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Mother terrorised at Villawood

Sarah Stephen On July 14, officers from the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) forcibly moved four families from the Villawood detention centre in Sydney's south-west to the Baxter prison in the South

WA teachers reject five-year contracts

Chris Latham, Perth On July 22, Australian Education Union WA school representatives condemned state education minister Allan Carpenter for planned unilateral changes to teachers' working conditions. On July 8, two days prior to the end of second

SUDAN: Darfur's 'human-made' disaster

Peter Verney At last, the catastrophe in the western Sudanese region of Darfur, a quarter of whose 6 million people are now displaced by war and whose lives are at serious risk as the rainy season begins, has gained international attention. For

Correction

In the editorial in GLW #590, Kim Beazley was incorrectly described as the Hawke Labor government's defence minister at the time of the 1991 Gulf War. Beazley was defence minister in the Hawke government from 1984 until 1990. At the time of 1991 Gulf

Flood report whitewashes Iraq WMD lies

Former Australian spy chief Philip Flood presented a report on July 22, which found that the intelligence provided by Australia's spy agencies on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction was "thin", "ambiguous" and "incomplete". Like the Butler

Fee increases disadvantaging poorer students

Trent Hawkins, Perth Since the passing of the Nelson legislation, allowing universities to increase HECS fees by as much as 25%, 26 universities have voted to increase their HECS fees. Most have done so by the full 25%. While the Coalition

Moore creates political tidal wave

Chris Williams Outside cinemas around the country, a new "parliament of the streets" is developing as people discuss and debate Michael Moore's new film, Fahrenheit 9/11. Cinemas have been packed out by people attending previews of what is fast

Craig Johnston expelled from AMWU

Sue Bolton, Melbourne On July 21, the national council of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union expelled former AMWU Victorian secretary Craig Johnston from the union. The expulsion was another step in the attempt by the National Left faction

Redfern: still waiting for justice

Ray Jackson On St. Valentines Day, February 14, the Young Man from Kamilaroi — the 17-year-old son of Gail Hickey — was impaled on a metal fence in Waterloo. He died the next morning of his horrific injuries. The following day the so-called

In brief

Protests mark World Bank's 60th birthday On July 22, activists around the world marked the World Bank's 60th birthday with a global day of protest. Protests were held in Jakarta, London, Geneva, Lima and Washington DC. In Potosi, a Bolivian mining

Save the ridge!

CANBERRA — Destruction of Canberra Nature Reserve by the ACT Labor government to make way for the Gungahlin Drive extension. A Save the Ridge protest rally took place at the site on July 24. Photo by Geoff Woolfenden.From Green Left Weekly,

Aids council defunded

Robyn Marshall, Brisbane On July 21, 70 people gathered outside the Queensland parliament to protest the defunding of the Queensland Aids Council (QuAC). For nearly 20 years, QuAC has delivered high quality services to people with HIV/AIDS.