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  • New anti-war coalition launched

    SYDNEY &#151 A "No War on Iraq" coalition was founded at a meeting on August 22 attended by representatives of the Greens, the Socialist Alliance, the Worker Communist Party of Iraq, as well as the National Union of Students, Labor

  • Afghan refugee speaks at La Trobe Uni

    BY KATIE NEVILLE & ADAM BOTTOMLEY MELBOURNE — Sydney Afghan temporary protection visa holder Riz Wakil spoke to an audience of 120 people at an August 14 campus meeting organised by the La Trobe University Refugee Action Collective.

  • Tent embassy under assault

    CANBERRA &#151 The 30-year-old symbol of the fight for Indigenous justice, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy on the lawns in front of Old Parliament House, is facing serious threats of removal. This follows hard on the heels of the July

  • Nando's mocks refugees' plight

    South African-based fast food chain Nando's has come under fire for a radio advertisement that mocks the desperate situation refugees face in Australian detention centres. The ad, which was pulled after a deluge of

  • Sydney Social Forum launched

    SYDNEY — On August 15, 80 people attended an information night at the Tom Mann Theatre to learn more about the upcoming Sydney Social Forum, which will be held on September 21-22 at the University of Technology, Sydney. Two

  • Arrests at Narangba site

    BRISBANE — Construction of Steritech's food irradiation facility at Narangba has resumed after police broke a protest picket on August 13. No work had been done at the site since 200 people picketed on August 7. The

  • Health workers prepare 24-hour strike

    BRISBANE &#151 Public hospitals in Queensland face another 24-hour strike within weeks unless the state government boosts its wages offer to non-nursing staff. Union delegates for Queensland Health employees on August 15 resolved to

  • Local residents organise against Blackshirts

    MELBOURNE &#151 To respond to the increasing activities of the misogynist Blackshirts, the Diversity and Safety Community Network was formed on August 7 at a meeting of 25 local residents and activists in Brunswick. The

  • Progressives do well in NTEU election

    BALLARAT &#151 Progressives have done well in the July 10-22 National Tertiary Education Industry Union (NTEU) elections. In the poll for national office bearers, the incumbents were returned. Carolyn Allport was returned as

  • Building unionist threatened with jail

    MELBOURNE &#151 As the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry began sitting again in Melbourne, a union leader has been threatened with imprisonment, a former union leader has condemned union activities and 5000

  • Miriuwung-Gajerrong people win limited native title rights

    BY SEAN MARTIN-IVERSON PERTH &#151 An August 8 High Court ruling on the Miriuwung and Gajerrong people's native title claim to their land in east Kimberley acknowledged that they retain limited traditional ownership rights. The ruling is

  • 'Terror laws' discussed

    MELBOURNE — More 100 people attended the “'War on Terrorism': Democracy Under Challenge” conference in Melbourne on August 9. The conference was hosted by the Victoria University law school and supported by the Federation of