BY RACHEL EVANS
MELBOURNE — In a sign of growing support for refugees' rights, the Dundas Street Centre in Thornbury — an offshoot of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in Footscray — has begun operation. The centres are not funded government
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BY GILLIAN DAVY
MELBOURNE — A forum convened on July 25 by the RMIT branch of the National Tertiary Education Industry Union (NTEU) expressed vehement opposition to the university's proposal to tender for the delivery of "educational and
BY JIM GREEN
A shipment of mixed uranium and plutonium oxide (MOX) nuclear fuel travelling from Japan to England has generated a storm of protest because of the safety risks it poses and the additional risk of nuclear weapons proliferation.
Two
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Immigration department guidelines for journalists visiting immigartion detention centres state that they "may not interview any person who is detained under Australia's immigration law" and "will not photograph/film people in
BY SUE BOLTON
SYDNEY — The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union national conference, held July 21-25 at Sydney's plush Parkroyal Hotel, adopted a series of rule changes which strip decision-making power from state branches and shift it to the
Reasons to Be Cheerful: From Punk to New Labour through the Eyes of a Dedicated TroublemakerBy Mark SteelScribner, 2002277 pages, $18.95 (pb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
"It's hard enough being a nineteen-year-old boy as it is, spun through a
Museworthy: Suffering, Related to 'Ownership'
Privilege —someone else's suffering.
What I should haverefused
before I neededto give it away.
Sing Your Heart
Sing your heart
Don't wait for newsfrom the outside world
Ferris wheels
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — Queensland nurses were threatened with disciplinary action only hours after industrial bans were lifted, according to the Queensland Nurses Union (QNU). The bans were lifted following a July 24 arbitration commission
BY PIP HINMAN
Seven activists from the Acehnese Democratic Women's Organisation
(ORPAD), including a high school student, were arrested while staging a
peaceful protest on July 16 in the territory's capital Banda Aceh. They
were demanding
BY MARGARET ALLUM
Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too)Directed by Alfonso CuaronStarring Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna and Maribel VerduScreened at the 49th Sydney Film Festival, June 7-21
Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too) was the film
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