Kautsar, chairperson of the Acehnese Peoples Democratic Resistance Front (FPDRA), attended the second Asia Pacific International Solidarity Conference in April to build support for the Acehnese people's struggle for self-determination. Kautsar spoke
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Because Grandmagrew old twiddlingthumbs, hands clasped, eightfingers locked together neatas a carpentry join,thumbs barreling roundand round, over andover in useless activityreleasing the blocked energy— the hint was there.
Yet I lived without
Museworthy: Smile (Affirmative Action)
I was a tooth on an adAnything brightAnd white white white
For the audition they saidShow us what you can doAnd I sat rooted to the spotLooking as much like a toothAs I could
There was a black woman
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Immigration minister Philip Ruddock announced on May 7 that Australia's immigration intake for 2002-03 would rise for the fifth consecutive year. The federal government will allow between 100,000 and 110,000 new migrants into the
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
CANBERRA — "Protection overboard" was the theme of a May 9 Refugee Action Committee forum, attended by 140 people.
Former diplomat Tony Kevin, once the Australian ambassador to Cambodia, outlined evidence submitted to the
Disaster Day
On October 19, 2001, an asylum-seeking vessel sank and 353 refugees drowned while on the way from Indonesia to Christmas Island.
If we are to accept the possible explanation by former Australian diplomat Tony Kevin, writing in the
BY ROHAN PEARCE
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit to Washington presented few surprises. It was so predictable that journalists could have written the story even before he left Israel. US President George Bush backed Sharon's bloody
The rise and fall of the Pankhursts
The Pankhursts
By Martin Pugh
Allen Lane, Penguin Press, 2001
537 pages, $49.95 (hb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
What foul crimes did this family commit? Emmeline and her daughters
Christabel,
BY TERRICA STRUDWICK
The Australian government is using dental and wrist x-rays as a means of determining the age of refugees. Critics say these tests are highly inaccurate and scientifically unfounded.
Legislation was passed by the Senate in
BY TERRICA STRUDWICK
ROCKHAMPTON — Consolidated Meat Group employees voted to return to work on April 27 after a five-month dispute over a new enterprise agreement. However, CMG has broken its promise to reinstate all employees who were working
BY ROHAN PEARCE
Soldiers and officers continue to refuse to serve in Israel's reoccupation of the West Bank and Gaza. More than 450 reserve officers have signed the "Combatants letter", a statement pledging refusal to "continue to fight beyond the
BY NIKKI ULASOWSKI
Plans for large protests on June 22-23 to "welcome refugees and end mandatory detention" are well underway in cities across Australia. Rallies and marches are already being planned for the weekend, which falls within World
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