northcote.

Duncan Meerding, Hobart The Socialist Alliance will be contesting Tasmania's March 18 state election, standing two candidates in the south of the state, in Franklin and Denison. The socialists will be running on a platform of opposition to the

Simon Tayler, Sydney Supporters of Sydney's only community television station - Channel 31 - were shocked to hear on March 18 that the station would be forced off the air as a result of a decision by the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) to