MELBOURNE — National Union of Workers Victorian secretary Martin Pakula has rejected claims made by Kemalex Plastics on May 23 that it is a small family-owned company that is struggling to survive.
Kemalex employs 200 people in Victoria and South
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The May 21 British Guardian reported that four jurors who acquitted four Algerians in the so-called ricin plot trial that ended at the Old Bailey the previous month have expressed outrage at the news that the government is seeking to deport three of
Jon Lamb, Darwin
A law and order auction is underway in the Northern Territory, as the Clare Martin Labor government and the Country Liberal Party opposition try to outbid each other on who can be the toughest on crime. Teen curfews, more police,
Kerryn Williams, Sydney
TAFE workers will join university staff around Australia on June 1 to protest the federal Coalition government's attacks on the tertiary education sector.
In NSW, TAFE employees will stop work to participate in city
Alex Bainbridge, Hobart
Prison reform activists have slammed the Tasmanian government for not listening to their concerns prior to a siege at Risdon Prison in the north-east of Hobart. Prisoners held a prison officer captive and took control of the
Sarah Stephen
On her first day of life outside the Villawood detention centre, three-year-old Naomi Leong was disoriented and distressed by the sight of cars, confused by all the trees.
Dr Louise Newman, a psychiatrist who assessed Naomi when she
Augustus Rumwaropen, lead singer, lyricist and guitarist of pioneering West Papuan rock outfit the Black Brothers died of a heart attack in Canberra, aged 52. The internationally acclaimed Black Brothers were forced to live in exile from their native
SOUTH AFRICA: Housing protests spread to Cape Town
Housing protests in Gugulethu and Khayelitsha, the huge impoverished "townships" that are home to many of Cape Town's working class and poor, erupted on May 23. These protests follow a wave of
On April 8, Mehmet Tarhan was arrested for "insubordination" after failing to serve his compulsory military service. Tarhan had declared himself a conscientious objector in 2001, but such status is not recognised under Turkish law. Tarhan fears he
Swedish activist, Johan Persson has become the 90th international peace activist to be deported by Israel since 2002. Persson was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces, as he took part in a non-violent action against the illegal Apartheid wall in
Doug Lorimer
On May 18, a briefing by top Pentagon generals conceded that the US would need to maintain the current numbers of troops in Iraq — 138,000.
According to a United Press International report published the next day, General John
Stuart Munckton
Speaking on his weekly television chat show on March 22, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that if Washington refuses to extradite Cuban terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, Venezuela could severe diplomatic ties between the two
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