By Eva Cheng
Two days after the close of the May 12-16 rolling general strike led by hospital and metalworkers, the South Korean government issued arrest warrants for many union leaders, including those who led the nine-day subway workers' general
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Liz Wheeler
PM John Howard has made many comments over the past month about the East Timorese people's need for security and stability. His concern about East Timorese people in Australia's backyard is welcome, but he appears to have forgotten
More taxes, more cuts in SA
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — The state Liberal government crowed on May 27 about delivering a "balanced budget" for the next financial year. Treasurer Rob Lucas laid the blame for tax hikes on those who opposed the
It is ironic that on the day the Business Review Weekly released its Rich 200 list, the Australian Democrats and the Coalition agreed on a GST deal to make those on the list even richer.
Australia's richest tycoons increased their wealth by $9
By Russel Norman
AUCKLAND — Legislation to establish a royal commission into genetic engineering and to place a moratorium on genetic engineering field trials and commercial genetically engineered production has been rejected by the New Zealand
Giving the Democrats a serve
For many years, callers looking for the Australian Democrats have rung the Democratic Socialist Party after being given its number by directory assistance. Usually, DSP activists tell the confused callers that the
Antarctic meltdown: can we stop it in time?
By Norm Dixon
You stumble out of bed in bare feet to make that pot of coffee to start the heart, you approach the fridge and — step in a huge puddle of chilly water. Somebody didn't shut the fridge
Adelaide Sorry Day commemoration
By Bronwen Beechey
ADELAIDE — Around 500 people gathered on May 26 for a "Journey of Healing" to mark the first anniversary of Sorry Day and the second anniversary of Bringing Them Home, the report on the
On the campaign trail with the PRD
By Karen Fredericks and Edward Johnstone
JAKARTA — "First it waged its battle in the streets. Then it went underground. Now it is contesting the general election in the open in order to promote its own brand
By Francois Vercammen
In September, Gerhard Schröder promised that German troops would go outside Germany only with a UN mandate. But the chancellor used the recent Social Democratic Party (SPD) congress to block a left-wing motion opposing a
Turkey prepares show trial for Ocalan
By Norm Dixon
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan has already been judged and sentenced to death by the Turkish regime — all that remains is the formality of the stage-managed "trial" that
Tasmanian budget fails health and child-care
By Tony Iltis
HOBART — Rising gambling tax revenues and a 5% levy on household electricity bills allowed the Tasmanian ALP government to boost some public spending and deliver a budget with a surplus
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