PERTH — On January 11, around 30 people gathered outside the ANZ bank in the Murray Street Mall for a speakout against the bank's profiting from the war in Iraq.
The protest was called by Resistance to highlight the true nature of the US-led
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SYDNEY — A packed February 2 opening of When the World Said No to War — an exhibition of images from the global anti-war protests of February 14-15, 2003 — heard from John Pilger, whose comments on the anti-war movement's need for
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Dave Riley, Brisbane With the coronial inquiry still pending into the November death-in-custody of Cameron Doomadgee, the Queensland government and its police force have been able to avoid taking responsibility for the death. The inquest will
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Making a killing I "The US occupation authority that governed Iraq after the 2003 invasion did not properly safeguard [US]$8.8 billion of Iraq's money, leaving the funds open to corruption, a US audit released on Sunday has said... One of the main
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Paul Benedek, Brisbane On February 1, refugee-rights activists picketed Emirates Airlines in several cities. The airline is directly involved in forced deportations. On January 11, the federal Coalition government forcibly deported two asylum
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Kathy Newnam, Darwin The immigration detention centre at Coonawarra in Darwin will incarcerate Indonesians caught fishing in Australian waters, according to new plans announced by federal fisheries minister Ian Macdonald on January 31. The
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PERTH — The Socialist Alliance has announced that it will be running six candidates in the WA state elections, scheduled for February 26. Ian Jamieson and Sam Wainwright, two Fremantle wharfies, are running for the Socialist Alliance in the South
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Sue Bolton, Melbourne On February 1, workers employed by construction contractors on Esso's Bass Strait oil and gas platforms defeated an attempt by the oil company — the Australian subsidiary of ExxonMobil, the world's biggest oil corporation
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Sarah Stephen Cornelia Rau is a very unlucky woman. She suffers from schizophrenia and escaped from a mental institution in Sydney last April. She was taken to a Queensland police station by Indigenous people she had been living with, but instead
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#2 Sacked lifesavers picket base WOLLONGONG — The crew of Wollongong's Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter is continuing its five-week-long campaign to be reinstated. The crew was stood down on December 24 after voicing concerns about poor
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Jim McIlroy, Brisbane The pay rises of up to 27% over three years recently announced for the Queensland power industry were "some late justice" for the sacking of 700 electricity workers in 1985, according to Bernie Neville. Neville was a leading
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SYDNEY — One-thousand people reclaimed a main street of inner-city Sydney to dance to music and have fun on January 29. Speakers on the open mike discussed the war in Iraq. A prominent banner announced "Welcome Mamdouh" Habib. Photo by Norman