Indigenous women meet
MELBOURNE — On July 26, 200 people, mainly women, heard Aboriginal women discuss how to fight Howard and Hanson's racism and win justice for Aboriginal people.
Monica Morgan, a Yorta Yorta woman, explained that the only
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By Aaron Benedek
SYDNEY — Around 5000 people demonstrated against the racist policies of Pauline Hanson and John Howard on August 1. Commencing in Hyde Park, the march wound its way through the city to Howard's office, before finishing at First
Pauline Isn't There!
Ms Hanson is a clever cove, more cunning than you thinkFor she's the master trickster who, quicker than a blink,can escape the reach of logic and defy cool reason's stare —When you think you've spied the racist — why,
By Ben Reid
MELBOURNE — The state by-election in Northcote on August 15 will be an important event in Victorian politics. On July 29, One Nation announced Nikolas Kavalenka as its candidate. Kavalenka says he supports Pauline Hanson's statements
By Maung Maung Than
August 8 is the 10th anniversary of the brutal massacre of thousands of peaceful demonstrators in Rangoon. Opponents of the military dictatorship will be protesting outside the Burmese embassy in Canberra on August 7 and 8.
SYDNEY — It seems to be a particularly busy time for theatre here at the moment, more than our volunteer reviewers can keep up with. As well, many of the plays about to open have short seasons, and may disappear almost before a review appears. At
By Sean Healy
The July 24 and 28 actions by secondary students against Pauline Hanson's One Nation has given a new lease of life to all those angered by the rise of racism in Australia. But it has also outraged Hanson supporters (open or covert),
A spectre is haunting Hanson
The recent national high school walkout against racism has rattled Pauline Hanson and her One Nation chums. According to Hanson and minder David Oldfield, the action organised by the socialist youth organisation
Davids workers call for union and community support
By James Vassilopoulos
About 25 minutes' drive west of the Sydney CBD lies the suburb of Silverwater. Here is one of the two sites of the dispute between the National Union of Workers and
Mirrar elder wins international prize
By Rebecca Meckelburg
Yvonne Margarula, Mirrar elder and traditional owner of the land the Jabiluka mine is being built on, has been awarded a $10,000 anti-nuclear prize. According to Jacqui Katona,
Editorial: The costs of corporatisation
On July 30, nine days after the parasites giardia and cryptosporidium were first detected in Sydney's water supply, all the city's residents were informed that their tap water was unsafe to drink.
Despite a
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Abortion charges dropped
PERTH — Six months ago, Dr Victor Chan and Dr Hoh Peng Lee were charged under WA's Criminal Code for performing an abortion. They faced 14 years in jail. On July 30, the Director of Public Prosecutions, John
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