Mike Byrne
The July 17 Courier Mail exposed the staggering depth of the state Labor government's handouts of taxpayers' money to some of Australia's largest corporations conducting business in Queensland. A total of $21.5 million was handed out to
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Dick Nichols
ALP leader Mark Latham would make himself very popular if he rejected the Coalition government's misnamed "free trade" agreement (FTA) with the United States and demanded its renegotiation.
He would become the hero of the Australian
On July 29, Australia's ambassador to the Philippines was called in to that country's foreign ministry to be given a justly deserved "dressing down" over foreign minister Alexander Downer's attacks on Philippines President Gloria Arroyo's decision to
Max Lane
On July 27, outside the office of the Jakarta governor, scores of civil service police — the governor's security corps — attacked a peaceful demonstration as it was dispersing. Some 700 people had gathered outside the Presidential
Caging, Terror and Flesh: Virtuality or Reality of our New Millennium? is influenced mainly by the Abu Ghraib prisoner torture scandal and criticises the way the human body is humiliated. The performance contains nudity and violence. All performers
SOUTH AFRICA: Car workers put solidarity before jobs
South Africa's National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) is opposed to the proposed relocation of DaimlerChrysler's C-Class Mercedes production to plants in the Eastern Cape in response to trade
Lance Selfa & Alan Maass
The price of admission to the posh convention affair was a soft-money donation to the party of $350,000 or more. The power brokers were all there, including the vice presidential candidate. The menu featured lobster,
REVIEW BY BILL NEVINS
Raza D'OroConcepto TamborAvailable at <http://www.conceptotambor.com>
Concepto Tambor are moving into new places, filled with gente (good people), stuffed with soul (alma). Jam-packed dance-shows at the Launchpad,
Rihab Charida, Saida
Ain El Helweh is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. In this tightly packed camp the only playgrounds available for children are the narrow alleys where dirty water flows. The only place for the elderly to gather
SYDNEY — On July 31, 100 people demonstrated outside Villawood immigration detention centre to demand the closure of the facility. Raul Bassi, Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Blaxland, presented a petition to an immigration
Stephen Garvey, Melbourne
Victoria's ambulance paramedics have refused to obey an order issued on July 30 by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) to lift work bans. Paramedics lifted bans on ambulance bypass, pre-bypass and
Graham Matthews, Melbourne
A Victorian government survey of 2003 year 12 graduates has confirmed that less than 34% of students from public schools entered university, compared with 67% of students from private schools, which are being increasingly
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