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Greenhouse gases: Australia tries to block agreement By Pip Hinman In a little more than six months, parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change, signed at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, will meet in Kyoto, Japan,
Fighting the system: young radicals' conference By Sean Healy "Fight the system" is the theme of the 26th national conference of the socialist youth organisation, Resistance. The conference, to be held in Melbourne July 3-6, is
Roisin McAliskey gives birth @box text intro = As Roisin McAliskey gave birth to a healthy 2.6 kg baby girl on May 26, international pressure redoubled on the British and German governments to quickly release mother and child. Roisin has
CPSU incumbents returned on reduced vote By Bruce Marlowe The Wendy Caird leadership of the Community and Public Service Union (CPSU) has been returned in elections for the main national office-holder positions in the union. With over 95%
Queensland public servants stop work By Jim McIlroy BRISBANE — Federal public servants throughout Queensland stopped work for half a day on May 29 as part of the Community and Public Sector Union's national campaign to protect Australian
Bendigo residents oppose open cut mining By Kerryn Williams BENDIGO — Driving along Kangaroo Valley Road, it is impossible to ignore the sentiment of residents against the proposed open cut gold mining project in Kangaroo Flat. Large
Some Mother's SonDirected by Terry GeorgeStarring Helen Mirren and Fionnula FlanaganNow screening in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney Review by Michael Heany Any visitor to Northern Ireland who keeps at least half an eye open will notice that politics
Censored rap By Sam Wainwright @box text intro = The ability of the ideas of the extreme right to penetrate France's state institutions was dramatically demonstrated in Toulon last year. Kool Shen and Joey Starr, singers with the rap group
Rally slams executions by Iraq By Sue Bull CANBERRA — Forty people rallied outside the Iraqi embassy here on May 30 to protest against executions of political prisoners by the Baghdad regime. Between February and April, 264 political
By Pip Hinman and Jennifer Thompson Coming in the wake of Pauline Hanson's strident anti-Asian views, the government's decision to cut the family reunion program — a move which will largely affect Asian migrants — reveals, once again,
By Sarah Peart More than 700 people attended some 40 events organised by Resistance and other East Timor solidarity groups during the week of action for a "Free East Timor and Democracy for Indonesia" from May 17-24. Organiser of the Sydney
Email workers' victory a test case By Sue Bolton MELBOURNE — On ABC-TV's Lateline program on May 28, Metal Trades Industry Association spokesperson Bert Evans said the Martin Bright workers' victory here was an example of the weakness of