Reconciliation requires justice
On May 27, in the Sydney Opera House forecourt not far from where the attempted genocide of Australia's indigenous people began, the spokespeople for the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation will hand their
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Strikes disrupt government's tax plans
BY CHRIS SLEE
MELBOURNE — In the first of a series of snap strikes over stalled pay negotiations, several hundred Community and Public Sector Union members in the Newcastle branch of the Australian
Timorese: we're being forced to leave Australia
BY JON LAND
East Timorese asylum seeker and independence activist Naldo Rai is being forced by immigration authorities and government officials to leave Australia. Along with around 1600 East
Do you want tax with that?
Please control yourselves. The Olympic torch may have touched down and the footy season is under way, but don't get too carried away. I fear that the introduction of a new tax system may be too much excitement for one
UNITED STATES: Pressure grows to lift blockade against Cuba
The US Senate's Appropriations Committee voted on May 9 to lift the embargo on sales of food and medicine to Cuba. Supported by both houses of Congress, the move now has an excellent
BY JOSEPH KIM
MELBOURNE — Riding a tram in Bourke Street recently, I caught sight of a middle-aged man in an expensive suit with his chin resting upon his chest, his head intermittently jerking to "attention" as his body instinctively prevented
Queensland's national parks under-funded
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — Queensland's national parks could take up to a decade to recover from years of under-funding and the state government should triple funding to the national standard, a report for
Remember that
BY BRANDON ASTOR JONES
"Michael's happiness is all the affirmation I need." — Jane Smith Jane Smith, 43, is an eighth grade science teacher who lives in North Carolina. Michael Carter, 15, is one of her students. One of
James Cook protest against PM
Several hundred students and staff at James Cook University in Cairns protested on May 18 against a visit by Prime Minister John Howard, on campus to open a new library.
"At first he smiled as if he was being
UNITED STATES: Driving while black
Like motorists everywhere, drivers in the United States get that sinking feeling when they hear the siren and command to pull over. Were they speeding? Is one of their headlights out? Or, worse yet, are they
BY SARAH PEART
MELBOURNE — La Trobe University faces its gravest ever crisis. If a new, budget-cutting plan prepared by university management is implemented, it will mean the end of countless subjects across nearly all of the university's
"Strike cripples business, transport" was the headline of the Indian Express newspaper on May 12, referring to the nationwide 20 million-strong strike the previous day. The strike was called by the National Platform of Mass Organisations (NPMO), a
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