By Alison Dellit
On September 2, Warren Snowdon, federal ALP candidate for the Northern Territory, announced that Labor was unable to determine until after the election whether or not it would close the Jabiluka uranium mine if elected. Snowdon
News
By Ben Reid
MELBOURNE — Local residents and migrant communities in inner-city Richmond have decided to organise a community street march against racism and One Nation. The march will be on Saturday, September 12, at 12.30pm. It will assemble at
By Lara Pullin
CANBERRA — One of Canberra's biggest rallies in years was held on September 2 when many forces combined to express their opposition to MLA Paul Osborne's attempt to outlaw abortion in the ACT. Canberra's city square was filled with
Mining still threatens Great Barrier Reef
By Francesca Davis
On August 19, federal environment minister Robert Hill announced new regulations to ban mining and drilling on the Great Barrier Reef. The move will not, however, stop three proposed
By Chris Latham
PERTH — The Western Australian government is to consider placing children in foster care if senior family members are involved in criminal activity. This would increase the power of the state beyond its current ability to remove
By James Vassilopoulos
SYDNEY — In a legal victory for the National Union of Workers (NUW), the Federal Court on August 27 ruled that Davids, the wholesale grocer, must reinstate 52 workers sacked from its Silverwater and Blacktown warehouses.
By Lara Pull in
CANBERRA — In a surprise attack on women's health and right to control their reproduction, the ACT Legislative Assembly could outlaw most abortions in the ACT within two weeks following the August 26 introduction of legislation by
ACT government workers rally
By Tim Gooden
CANBERRA — On August 26, 200 Community and Public Sector Union members held a lunchtime rally outside the ACT Legislative Assembly to present a petition to ALP MLA Wayne Berry. The petition calls on
Chinese Australians condemn racial violence in Indonesia
Chinese Australians condemn racial violence in Indonesia
By Vannessa Hearman
MELBOURNE — More than 25 Chinese organisations in Victoria joined a 600-strong rally outside the Indonesian
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Veteran state Labor MP Jim Fouras has warned the ALP it will deprive Aboriginal people of a "fundamental right to land" if it proceeds with its native title legislation, now before state parliament. Fouras quoted legal
By Lisa Macdonald
When federal parliament resumes, the Australian Greens plan to introduce a private member's bill to over-ride section 78 of the Northern Territory's Sentencing Act — the mandatory sentencing legislation. This follows the
By Jim Green
The federal environment minister, Senator Robert Hill, has rejected a public environment report into the milling of uranium ore from the Jabiluka mine in the Northern Territory. The proposal from Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) was
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