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Defence Department opposes nuclear dump By Molly Wishart Chiefs of the three defence forces and the secretary of the federal Department of Defence have written to the government expressing opposition to hosting a nuclear waste dump on land used
By Kylie Moon BANKSTOWN — A major victory has been won by the students at the University of Western Sydney-Macarthur's (UWSM) Bankstown campus, a result of a 14-day long occupation of the Student Information Centre which ended on November 10. The
By Peter Boyle SYDNEY — The Carr Labor government of NSW has passed legislation making it almost impossible for political smaller parties without a lot of money to run in state elections. All parties will have to pay $2000 to register and submit
Australia gets greenhouse gong By Jim Green The Australian government has been gonged for its performance in derailing climate change negotiations at the international climate change conference in Bonn, Germany, held from October 25 to November
Union members support sector-wide campaign The Family and Community Services section council of the Community and Public Sector Union passed a motion on November 4 calling for a union campaign for a public service-wide agreement on pay and
The world cop and Afghan women "I think that what has happened to the women and children of Afghanistan is atrocious. The first lady and I had an event at the White House to highlight that on Human Rights Day, including having two Afghan women
In Dili, more than 10,000 East Timorese marched through the streets on November 12 in a solemn commemoration of friends and relatives killed in the 1991 massacre by Indonesian troops at the Santa Cruz cemetery. It was the first such commemoration
Reclaiming the language of East Timor By Jon Land Standard Tetum-English DictionaryBy Dr Geoffrey HullAllen and Unwin$24.95 As the transition to independence begins in East Timor, a debate around language is assuming critical importance. What
By Boris Kagarlitsky and Renfrey Clarke In the East there is a proverb: "Don't brag when you're on your way to war". Russian President Boris Yeltsin's generals have obviously never come across this saying. They still have not won a major battle in
Two arrested at bridge protest By John Nebauer ADELAIDE — Builders are preparing to sink pylons for the controversial Hindmarsh Island bridge, sparking a new outbreak of anti-bridge protests. Two people were arrested at a protest near the
The Wall What could be more symbolic than thousands of people using their bare hands, chisels and sledgehammers to pull down a wall? Not just any old wall. Not a partition some renovating yuppie decided simply had to go in order to justify the
The Susan G. Komen race for the cure By Brandon Astor Jones I have before me the first page of the D-section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It carries a photograph of Atlanta's Piedmont Avenue. From curb to curb it is covered with