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  • Students protest WTO and war

    BY MEG WHITE-FOX & DANNY FAIRFAX SYDNEY — On October 30, 200 students congregated at Sydney University's Manning Bar to listen to a debate on the question, “Is the World Trade Organisation a positive step for world development?”. It

  • Loose cannons

    Whatever happened to user-pays? "A German intelligence-gathering operation went spectacularly wrong after bills for phone tapping services were sent to the people being bugged. About 50 people received the demands in mobile phone invoices." —

  • 'Don't go to war for Packer'

    ADELAIDE &#151 On October 29, around 100 people attended a public meeting in Adelaide organised by the Network Opposing War and Racism. The meeting was chaired by ABC radio personality Julia Lester. David Palmer, senior lecturer in

  • Thousands oppose war on Iraq

    HOBART — In the largest of several anti-war protests held around the country, 2000 people marched through the Tasmanian state capital on November 2. Green triangles, Socialist Alliance “No war on Iraq” placards, union

  • Labor MPs shut down local anti-war stall

    BY SUSAN PRICE& LIAM MITCHELL SYDNEY &#151 On November 2, members of the Labor Party attempted to have the Leichhardt Council close down a Socialist Alliance anti-war stall outside Norton Plaza. The Socialist Alliance (SA) has held a stall

  • Greens victory: 'a win for the local community'

    WOLLONGONG - The Greens' Michael Organ was officially declared the new member for the federal lower house seat of Cunningham by the Australian Electoral Commission on October 30. Responding to the announcement, Organ stated the

  • Action Updates

    Illawarra anti-war rally WOLLONGONG &#151 On November 2, 350 people attended a rally and march to stop the war on Iraq. Speakers included South Coast Labour Council secretary Arthur Rorris, Amy Parish from NoWar, Doreen Burrow from the

  • Bracks orders stop to logging in Goolengook

    MELBOURNE — On October 30, Victorian Labor Premier Steve Bracks ordered a moratorium on the logging of the Goolengook state forest in the East Gippsland. Under the moratorium, logging in the old-growth forest will be

  • Socialist Alliance candidate condemns ASIO raids

    SYDNEY — “The raids by armed secret police on a number of Muslim families in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth must be condemned by all who value democratic rights”, said Sam Wainwright, the Socialist Alliance candidate for the

  • 'Axis of greed' condemned at forestry protest

    LAUNCESTON &#151 One hundred people attended a demonstration against the Gunns woodchip company's forestry practices at its annual general meeting on October 31. One banner read "People don't kill forests &#151 Gunns kill

  • March to target WTO hypocrisy

    SYDNEY &#151 Federal trade minister Mark Vaile's confirmation on October 30 that the November 14-15 ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has been moved to the site of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games in Homebush

  • Anti-WTO coalition decides against united march

    SYDNEY — On November 1, the organising coalition for the November 14 rally against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) decided against a march. Instead, the coalition will leave it up to different contingents to hold their own