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BY KAMALA EMANUEL LAUNCESTON — The Sarwari family — Mohib, Fatima and their four children — will be able to stay in Australia for now. After a long struggle, the Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT) reinstated their temporary protection visa
BY MAREE KENNY In late 2001, hundreds of B-52 fighter planes roared through the skies above Afghanistan. While these US-led coalition forces bombed the Taliban and hunted Osama bin Laden, around 2000 Afghan asylum seekers in Australia waited for
8 Mile DVDDirected by Curtis HansonWritten by Scott SilverStarring Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer, Eugene Byrd BY BENJAMEN STANDING "All this terror, America demands actionNext thing you know, you've got Uncle Sam's ass
[The following statement was issued by 90 signatories on June 23, 2003. To view the signatories and sign on, visit <www.asia-pacific-action.org>.] We are organisations and groups concerned about human rights in Indonesia and about the
BY SARAH STEPHEN British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George Bush are facing inquiries into allegations they fabricated evidence on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in order to win public support for going to war. In
GI means General Indignation "At first glance they appear to be the archetypal Band Of Brothers of Hollywood myth, brave and honest men united in common purpose. But a closer look at these American GIs, sweltering in the heat of an unwelcoming
BY DALE MILLS On June 26, federal parliament passed the controversial Australian Security Intelligence Organisation legislation. The powers given to ASIO and the Australian Federal Police are the most serious threat to civil liberties in our
BY RUSSELL PICKERING PERTH — On June 9-10, the Western Australian government of Labor Premier Geoff Gallop rammed through a draconian law evicting the Swan Valley Nyungah Community (SVNC) from their traditional land. The Reserves (Reserve 43131)
The Socialist Alliance has condemned the Australian government's decision to send warships and troops to police the Solomon Islands. Alliance members at the June 28 Victorian SA conference argued that Canberra would use the intervention to further
the painin Baghdad is thereand everywhereand real asall day and nightthe news reportersreport it: on the faces of tired civiliansand soldiers fed up with Basra,trying hard to find new reasonsfor being where they now are. bush walks across the
Links No 23128pp, $8Available at Resistance centres or on-line at <http://www.dsp.org.au/links>. REVIEW BY BEN COURTICE The latest issue of Links magazine presents a very focused collection of articles discussing "challenges in uniting
BY DANNY FAIRFAX CANBERRA — Braving near-zero temperatures, 100 people assembled outside the entrance of the National Convention Centre from 8am on June 24 to protest against the 2003 Defence and Industry conference. The conference is staged