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On January 29, John Kobelke, minister for Consumer and Employment Protection, released Restoring Fairness, Balance and Certainty: Workers' Compensation Reforms. The document's introduction states that it is the final stage of checking before the legislation is submitted to parliament.

Leslie Richmond, Adelaide On November 17, protesters rallied against the visit to Adelaide of US war secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who arrived to attend the annual Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN). The AUSMIN talks, at

Peter Boyle In a May 25 column entitled "Split atoms, not hairs", the Sydney Daily Telegraph's infamous warrior of the right, Piers Ackerman, assures his readers: "Contrary to the grim maunderings of Australia's Green Left, there is no mystique

BRISBANE — On October 7, a snap protest was organised by the University of Queensland student union women's rights group outside the Liberal Party headquarters in Bowen Hills. The protest was in response to a Family First candidate's comments that

Kathy Newnam, Darwin On November 3, 100 people attended the Darwin premiere of Australian Atomic Confessions, a 48-minute film documenting the legacy of the 12 British nuclear-bomb tests carried out in Australia in the 1950s. Greg Young, the

James Caufield, Canberra On May 10, 100 people chanting "Refugees yes, racism no, Johnny Howard has got to go", rallied outside federal parliament. The demonstration was called by the Refugee Action Committee to protest against the introduction of

Paul Oboohov, Canberra On September 23, candidates for the October 9 federal election addressed a forum at the Australian National University organised by the National Tertiary Education Union. The Liberal candidate for the seat of Fraser, Adam

Andrew Martin, Brisbane On October 19, workers at James Hardie's Meeandah concrete pipe factory arrived for their usual start time of 6.30 am to find factory's gates locked. The company had initiated a 28-hour lockout in response to workers holding

Ray Fulcher, Melbourne David Hicks' US military lawyer Major Mike Mori told a packed audience at Melbourne University law school on April 6 that Hicks' trial was "politically motivated". Mori was delivering the law school's 2006 Alumni lecture,

More unions and campaign groups have endorsed the national "End the lies" protests scheduled for the October 2-3 weekend, including the Western Australian branch of the Maritime Union of Australia. Following are some messages of support for the

HOBART — Launceston City Council mayoral candidate Ted Sands has revealed that Boags, one of the two major breweries in Tasmania, pays the council only $50 a year for waste treatment, according to the October 18 Hobart Mercury. The company would

SYDNEY — Fifty-five people attended an April 4 forum at the University of NSW on "War and racism: why are Muslims targeted?" It was the first public event organised by the UNSW Students Against War. Waleed Khadous from the UNSW Islamic Society