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RMIT admits contact-hours failure

Liz Turner, Melbourne RMIT University had agreed to compensate a student who paid for, but did not receive, 80 contact hours for a TAFE furniture design course. International students pay $13.99 per contact hour for this course. Prapass Chairat

UNITED STATES: Bono backs anti-Venezuelan video game

On July 5, the US-based Venezuela Solidarity Network launched a campaign against the Mercenaries 2: World in Flames video game, which simulates an invasion of Venezuela to regain control of Venezuela's oil supply from a "power hungry tyrant". The

Minor parties to be deregistered

Lisa Macdonald The Howard government's wide-ranging assault on democratic rights was last month extended into the electoral arena. On June 22, federal parliament passed amendments to the electoral laws that make it even more difficult to challenge

VENEZUELA: Thousands march in GLBT pride parade

Michael Fox, Caracas Thousands of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people marched in this year's GLBT Pride parade in Caracas on July 2. This marks the sixth year in a row that Venezuela has held a gay pride parade. The colorful and

ARTV still battling to be seen

Noreen Navin, Sydney After a drawn-out absence from Community TV Sydney (TVS), Actively Radical TV (ARTV) has been reinstated to the community station, Channel 31. However, the conditions imposed by TVS management are unnecessarily onerous.

Two fronts in Israel's brutal war

Kim Bullimore Two Israeli soldiers were captured on July 12 by members of Hezbollah, the radical Lebanese Islamic movement. Eight Israeli soldiers were killed during clashes, reported the Haaretz newspaper. According to a Deutsche Presse-Agentur

RUSSIA: Repression in lead-up to G8

According to a July 11 statement issued by the Trade Union Solidarity Action Committee of St Petersburg and Leningrad region, activists planning protests against the July 15-17 G8 summit in St Petersburg are facing a wave of violence and repression.

Stop woodchipping native forests!

Ana Hanson, Eden Six hundred activists from around Australia gathered at the South East Fibre Exports woodchip mill, south of Eden in NSW, on July 2 to protest against the logging of native forests. Ninety per cent of wood logged in the Eden area

VENEZUELA: Peasants to be compensated

Venezuelanalysis.com reported on July 11 that the government of socialist President Hugo Chavez has set aside $10 million to compensate the families of campesino (peasant) leaders assassinated in the period since Venezuela's land reform program began

Toowoomba uni queer space campaign

Farida Iqbal Most Australian universities have a queer space — a space that is safe from homophobia and is used to organise queer rights campaigns, socialise and obtain referrals to services. These are vital spaces, helping to ameliorate the

MEXICO: Election marked by fraud

Roberto Jorquera The July 2 Mexican presidential election were marked by large-scale vote rigging by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE). There has been overwhelming condemnation by Mexican and international observers, with many referring to the

AFGHANISTAN: Foreign forces face increased attacks

Rupen Savoulian Afghanistan faces its worst military crisis since the fall of the Taliban in October 2001. There has been a surge of fighting particularly, but not only, in the southern provinces. The US-sponsored government of President Hamid