In the space of a week, the federal government shocked the world by voting against an optional protocol to the United Nations convention against torture, then aggressively dismissed a UN report which was highly critical of Australia's policy of
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Pakistani teachers arrested
Some 200 teachers were arrested in Lahore on July 29. They were about to
protest against the Punjab provincial government's decision to privatise
schools. Hundreds of cops had been deployed since early
BY MELANIE SJOBERG
SYDNEY — An early morning protest outside the NSW Department of Housing's Liverpool head office on July 30 turned into a 24-hour stop-work, as some 300 workers expressed their disgust with a management proclamation that they
BY MURRAY ADDISON
AUCKLAND On July 27, New Zealand's third general election held
under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) electoral system
election was held. The campaign was notable for the few issues raised and
BY NORM DIXON
US President George Bush will order a massive military attack on Iraq sometime in the next six months. However, the US ruling class has yet to agree on exactly how the war will be conducted, what its eventual scale will be or on its
Strict interpretation
You'll notice that I never said she should resign, Democrats Senator
Andrew Murray told a July 30 press conference, a day after explaining that
Natasha Stott Despoja's leadership of the party was an
BY JIM GREEN
On July 26,
the federal government released a draft environmental impact statement
about the planned national radioactive waste dump near Woomera in South
Australia and a fine farce the EIS is, too.
The government
BY FELICITY MARTIN
MELBOURNE "We are not your enemies" was the message given by temporary protection visa holder Qureshi, at the Trade Unionists for Refugee Rights (TURR) kit launch at the Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) August 1.
SYDNEY — On August 13, Dendy Opera Quays Cinemas' will screen two of John Pilger's acclaimed The Timor Conspiracy and his latest documentary, The New Rulers of The World.
Pilger is a renowned Australian journalist and documentary filmmaker whose
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Dressed in riot gear, British police and immigration officers broke down the door of a mosque in Lye, West Midlands, with a battering ram in the early hours of July 24. Two Afghan asylum seekers who had sought sanctuary there 28
BY TERRICA STRUDWICK
ROCKHAMPTON On July 29, Consolidated Meat Group decided to close
the Lakes Creek meatworks after a seven-month industrial dispute. The 600
remaining staff, including management, have been laid off.
The dispute
BY NORM DIXON
US soldiers removed vital evidence from the scene of the July 1 wedding massacre in Oruzgan province, Afghanistan, according to a preliminary United Nations report leaked to the London Times.
The details were published in the Times
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