The Age of Consent: a Manifesto for a New World OrderBy George MonbiotFlamingo, 2003256 pages, $35
BY DANNY FAIRFAX
As a columnist for the British Guardian, George Monbiot has become renowned as a leading voice of the world-wide global justice
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On August 5, the day before Jesuit lawyer and human rights advocate Frank Brennan was due to leave for Nauru, his visa was cancelled by Nauru's acting-chief secretary. The reason given for the cancellation was that Father Brennan's request to
HIROSHIMA — On August 6, TADATOSHI AKIBA, the mayor of the first city in the world to be attacked with nuclear weapons, spoke on the occasion of the 58th anniversary of the United States' attack which killed 140,000 people. Below is an excerpt from
BY ALISON DELLIT
"So why should I be here protesting, when the nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima 41 years before I was born?", Duncun Meerding asked the 130 protesters gathered in Hobart on August 9. "I may not have lived through that war, but
BY OSCAR JUKES & RUTH RATCLIFFE
DARWIN — More than 100 people attended a public meeting organised by the Environment Centre of the Northern Territory on August 5. Speakers at the meeting agreed that the Daly River faces the same fate as the
TAFE fees outrage
I refer to the article in the August 4 Sydney Morning Herald which claims that the disadvantaged will be guaranteed free TAFE study.
Unfortunately, this is not yet the case. While students and teachers will be pleased if the
BY DOUG LORIMER
With US public support for the occupation of Iraq evaporating as the death toll among US soldiers continues to rise, due to persistent Iraqi guerrilla attacks, Washington is seeking more countries to participate in the occupation.
BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY - On August 18, a special meeting of the Walk Against the War Coalition, which organised the 500,000-strong anti-war rally on February 16, will be held to debate a proposition from former Labor senator Bruce Childs and
Action needed to stop nuclear threat
ADELAIDE — Eighty people attended a meeting on August 3 to mark the anniversary of the US atom-bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
The meeting was addressed by David Palmer,
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Earlier this year, clinical psychologist Zachary Steel released a report describing children's experience of detention as a "living nightmare". It found unprecedented rates of mental illness among young asylum seekers: among the 22
BY TERRICA STRUDWICK
BRISBANE — On August 8, 300 protesters defied rain to hear Aboriginal leaders and union representatives launch the stolen wages postcard campaign. Chair of the rally, 4AAA Aboriginal community radio manager Tiger Bayles set
MELBOURNE — What could top being Australia's official musical representative at East Timor's massive independence concert in May last year? The members of the seven-piece funk, ska and reggae band the Dili Allstars have the answer: being asked to
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