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NT minister in denial

NT minister in denial BY ANDY GOUGH AND DAVE MURPHY DARWIN — Country Liberal Party MP Chris Lugg labelled the stolen generations "a fraud contrived by Aboriginal activists and their supporters and legal advisors" for the purpose of "obtaining

CPSU members deserve better

BY ANA KAILIS PERTH — Recently, the Western Australian branch of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) decided to discontinue the appointment of Sarah Harris to its delegation to the WA Trades and Labor Council (now known as Unions WA).

Write On

Write On Earlier protests Defining the beginnings of social movements and who started them is fraught with uncertainties. Green Left has published a theory about anti-nuclear movements and the anti-Vietnam War movement in Australia. Being a

The world according to Mr TV

The world according to Mr TV MR TVWritten and directed by Sean O'RiordanWith Andy Rodoreda, Tori Campbell, Yvette Alcott and Colin McCarlieTap GalleryDarlinghurst, SydneyThursday to Sunday until June 11 Review by Jonathan Singer In the 1980s,

LEBANON: South liberated from Israel's occupation

LEBANON: South liberated from Israel's occupation RAMALLAH, Palestine — On May 23, Israel's occupation of southern Lebanon finally collapsed as its local militia, the South Lebanese Army (SLA), crumbled as thousands of Lebanese residents moving

Loose cannons

The Indonesian people do? "The West might not understand our determination to make national reconciliation a priority." — Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, pledging to pardon former president Suharto if he is convicted of corruption. Or

NSW Labor pleases private sector — again

BY LACHLAN MALLOCH SYDNEY — The NSW Labor government has once again received warm ruling-class approval for its annual budget, announced by treasurer Michael Egan on May 23. A projected budget surplus of $659 million in 2000-2001, an earlier than

Protest hits Rio Tinto AGM

Protest hits Rio Tinto AGM BY BILL MASON BRISBANE — Hundreds of angry protesters gathered outside the annual general meeting of the mining giant Rio Tinto here on May 24, accusing the company of human rights breaches and destructive

INDONESIA: How the IMF feeds graft and corruption

The Seattle and Washington protests against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) have forced their chiefs into damage control. But despite all the PR bunk about the IMF and WB's "non-interference" in national economies, and their

Anti-GST protesters confront Costello

Anti-GST protesters confront Costello BY DANI BARLEY SYDNEY — "Tax the rich, not the rest, no GST", protesters cried as they confronted the federal treasurer, Peter Costello, speaking at a business forum on the tax organised by the Daily

Looking Out: I acknowledge your kindness

I acknowledge your kindness "Those who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of [the human] race is indiscriminate charity." — Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, "Wealth", From the North

University workers demonstrate against council

University workers demonstrate against council BY NICK FREDMAN LISMORE — All but three members of the Southern Cross University council slunk in the back door rather than face the 100 angry campus workers demonstrating outside for a better