Ranting Rummy tries Churchill impersonation "Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Tuesday compared critics of the Bush administration to those who sought to appease the Nazis before World War II, warning that the nation is confronting 'a new type
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CANBERRA — A new campaign urging the Howard government not to proceed with its proposed security treaty with Indonesia was launched on September 15 by former West Papuan politicians Willem Zonggonau and Clemens Runawery, and Greens Senator Bob
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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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LAUNCESTON — On September 16, 8000 people participated in a march and rally opposing a pulp mill on Tasmania's Tamar River. The pulp mill has been proposed by logging giant Gunns. The rally was organised by the Wilderness Society and Tasmanians
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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
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SYDNEY — On April 4, NSW Greens MP and infrastructure spokesperson Sylvia Hale moved in the NSW parliament to stop the state government from selling off the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme. Hale said: "This government's record on public
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Kylie Moon, Sydney On June 18, 20 people took to the Births, Deaths and Marriage Registrar to protest the passing of the Marriage Amendment Act. The day before, the bill, which outlaws same-sex marriage, was passed in federal parliament. The
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Sam Wainwright, Perth Forty workers known as the TCC 40 and their union, who were being sued by Total Corrosion Control under the Howard government's new anti-worker laws, claimed victory on September 21 when the company advised the Australian
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#3 Rock against Howard BRISBANE — Five-hundred people crammed into the Arena on September 16 for the Rock Against Howard national tour. Steve Towson, the Herd, Frenzal Rhomb and Democrats Senator Andrew Bartlett provided entertainment and
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Noreen Navin, Sydney Actively Radical TV, a community-based volunteer group that produces progressive programs, was suspended from broadcasting indefinitely on March 31. ARTV had been broadcasting on Channel 31 for more than 10 years until the
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Sarah Stephen, Sydney Up to 1000 asylum seekers remain behind bars in Australia's immigration detention centres, including 168 children. The majority are from war-torn countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq - places the Australian government