CANBERRA — Chilean solidarity activists around Australia have been holding information evenings to raise awareness of the conditions of political prisoners being held in Chile and other Latin American jails.
Galvarino Sergio Apablaza Guerra, also
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Reconstruction "Iraq's interior minister was giving awards to 75 members of the Wolf brigade anti-insurgency unit Wednesday when the lights went out, a sign of the country's inability to restore basic services more than two years after the fall of
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MELBOURNE — Students occupied the Liberal Party's Victoria headquarters on June 2 in response to the federal government's proposed "voluntary student unionism" (VSU) legislation. One of the protesters, Julia Dehm, said: "The Coalition has made it
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@9point non= SYDNEY — An estimated 50,000 people turned up to hear at least 200 international and local writers and journalists speak during the May 23-30 Sydney Writers Festival. Renown Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki, interviewed by
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SYDNEY — "More than 3700 police from four regions arrested more than 800 people following Operation Supervikings", stated a NSW Police press release issued on May 29. The three-day operation ending May 29 targeted people in Sydney, Newcastle and
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CANBERRA — On June 16, a majority of the members of the ACT Legislative Assembly from all major parties, as well as church and community leaders, will sign on to a Refugee Rights Charter and a call for the national capital to become a "refugee
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ARMIDALE — On June 3, the University of New England Students' Association electoral tribunal overturned the results of a May 24-26 referendum regarding the association's affiliation to the National Union of Students, ordering a new ballot.
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MELBOURNE — The federal government's terrorism charges against Jack Thomas are aimed at making him a "scapegoat to cover up their own evil deeds", Tim Anderson told a public meeting on June 2. Anderson, who spent eight years in prison, wrongly
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Ron Perkins, Perth The Perth Convention Centre was filled on June 1 with one of the largest assemblies of trade union delegates since the fight-back against repressive industrial relations legislation in the mid-1990s under then-Coalition Premier
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Kerry Vernon, Newcastle On May 30, 900 Newcastle University staff attended a meeting to hear details of the university's plans for job cuts. They were told that 19% of the staff would lose their jobs almost immediately. Deputy vice-chancellor
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CANBERRA — A discussion paper released by ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope paves the way for formal recognition of same-sex unions in the ACT. The paper encourages submissions from the community to ascertain which of three models — marriage,
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Kerryn Williams, Sydney TAFE workers will join university staff around Australia on June 1 to protest the federal Coalition government's attacks on the tertiary education sector. In NSW, TAFE employees will stop work to participate in city