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Poem: Necrojustice

Necrojustice we who lop tall poppies — mate covet justice and won't relent but daily strive to compensate voiceless victims long since sent from this weeping vale of submissions reports and appeals and Royal Commissions no statute

West Papuans forced out by PNG government

By Linda Kaucher The Papua New Guinea government has agreed to cooperate with Indonesia to return 3500 West Papuan refugees, who have already rejected voluntary repatriation. An agreement between PNG's foreign minister, Kilroy Genia, and his

Bob Pringle

Bob Pringle Bob was born in Queensland 54 years ago. He was the quintessential Australian knockabout. He had a variety of jobs in Queensland, including a stint at that back-breaking job, cane-cutting. He came to NSW and worked mainly as a

Cordillera peoples resist miners

By Maria Elena Ang The indigenous people of the Cordillera of Northern Luzon in the Philippines — the Kalingas, Kankanaeys, Sagadans, Bontocs, Ifugaos and Tingguians, collectively called Igorots by the Spanish conquerors — centuries ago

Postcard campaign against slave wages

Postcard campaign against slave wages By Kerryn Williams CANBERRA — On July 29, Young Christian Workers launched their postcard campaign against proposed changes to apprentice and trainee wages under the Howard government's Workplace Relations

Western Mining 'colludes with Philippines military'

By Norm Dixon Villagers in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao say that the Australian giant mining Western Mining Corporation (WMC) is colluding with the military to force indigenous people from their lands. The company has high hopes of

Counsellors risk contempt to protect confidentiality

By Pauline Groves NSW Attorney General Jeff Shaw has announced plans to introduce a bill to protect some confidential professional relationships, including those of counsellors, social workers and journalists. At present, professional conduct codes

Australian executives charged

By Norm Dixon Two senior Australian executives of a Canadian copper mining company operating on the central Philippines island of Marinduque have been charged with criminal negligence over a disastrous mine tailings accident. A massive pipe rupture

The People's Democratic Party

People's Democratic Party president Budiman Sujatmiko is a hunted man. The PRD headquarters in Jakarta and Surabaya have been raided by the military. The house in Semarang of the head of Student Solidarity for Indonesian Democracy (SMID), one of the

CFMEU fights for coverage at Dalrymple

By Jennifer Thompson The Australian Industrial Relations Commission is hearing an application by the CFMEU mining division for exclusive coverage of production workers in the central Queensland coal port, Dalrymple Bay. The dispute heated up in

A new way forward for the left?

Comment by Jonathan Strauss A recent ad in the Macquarie University student newspaper Arena reads: "If you're sick of left-wing groups that never do anything, so are we. We have no party line, no paper sales, no nostalgia and no leaders. Greens,

Write on: Letters to the editor

Write on: Letters to the editor East Timor This is to congratulate GLW, once again, on its East Timor coverage. More than any other publication I can think of, GLW challenges our assigned role as the "window-shoppers and clock-watchers of