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BY VANNESSA HEARMAN On the eve of an official visit to Jakarta, Timorese PM Mari Alkatiri on May 30 called for an international tribunal in a "neutral country" to try those responsible for serious crimes in his country in 1999. He likened the
BY DOUG LORIMER On June 16, the governing board of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) began discussing a report on Iran's nuclear program from the agency's director-general, Mohammad ElBaradei. Washington hopes to use the report to
BY RUTH RATCLIFFE DARWIN — "While I am on my feet, I would like to say very categorically that I welcome the very decisive sentencing that happened for those members of NAP [Network Against Prohibition] who invaded this parliament the May
Workers at Geelong Woolcombers have been locked out for seven weeks because they won't accept a 25% wage cut. The workers' have been encouraged by community and other union support. They welcome visitors, the 24-hour picket is at corner of Broderick
BY STEPHEN GARVEY MELBOURNE — The 77 workers at the ACI Mould Manufacturing factory in the eastern suburb of Box Hill were locked out of their workplace last week when they received management's latest proposals for the new enterprise
At the Liberal Women's Convention in Adelaide on June 9, PM John Howard threw up his latest strategy to combat the alleged "fertility crisis" — a $5000 payment to all women who give birth. Howard is describing this as an "alternative to
BY PAUL McCARTAN SYDNEY — Late last year, more than 4500 political posters from Australia and overseas were rediscovered at the Jura Bookshop. The posters date from the 1960s to the late 1980s, and include a large number of Redback
BY LALITHA CHELLIAH MELBOURNE — On June 20, 200 people attended a meeting in the federal electorate of Batman to discuss campaigning against the cuts to Medicare proposed by the Howard government. The meeting was organised by the ALP, the
BY BEN COURTICE MELBOURNE — The Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) released in May a report on its Review of Settlement Services for Migrants and Humanitarian Entrants. The report is available on the web
BY ROHAN PEARCE On June 18, the intelligence committees of the US Senate and Congress began hearings on the "intelligence" that the White House used to justify the invasion of Iraq, in particular, the claims made about Iraq's alleged biological and
BY DOUG LORIMER On June 12, Cuban President Fidel Castro and Vice-President Raul Castro led more than 1 million people in marches past the Spanish and Italian embassies in Havana. They were protesting the European Union's June 5 decision to join
BY IAN JAMIESON FREMANTLE — In a massive jolt for incumbent officials, rank-and-file activists in the Maritime Union of Australia have won a number of positions in the union's national quadrennial elections, including the WA state secretary