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BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE HOBART — The state Labor government of Premier Jim Bacon decided on February 3 to introduce new laws to allow the $30 million Meander Dam project to go ahead. Previously, the Resource Management and Planning Appeals Tribunal
AMEC workers victory MELBOURNE — Workers employed by AMEC, the company contracted to install new generators at the Carrum Downs water treatment plant, are back at work. They won the reinstatement of eight workers, including the Australian
Keep protesting! Please do not let up on our protest against war with Iraq. If Howard thinks those protesting at the weekend {February 14-16] are in the minority. Let's have another and another until he takes notice. The hide of the man! Peter
International Women's Day protests, along with the March 5 international student strike, are shaping up to be the next globally coordinated actions against war on Iraq. The strike and IWD events are scheduled for the first week of March —
BY SUE BOLTON MELBOURNE — Armed federal police and immigration officers carried out a Rambo-style raid on an inner-city building site on February 20. The police and immigration officers stormed the Bayview building site in Port Melbourne at
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE HOBART — The Unions Tasmania Council, the peak union body in the state, issued a statement from its meeting on February 13 opposing a unilateral US war on Iraq. However, the statement supports UN calls on Iraq to "surrender
BY GILLIAN DAVY MELBOURNE — RMIT University has made a landmark commitment to support refugees and asylum seekers, with a range of bold initiatives being implemented this year. RMIT plans to urge other Australian universities, through the
Wollongong’s peace train and IWD plans BY MARG PERROTT WOLLONGONG — After the 5000-strong February 8 anti-war rally here, a large crowd was expected to travel from Wollongong to Sydney on February 16. Although originally NOWAR had
BY LISA MACDONALD & OWEN RICHARDS Osama Yousif, 35, arrived in Australia as a political refugee from Sudan in June 2000. Today, he is an upper house candidate for the Socialist Alliance in the March 22 NSW election. Yousif first
BY NICOLA DZIADKIEWICZ MELBOURNE — Colour My World is an art exhibition being held to support asylum seekers who are without work rights, Medicare or social security benefits. Hundreds of displaced and distressed people, who have been granted a
BY JODY BETZIEN MELBOURNE — On February 16, 800 people packed into St Michaels Uniting Church for a forum organised by Women for a Humane Refugee Policy. Federal Labor MP Carmen Lawrence told the forum that the Howard government's treatment of
BY JEFF SHANTZ TORONTO — February 15 marked the Canadian anti-war movement's impressive growth. In Toronto, Canada's largest city, between 30,000 and 50,000 people braved bitter cold and icy winds to assert their unconditional opposition to war