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Chris Peterson, Melbourne I work at a video store in a Melbourne suburb. Everyone I've told reckons it'd be such a great job. But I work in a small store, in a shopping centre, and I work by myself. Only one person is ever rostered on at a time
Eva Cheng The gap between the rich and poor in China, which started to widen when Beijing embarked on the pro-market reforms in the late 1970s, has now widened to an unprecedented level. According to a recent study by China's National Development
British anti-terrorism detectives escorted a man from a plane after a taxi driver had earlier become suspicious when the passenger started singing along to a track by punk band The Clash, according to the April 6 Sydney Morning Herald. Detectives
At a media conference in Canberra on April 7, called by PM John Howard and Treasurer Peter Costello to release the report of the Taskforce on Reducing the Regulatory Burden on Business, Howard revealed that his government was "reviewing" the process
FREMANTLE — On April 6, 100 people picketed PM John Howard when he visited Fremantle harbour for the launch of the Dufyken's voyage around Australia. The protest, organised by UnionsWA to express opposition to the government's new Work Choices
Nelson Davila Within Venezuela we have always had strong solidarity movements with just struggles around the world, such as with Vietnam and Cuba. Our struggle in Venezuela is an international struggle, a struggle without borders. A central aspect
SYDNEY — Fifty-five people attended an April 4 forum at the University of NSW on "War and racism: why are Muslims targeted?" It was the first public event organised by the UNSW Students Against War. Waleed Khadous from the UNSW Islamic Society
SYDNEY — More than 240 people attended the Australia Cuba Friendship Society's largest solidarity dinner in several years on April 2. The theme was "Venezuela and Cuba making history together". Nick Rawson, an ACFS organiser, said the turnout
Ray Fulcher, Melbourne David Hicks' US military lawyer Major Mike Mori told a packed audience at Melbourne University law school on April 6 that Hicks' trial was "politically motivated". Mori was delivering the law school's 2006 Alumni lecture,
MELBOURNE — A thousand unionists and community members joined a solidarity picnic at Yarraville Gardens on April 2. The gathering listened to speakers, including ACTU assistant secretary Sharan Burrow and civil liberties lawyer Rob Stary, condemn
"Almost 6700 Britons have needed hospital treatment in Iraq since the invasion three years ago — almost as many as the total number of British troops still stationed there", the March 31 Belfast Telegraph reported. According to Ministry of Defence
Sue Bolton For two months, students and workers across France have been striking and protesting against a new law allowing employers to sack young workers for no reason within their first two years of employment. Around 3 million people poured