BY ANDREW HALL
CANBERRA — Certified agreement negotiations in the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR), finalised with an all-staff vote on 18 December, were bitter and protracted. Department secretary Dr Peter Boxall, a
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BUENOS AIRES The anniversary of the Argentinazo, the popular
uprising which resulted in the fall of five successive presidents in two
weeks in December 2001, was marked by a massive demonstration here on December
BY PHIL GRIFFITHS
The rebellion at Australia's immigration detention centres was no surprise to most refugee advocates.
The government and the corporate media have lied about the cause of the fires. The first fire started at the new detention
Taking part in protests and demonstrations can be good for your physical and mental health, a British study released on December 23 has found.
Psychologists at the University of Sussex found that people involved in campaigns, strikes and political
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Since the December-January fires in five refugee prisons, there has been much corporate media attention on those charged, or accused (and locked up without charge) of starting them. But we have seen few reports of the brutal
BY ANDREW HALL
CANBERRA — Activists have taken to the streets in support of refugees in increased numbers early in 2003 to explain why refugees have a cause to rebel.
An emergency Refugee Action Committee meeting on January 6 was attended by
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
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
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