Sarah Stephen
The rise in the Greens' vote in the March 27 NSW council elections, which almost doubled the 28 council positions they held previously, has firmly established the Greens as the third force in electoral politics.
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Message Stick: Kalkadoon Man — Follows one of Australia's most respected musicians, William Barton, on a 10-day quest to make a didgeridoo using traditional methods. ABC, Friday, April 9, 6pm.
The Pill — Conceived as a solution to the
Michael Karadjis
Clashes between Albanians and Serbs, involving firearms, grenades and rocks broke out on March 17 in the northern Kosova city of Mitrovica. They were sparked by the drowning of three Albanian children.
Tensions began in Caglavica
Norrian Rundle, Australian Education Union Victorian branch state councillor.
If we can't defend Craig, then whenever unionists break the law, they're going to be vulnerable to this sort of attack. Teachers need to understand that these laws can be
Rohan Pearce
Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network was originally not a terrorist organisation but as part of the ragtag group of warlords and Islamic religious fanatics trained and funded under the auspices of the CIA to fight against the left-wing,
Jefferson Lee
Est Timorese President Xanana Gusmao's wife, Kirsty Sword Gusmao, will be the guest of honour at a benefit night at the Sydney Town Hall, at 7pm on April 21. The event will raise funds for the Alola Foundation, which was set up by
Mondli Hlatshwayo, Johannesburg
Khanya College, one of South Africa's leading left-wing labour movement support organisations, and the Workers Library are fighting attempts to evict them from their historic premises in Johannesburg's Newtown arts
Simon Jones, Newcastle
On March 31, 550 people crowded into a public meeting against the NSW Labor government's planned part-privatisation of the Mater Hospital. The meeting was organised by the Newcastle Trades Hall Council's Defend Public Health
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"I think the marines will enjoy working in Fallujah. But they'll be bloodied." — Lieutenant Colonel Brian Drinkwine, commander of US Army's 700-member 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, speaking to reporters after the March 24
Bryan Sketchley, Melbourne
If any Victorian trade unionist had an inkling that Premier Steve Bracks' Labor government would deliver a half way decent deal for workers, they would, by now be sadly disappointed.
With the current round of enterprise
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