DARWIN — On May 6, Northern Territory Supreme Court judge Brian Martin told the Darwin Press Club that no civilised society should have allowed David Hicks to be detained at Guantanamo Bay for four years.
"Whatever one might think about what
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Peace activists in Australia participated in an international day of action on May 6 to demand 'Don't attack Iran!'. In Melbourne, protesters gathered outside the US consulate and heard speakers from the Medical Association for Prevention of War
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LITHGOW — On May 3, 25 people attended a forum on climate change organised by the NSW Greens and the Lithgow Environment Group. The forum was addressed by Greens campaigner John Kaye. The local campaign against the expansion of the nearby Mt Piper
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Amy McDonell, Canberra In an effort to counter ACT Labor Chief Minister Jon Stanhope's proposed Civil Unions Bill 2006, which would give legal recognition to same-sex partnerships, Liberal MPs introduced their own bill on May 3. It proposes setting
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Rachel Evans At its meeting on April 30, the ALP-led national executive of the National Union of Students (NUS) voted against organising a national day of protest in August against the Howard government's "voluntary student unionism" (VSU)
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Sue Bolton, Brisbane There were big turnouts for May Day marches across Queensland on May 1. Brisbane's march of 35,000 was much bigger than the usual May day turnout of 10,000. The Builders Labourers Federation had a 2000-strong contingent, and
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Alex Bainbridge, Sydney Sixty supporters of West Papuan self-determination held a flag-raising ceremony outside the Indonesian consulate in Maroubra on April 30. Joe Collins from the Australia-West Papua Association told the gathering that such
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Nick Everett, Canberra On May 2, 60 people attended an eyewitness report on Palestine co-sponsored by Green Left Weekly and Australians for Justice and Peace in Palestine. The forum was addressed by James Crafti, a member of the socialist youth
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LISMORE — In an action organised by the Northern Rivers Unionist Network, around 40 activists gathered on May 6 to mark May Day, entertaining passers-by with street theatre, and building the June 21 Lismore leg of the Your Rights at Work on the
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KATOOMBA — The Blue Mountains branch of the Socialist Alliance and Green Left Weekly held a May Day toast on May 1. Thirty people watched Actively Radical TV's newly released documentary about the campaign against the Work Choices laws, and were
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Dale Mills The national push for more police officers and powers has led to a public clash between Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner Mick Keelty and ACT minister for police Simon Corbell. Keelty, a regular on TV concerning the "war on
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CANBERRA — On May 5, Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union members protested outside the swish Holy Grail restaurant. The restaurant's owner owes $10,000 in unpaid wages to Dario DeGuzman, a Filipino guestworker. "Community pressure is