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BY TONY ILTIS MELBOURNE — At a May 16 "people's inquiry" into the immigration detention centres held at the Inner West Migrant Resource Centre in Footscray, a panel of health workers formerly employed at the Woomera detention centre spoke out
ICAM — Julie Nimmo takes to the streets of Sydney's Waterloo to speak to Indigenous kids living rough. SBS, Thursday, May 23, 7.30pm. Unreported World: The Philippines — A look at the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group. Will the US "war against
BY JON LAND As the official festivities wind down in East Timor following the May 20 independence celebrations and the international dignitaries fly back to their comfortable and privileged lifestyles, a beckoning question for most East Timorese
BY KAMALA EMANUEL HOBART — At the next Tasmanian state election, the word "socialist" will appear on ballot papers for the first time since 1976. The Socialist Alliance was registered by the Tasmanian Electoral Office on May 16 and is one of only
BY ALISON DELLIT The Greens and the Democrats oppose the “anti-terrorism” legislation and will vote against it in the Senate. Attorney-General Daryl Williams has been under considerable criticism within the Liberal Party for the botching
2, 2002, Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism Bill 2002, Criminal Code Amendment (Suppression of Terrorist Bombings) Bill 2002, Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, ETA,
BY AMY PARISH WOLLONGONG — "Refugees are willing to contribute to society but the government won't let them", Afghan refugee Riz Wakil told a public meeting, organised by the Illawarra Refugee Action Collective, at the Thirroul Senior Citizens
BY ROHAN PEARCE A report released on May 13 by B'Tselem, the Israeli centre for human rights in the Occupied Territories, exposes the continuing illegal appropriation of Palestinian land by the Israeli government and Israeli colonial settlers.
BY RUSSELL PICKERING PERTH — A report tabled by Western Australia's Ombudsman on April 30 has revealed the violent and uncontrolled practices of the police who patrol the city's railways. As a result of the report, several cops are to
BY FIDEL CASTRO The following is an abridged version of a statement issued on May 10 by Cuban President Fidel Castro in response to allegations by the US government that Cuba is developing biological weapons (BW). John Bolton, an
BY NICK SOUDAKOFF The Solidarity of Philippines Workers (BMP) labour organisation was formed in 1993 emerged from the Communist Party of the Philippines-aligned May First Movement (KMU). Today, the BMP is the largest militant labour organisation in
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — Eighty-five people participated in a trade union seminar sponsored by the Socialist Alliance on May 11. The seminar's highlight was the presentations by union officials and political party representatives on unions