BY LISA MACDONALD
ARMIDALE — A May 8 public meeting discussed how to galvanise public support for ending the federal government's brutal asylum-seeker policy. The 50-strong meeting was titled "Refugees: what is to be done".
Organised by the
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BY SIBYLLE KACZOREK
DARWIN The fourth solidarity brigade to East Timor organised by
Action in Solidarity with East Timor/Action in Solidarity with Asia and
the Pacific will leave for Dili on May 13.
We will be helping build a well in
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
CANBERRA — "Protection overboard" was the theme of a May 9 Refugee Action Committee forum, attended by 140 people.
Former diplomat Tony Kevin, once the Australian ambassador to Cambodia, outlined evidence submitted to the
BY ROSA ZULU
HARARE — More 6000 workers gathered for the May 1 rally in the Gwanzura stadium here enthusiastically supported socialist MP Munyaradzi Gwisai's criticism of the participation of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Immigration minister Philip Ruddock announced on May 7 that Australia's immigration intake for 2002-03 would rise for the fifth consecutive year. The federal government will allow between 100,000 and 110,000 new migrants into the
BY TERRICA STRUDWICK
ROCKHAMPTON — Consolidated Meat Group employees voted to return to work on April 27 after a five-month dispute over a new enterprise agreement. However, CMG has broken its promise to reinstate all employees who were working
Representatives from nine Third World countries, led by Cuba, proposed during a February World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiation session that future agricultural trade rules should be geared towards meeting the Third World's development needs.
BY TERRICA STRUDWICK
The Australian government is using dental and wrist x-rays as a means of determining the age of refugees. Critics say these tests are highly inaccurate and scientifically unfounded.
Legislation was passed by the Senate in
BY BONNY CAMPBELL
SYDNEY — On May 7, about 80 protesters converged outside the Immigration and Population Conference at the Australian Technology Park in Redfern where immigration minister Philip Ruddock was due to speak.
Fortunately for
BY PIP HINMAN
SYDNEY — "We have no relationship with Indonesia anymore. We have to find our own way", was how Erwanto, a visiting Acehnese democracy leader summed up his people's determination to win their independence.
Speaking at a meeting
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