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BY MARY MERKENICH MELBOURNE — Opponents of the Howard government's policy of mandatory detention of "illegal" refugees are planning to converge on the Baxter detention centre outside Port augusta over the Easter weekend, April 18-21. Baxter is
BY IAN JAMIESON FREMANTLE — After nine months of national and local negotiations, wharfies employed at P&O Ports are being forced by maritime union officials to accept an enterprise bargaining agreement for the next two-and-a-half years,
Hellfire Now that John Howard has seen the results of the conflagration in the ACT where hundreds of homes, public health laboratories, a fire station, a sewerage treatment plant and a high school have been destroyed perhaps he has developed an
BY ELENA JEFFRIES PERTH — Police powers contained within WA's Prostitution Act already affect all people, especially those who work in the sex industry. They include the "right" to enter premises without warrant, strip search and cavity search
Won't Pay!, Nobel Prize, Shane Morgan, Mike Piccerilli, Gabriella Maselli, Heidi Gledhill, Mark Duffy , Damien Pleming, Cat & Fiddle Hotel"> Dario Fo comes to Balmain Dario Fo comes to Balmain SYDNEY — The contemporary
Clare Valley marches against war BY SANDY WHELEN CLARE, South Australia — On February 8, about 150 concerned citizens marched down the main street of this town, protesting against the possibility of a war on Iraq. Singing and chanting, the
Meeting discusses crisis in Venezuela SYDNEY — On January 31, 120 people gathered at Trades Hall to hear Socialist Alliance activist Jorge Jorquera speak on the political situation in Venezuela. The meeting was organised by Committees in