Jabiluka: the plot thickens
By Jim Green
Pressure from Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) has increased on the Mirrar traditional owners to concede on their opposition to Jabiluka uranium mine. The company has brought the construction of a
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Massive destruction
"As the NATO air campaign against Yugoslavia enters its second month" wrote correspondent Michael Dobbs in the April 25 Washington Post, "allied bombing has achieved one significant result: the destruction of large chunks of the
A short time ago, the regime in Indonesia was one of the most stable in Asia. President Suharto had been in power for 32 years and was considered invincible. Political life was held in the iron grip of the military. Those who dissented were
ANC social policy follows World Bank advice
By Patrick Bond
JOHANNESBURG — Leaders of the African National Congress defend the South African government's lamentable economic record since 1994, which has included the loss of half a million
Amidst a raft of entertaining music documentaries, SBS is also screening as part of its "The Sixties" theme week (May 22-29) some political films that should be watched by every activist who either was too young to be there or was there but whose
As NATO continues its bombing of Serbia and Kosova, more and more evidence of the social and human catastrophe it is creating is filtering out to the rest of the world. However, one aspect of the devastation is barely being reported by the Western
By Bronwen Beechey
ADELAIDE — Public Transport Union (PTU) members held a five-hour stop-work meeting on May 11 to protest against the deterioration in wages and conditions which has resulted from privatisation of public transport.
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Students remembered
Thousands of students, including 3000 from Trisakti University, rallied on May 12 to remember the four student activists killed by Indonesian soldiers on May 12, 1998. The four were architecture student Elang Mulya
By Barry Sheppard
When Washington led NATO into the war against Serbia, President Bill Clinton at first claimed that the Serbian people were not the target. After the first Serbian civilian casualties, he icily commented that he regretted the
By Allen Myers
A few weeks ago, the Melbourne Age-Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend magazine ran a feature that described unprecedented levels of dissatisfaction with banks and bankers. Public opinion polls show that bankers are distrusted almost
Welfare only for the rich?
Comment by Margaret Allum
Right-wing commentators and politicians have greeted criticisms of Aboriginal welfare programs by the former chairperson of the Cape York Land Council, Noel Pearson, with roars of approval.
By Wendy Robertson
Students in Australia and overseas have declared May 22 an international day of solidarity with the struggles for independence in East Timor and genuine democracy in Indonesia. Rallies and demonstrations are planned in 11 cities
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