DARWIN — A small group gathered outside the SkyCity Casino on February 28 to protest against a planned nuclear waste dump and the expansion of uranium mining, which were being discussed at an industry seminar inside. The protesters highlighted
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Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union has launched a new website in the lead-up to its 75th anniversary on March 26. The site will include information on the activities of the youth union, the Vietnam Union of Youth Associations and the Ho Chi
Jess Moore, Wollongong
The National Union of Students (NUS) has abandoned the campaign against the Howard government's "voluntary student unionism" (VSU) legislation. This is despite last December's NUS national conference voting to continue with
Peetee Lloyd, Hobart
On March 1, 300 people opposed to the proposed Tamar pulp mill gathered at Hobart's Town Hall to hear about the effects of the proposal on our environment.
Vica Bayley from the Wilderness Society, who hosted the forum, gave a
Paul Benedek, Brisbane
"Mulrunji was arrested on November 19, 2004, [for drunkenness] and 75 minutes later he was dead in his cell", Murri leader Sam Watson told a meeting here on March 1. "This fit man had four broken ribs and his liver was split
Kim Bullimore, Melbourne
On March 1, 160 people packed out the Kaliede Theatre to hear former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg speak live from England via video conferencing hookup. The public forum, organised by the Civil Rights Defence
CANBERRA — The date for warmongering British Prime Minister Tony Blair's visit to Australia has now been confirmed. Join the protest at parliament lawns on March 28 between 10.30am and 1.30pm to give Blair the "welcome" he deserves. The
Coral Wynter, Caracas
During the January World Social Forum, Medea, a spokesperson from the US women's organisation Women in Pink, asked that women organising International Women's Day events this year incorporate opposition to the war in Iraq as
Jon Lamb, Darwin
The February 23 decision by NT environment minister Marion Scrymgour to reject the expansion of the McArthur River lead and zinc mine on environmental grounds has prompted a huge campaign by businesses and the mining lobby to get
Bringing down a corrupt system
Peter Boyle
So the Howard government has been forced to admit that a cable was sent in 2000 to a variety of its ministers, including PM John Howard and then-defence minister John Moore, warning of kickbacks in the
Ian Jamieson, Fremantle
Rail-line construction contractor Leighton-Kumagai has threatened to sack and sue about 430 of its employees — all members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) — who are working the city end of
Zoe Kenny
On February 25, the five-day blockade by several hundred West Papuan villagers of the sole access road to Freeport's Grasberg mine was called off. The villagers achieved their modest goal of retaining the right (although formally illegal)
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