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Stop the Jabiluka mine! Marina Cameron Aboriginal and environment groups have united to campaign against the planned uranium mine in Kakadu National Park. They argue that the mine is irreconcilable with both the wishes of the
Rage Against Racism By Kathy Newnam BRISBANE — A Rage Against Racism was held at the University of Queensland on September 4. The event was organised by the RAGE ticket in the student union election. The money raised will go to
By Adam Hanieh While most international media have focused on the aftermath of the July suicide bombings and the effects on Palestinian/Israeli negotiations, a damning report by the Palestinian Legislative Council has escaped the attention of
Di is dead As if you did not know! No slim note squeezed into the obituary columns for this one. "DIANA, late of Windsor palace ... (etcetera)" is dead and buried. Amen to that, world. She's gone. Kaput. Passed on. Had her innings.
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Chilean-Australian refugee arrested returning to Chile By Neville Spencer Nelson Rivera, a Chilean refugee resident in Sydney for eight years, has been sentenced to 400 days in prison after returning to Chile to visit his ill mother. He was
Stop environmental racism in Nigeria: Boycott Shell! By Norm Dixon On November 10, 1995, the Nigerian military dictatorship hanged Ken Saro-Wiwa and nine other Ogoni leaders who had been framed on murder charges. Their true crime was
Taliban offers unconditional peace talks By Rupen Savoulian After many months of refusing even to contemplate talks with the Afghan opposition, the Taliban regime in Kabul has announced that it is will hold unconditional peace talks with
By Jo Brown SYDNEY — Sydney University is planning to build a private hospital on its main campus in conjunction with Health Care of Australia, a division of Mayne Nickless. The construction would involve the demolition of the Bosch lecture
By Adam Hanieh On 25 August, Palestinian prisoner Imad Sabi negotiated a "release" with the Israeli Security Service (Shabak). Imad Sabi agreed to four years of exile in exchange for his release from continued administrative detention (detention
Tax workers campaign against sackings By Ben Courtice MELBOURNE — Members of the Community and Public Sector Union Tax Section have begun rolling stoppages and pickets aimed at pressuring management not to sack staff. So far pickets have
By Eva Cheng Led by Washington, most advanced capitalist countries imposed economic sanctions on China after the Tiananmen massacre in 1989. The sanctions are still partially enforced, though now confined to "sensitive" technologies. But the big