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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

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

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

SYDNEY — Addressing 60 people at the Parramatta Town Hall on July 25, ABC TV's NSW Stateline program presenter Quentin Dempster challenged the recent appointment of conservative historian Keith Windschuttle to the ABC's board of directors. Dempster

3 Iraq occupation 'root cause of violence' SYDNEY — On September 11, 85 people packed the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre to hear independent reporter John Martinkus and former human shield in Iraq Donna Mulhearn. Martinkus also screened his film

Kiraz Janicke, Sydney Federal Liberal MP Bronwyn Bishop has introduced a private member's bill to make it an offence to destroy or damage the Australian flag. The bill imposes a six-month prison sentence or a fine of up to $11,000. Resistance

News briefs #1 Murris march against ATSIC abolition BRISBANE — Around 200 Murris and supporters rallied in the Roma Street Forum and marched to the offices of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission on May 20. The protest

Dave Holmes, Melbourne Green Left Weekly has won the right to resume its Saturday morning stalls at the big Barkly Square shopping centre in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Brunswick. After years of responsible and trouble-free operation, Green

Kylie Moon, Sydney A national campaign has been launched by the Victorian branch of the Communication, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) to convince Australia Post (AP) workers to reject a proposed enterprise agreement, and to engage in a more

PERTH — On March 21, labour historian Michael Crosby presented the WA Labour History Society's annual Harold Peden Memorial lecture to 50 people at the Unions WA office. Crosby, author of Power at Work — Rebuilding the Australian Trade Union

Sue Bolton, Melbourne On May 10, at least 8000 trade unionists defied the employers, the federal and Victorian governments, the ACTU and the national officials of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union by rallying outside Melbourne's county

The November 15 mass protest of hundreds of thousands of people at more than 300 venues around the country revealed the overwhelming opposition to the federal government's attacks on working people and trade unions — and that large numbers of