BY SARAH STEPHEN
On January 8, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act came into effect in Britain. Its impact on asylum seekers will be severe, withdrawing entitlements to living allowance and accommodation from those who do not claim asylum
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BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
On December 12, federal sex discrimination commissioner Pru Goward
released her final proposal for 14 weeks of government-funded paid maternity
leave, to be included in the 2003 federal budget.
Under the scheme,
BY DOUG LORIMER
For a year now, US President George Bush's administration's top foreign policy goal has been violent "regime change" in Iraq. On October 22, on the basis of a leak from the White House, the New York Times reported that the Bush
BY JODY BETZEIN
MELBOURNE — More than 350 people gathered at the state library on January 11 in a resolute display of support for refugees, following the series of fires in Australia's detention centres.
Speakers addressed what became the theme
national secretary John Percy; Sydney University student activist Ashisha Cunningham; former BHP steelworker now teacher Geoff Payne; Sudanese political refugee and refugee-rights activist Osama Yousif; feminist activist and trainee teacher at
Tears in our eyes, our hearts enveloped in sadnessGoing through the pain, sharing the griefFaces of Bali, faces of SIEV-X drowned at seaFaces of Afghans, faces from Iraq, from Palestine, from Kashmir, from Chechnya, from New YorkFrom every avoidable
BY
SARAH STEPHEN
Forging greater left unity through the Socialist Alliance and building
a mass movement in opposition to the US-led war against Iraq were the two
main priorities set for the coming year by the Democratic Socialist Party
BY ROBIN TAUBENFELD
BRISBANE — Police have suggested that the wheels are "now in motion" to close down the Narangba protest camp. The protest camp, which has maintained a 24-hour peaceful vigil opposite the proposed Steritech nuclear irradiation
BY
RICHARD INGRAM
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BY DALE McKINLEY
JOHANNESBURG — In the words of South African President Thabo Mbeki, "the question cannot be avoided for too long", especially in light of the recently concluded 51st national congress of the ruling African National Congress
BY ROHAN PEARCE
In a December 27 BBC radio interview, Ruud Lubbers, UN high commissioner for refugees, said that a war on Iraq "will be a disaster from a humanitarian perspective". This is confirmed by confidential draft UN report obtained by the
BY PETER ROBSON & LISA LINES
Refugees' rights protests organised at short notice in Adelaide and Newcastle helped to expose the media's lies about asylum seekers in the second week of January.
In Adelaide, 60 people attended a January 8 protest
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