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"Iraq has unique characteristics that distinguish it." — US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, October 18, responding to a reporter's question: "If Iraq's a candidate for pre-emptive military action because it might be
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The latest in a series of Socialist Alliance-initiated Sydney suburban rallies against war on Iraq took place in Newtown on October 18. The rally was addressed by Socialist Alliance candidates for Marrickville (Sue Johnson) and Port Jackson (Paul
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CAIRNS — Non-nursing health unions have agreed to the enterprise bargaining agreement offered by the Queensland health department which involves a pay rise of 3.5% per annum, back-paid to June 1, and retention of many of the
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SYDNEY — On October 14, a meeting of the Palm Sunday Committee agreed to establish a new coalition of Sydney anti-war groups to organise a "walk against the war" on November 30 around the slogans "No war on Iraq! No Australian
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SYDNEY Reporting on its 2002 readership survey, the October 10 Sydney Star Observer stated that the gay and lesbian market remains buoyant, despite the difficulties faced this year by peak event-based community
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BRISBANE The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) University of Queensland branch has launched a Save our George campaign to win the reinstatement of associate professor George Lafferty. In August, Lafferty, who was employed by the UQ
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BRISBANE — Trade unions need to more actively support refugees' rights and expose their members to the truth about the plight of asylum seekers and the evils of Australia's refugee detention centres. This was the theme of a
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Palestine forum BRISBANE — "For a day, the Palestinians felt that the whole world had not forgotten them", Eric Storlie, a peace activist recently returned from the Israeli-occupied West Bank, told a forum and video night at the Resistance
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NEWCASTLE — An angry crowd of staff and students confronted Newcastle University vice-chancellor Roger Holmes on October 16 as he attempted to justify plans to close the Huxley Library and replace it with an electronic
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SYDNEY — The 35th anniversary of the death of Ernesto Che Guevara was marked with a seminar, entitled "Latin America's struggle for justice". More than 100 people participated. The gathering was initiated by Committees in
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Only one year ago yesterday, we too lost our brothers and sisters to the violence and injustice that stalks humanity right across the globe, refugees' rights activist Kathy Newnam told people gathered in Newcastle's Civic
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SYDNEY On October 10, unionists gathered outside the Hilton hotel to protest the proposed sacking of 450 workers. Photo by Amy McDonnell. From Green Left Weekly, October 16, 2002. Visit the Green Left Weekly home page.