Growing support for Indonesian election boycott
By James Balowski
In the context of widespread anger against the ousting of popular opposition figure Megawati Sukarnoputri from her position as leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party
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Irish nationalist vote to be split
By Mike Heaney
Social Democratic and Labour Party leader John Hume has rejected Sinn Féin's proposal for an electoral pact in the upcoming Westminster elections. Sinn Féin chairperson Mitchel
Legal aid crisis escalates
By Stuart Russell
SYDNEY — On March 5, thousands of legal services workers, trade unionists, community organisations and supporters joined lunchtime rallies around the country to protest the Howard
Health gap grows
By Marina Cameron
Recent medical studies have confirmed that the single most important health issue worldwide is the growing gap between rich and poor. Health inequalities are widening alongside income inequalities, both
Hired guns@column head = Hired guns
By Peter Boyle
There is a growing market out there for hired guns, helicopter gunships, fighter jets and tanks, and the "professionals" who will use these lethal instruments for a fee. When it
By Karen Fredericks
BRISBANE — The national executive of the Community and Public Sector Union is proposing a "work-in" as part of a national campaign to oppose the federal government's cuts to legal aid. Members are being urged to "make
Socialist candidates call for community control
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — "Brisbane needs a council that is controlled by ordinary working people, who are the majority — not a council that panders to developers and big business: a
APCET meets in Manila
By Jon Lamb
The Asia Pacific Coalition for East Timor (APCET) held a council meeting in Manila on February 25-26. APCET involves East Timor solidarity groups from within the Asia Pacific region, but also includes
By Bernard Wunsch
IPSWICH — Some 350 people attended a forum titled "One year of Hanson: Exposing the myths" on Sunday, March 2, in the Ipswich Workers Club. The forum, organised by the Ipswich Anti-Racism Committee, was aimed at discussing
Death of civil rights
By Graham Matthews
BRISBANE — When lesbian JM won an anti-discrimination case in the Equal Opportunities Commission against a Queensland sperm bank that refused her access because of her sexuality, the media made
Challenge to Tasmania's gay laws
By Marina Cameron
On February 26, the High Court announced a unanimous decision to allow a legal challenge to the Tasmanian government's anti-gay laws to be heard. Gay activists Rodney Croome and Nick Toonen
By Graham Matthews
March is Australia's folk festival season, when some of the best performers from overseas tour the country. This year, one of Canada's finest young songwriters, James Keelaghan, will be performing at five of the major
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