Virtual taxes
The issue of taxation on the internet has worried governments ever
since electronic business became a household phrase in the late 1990s.
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BY JOHN GAUCI
SYDNEY — On April 6, 140 people gathered in the Resistance Centre to hear speakers discuss the political crisis in Indonesia. The event was organised by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor. "In May 1998, Indonesian
BY NORM DIXON
An Indian Fijian rights group in Suva is seeking compensation from the Indian, Australian and British governments, reported the Times of India on April 3. The Peoples' Organisation for Indo-Fijian Rights and Land Resolution said these
BY VIRGINIA BROWN & SARAH STEPHEN
PERTH — This year's International Women's Day march here on March 10 was a huge success, with larger numbers marching with more energy and enthusiasm than for many years. There was also an unusually large number
BY JIM GREEN
By supporting the March 26-29 shipment of high-level radioactive waste from France to the German town of Gorleben, the German Greens have ditched all four elements of their original platform — environmental sustainability,
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — Forestry Tasmania's planned Southwood Resources woodchip mill in the Huon valley is under intense pressure from increased public opposition. This was reflected most strongly in a rally here of thousands of people on
BY SARAH PEART & JACKIE LYNCH
Activists around the country are once again practising their anti-corporate chants for the blockades of stock exchanges and business districts on May 1, buoyed by the success, beyond most people's imaginings, of the
BY FALEH A. JABAR
The once moribund Iraqi National Congress (INC) has apparently gained a new lease on life. After weeks of intensive talks in Washington, Ahmad Chalabi — leader of the self-appointed Iraqi opposition in exile — visited Iran to
BY FLAVIA CARABALLO
WOLLONGONG Residents in the Illawarra region are fighting Wollongong
City Council and the multinational Stockland company over a 428-lot housing
development planned for Sandon Point, Bulli. This piece of land is one
"Globalisation is about an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world; it is about international trade, investment and finance that has been growing far faster than national incomes." — James Wolfensohn, president, World Bank.
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