By Brian Campbell
All 25 members of the National Executive of Herri Batasuna (the party of left-wing Basque nationalism) have been threatened with jail. The Spanish authorities accuse them of being agents of ETA, which is engaged in an armed
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By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — After months of stalling by the state Liberal government and significant industrial action by education workers, the dispute over wages and workload appears to have entered a new phase with the intervention of a full
By Tuntuni Bhattacharyya and Pat Brewer
On September 26, a 90-strong meeting called by the Women's Abortion Action Campaign discussed the implications of the current High Court case involving the legality of abortion, in which the Catholic Church
By Russel Norman
AUCKLAND — It's a beautiful sunny day, the first day it hasn't rained in months. Winston Peters, the leader of the New Zealand First Party, has gambled on an open air campaign launch for the October 12 election and has won. God
By Sam Wainwright
PARIS — Ten thousand people marched through the streets here on September 22 to protest against the visit by the pope. People lined the streets as the demonstrators chanted "Kick out the pope and his clergy, not the immigrants"
By Dave Riley
The O'Tooles were the first in our street to get television. It was 1956, the Melbourne Olympics were on and our biggest treat was to be invited to their lounge room to watch the magic. Young Peter O'Toole, was forever going on about
By Sarah Peart and Marina Cameron
SYDNEY — On September 23, 50 students staged a sit-in at a conference on "Higher Education in a Changing Environment" which was attended by vice-chancellors and at which Amanda Vanstone was scheduled to speak.
Child-care cuts anger community
By Ana Kailis
PERTH — Carewest, an umbrella organisation for all community child-care centres, has been established in Western Australia to organise and mobilise child-care workers and parents in opposition to
Majorities need not apply
"Welcoming Mr Howard, [Indonesian dictator Suharto] said Indonesia was developing its own brand of democracy where 'there is no place for a dictatorship of the majority'." — Sydney Morning Herald, September 17.
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By Leon Harrison
PERTH — A bill to outlaw discrimination against gays and lesbians in WA was defeated on September 18. As a result, it remains legal to discriminate against homosexuals in employment, housing and provision of public services. WA
The international Rainforest Action Network has issued an action alert concerning rainforests in Nigeria's Cross River State, home to an astounding variety of animals, including one third of Africa's primates and more than 1000 species of
Candle Day
Amnesty International's annual fundraising Candle Day will take place on Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26. Volunteers will be in the streets selling badges and candles to support Amnesty's work. The organisation defends the
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