NEWCASTLE — On September 16, 15 people held an anti-ASIO, pro-free speech picket in Hamilton. Members of the environmental collective at Newcastle University Students Association brought banners in the drizzling rain and gave out leaflets that
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ALICE SPRINGS — The traditional owners of one of the federal government's proposed nuclear dump sites — on Arrernte land 25 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs — say they don't want poison from Sydney's Lucas Heights nuclear reactor brought
On September 23, 1916, 12 members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) — who became known as the Sydney 12 — were sentenced to hard labour for periods of between five and 15 years. They were found guilty of treason and sedition, but since
BRISBANE — On September 10, 100 people rallied in the Roma Street Forum as part of a global day of action in support of the Make Poverty History campaign. Dave Andrews, representing the Christian social justice group TEAR Australia, chairing the
Mike Byrne
On September 14, Queensland National Party Senator Barnaby Joyce finally delivered PM John Howard's Coalition government the one vote required to secure passage of the bills for the full privatisation of Telstra through the Senate.
@head = UNITED STATES: Pentagon paper plans 'pre-emptive' nuclear attacks
The Pentagon has drafted a revised doctrine for the use of nuclear weapons that envisions them being used in pre-emptive attacks on countries or "non-state actors" using "or
MELBOURNE — Canberra's 18, a new work by artist Azlan McLennan, due to appear in the Platform exhibition space in Flinders Street Station, has been barred from exhibition by the Melbourne City Council.
The work was to list the 18 "terrorist"
A majority of US residents believe that the US war in Iraq contributed to the slow response by the federal government to last month's hurricane disaster in New Orleans and other Gulf coast areas, according to a poll by CBS TV News. The poll, reported
Freedom Festival 2005 is a national music event to raise awareness of Amnesty International Australia's Stop Violence Against Women campaign.
International artists include Ursula Rucker (Philadelphia, US), Ben Mono (Munich, Germany) and Jah'licious
Bill Mason, Brisbane
A battle over uranium mining has divided the union movement in Queensland, following the announcement by the right-wing-led Australian Workers Union (AWU) that it will press Labor Premier Peter Beattie's government to open
We send solidarity greetings to Resistance's young workers' fight-back rallies at McDonald's in Sydney and Melbourne.
Last weekend, Workers Charter began a Supersize My Pay campaign with a 50-strong picket outside a KFC store in Auckland.
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Bronwen Beechey & Andrew Martin, Auckland
The historic public servants' strike in the south Pacific country of Tonga ended on September 3 after the government agreed to the strikers' demands for 60-80% rises in pay. A memorandum of understanding
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