BY SEAN HEALY
SYDNEY — The contrast was obvious and deliberate. Inside, in the warmth of the luxury ANA Hotel, was World Bank president James Wolfensohn lecturing a $150-a-plate dinner on the joys of "globalisation"; outside, in the cold and
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Prison isn't virtual
Supporters of freedom of speech in cyberspace have been demonstrating in the flesh across the United States for the last fortnight. In San Jose, capital of the US high technology Silicon Valley, the New York Times reports that
BY VIV MILEY
2001 began with allegations that full fee-paying students' marks were being adjusted upwards, bending the rules to encourage more income from fee-paying students. While the allegations have not been fully resolved, it left egg on the
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) has called for a 5% pay rise for Incat workers, following the July 24 announcement that Incat has won a contract with the US military. The contract involves chartering
BY PAUL OBOOHOV
CANBERRA — The Community and Public Sector Union branch conference here on July 26 voted to support centralised bargaining for wages and "core conditions" in the federal public service. It accepted the need for "some flexibility"
BY SEAN HEALY
At least a dozen students at the University of Papua New Guinea in the capital, Port Moresby, have launched a hunger strike to demand the removal from the country of representatives of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
Castro Zapata, Julio Alberto Otero, ADIDA, United Steel Workers of America, Dan Kovalik, Leo Gerard, USWA, DAVID BACON">
COLOMBIA: US fuels dirty war against unions
BY DAVID BACON
The Bush administration's call to step up US reliance on fossil
BY SARAH STEPHEN
While hunting for the 46 escapees from Villawood detention centre, immigration officials raided a factory in a western suburb of Sydney, arresting 21 immigrants they claim were working illegally. The group was taken to Villawood on
BY SARAH STEPHEN
The law has been used as an injustice of injustice against a Sri Lankan man and his family, Federal Court Justice Ron Merkel found on July 23.
Priyankarage Upel De Silva was issued with a bridging visa while his case for refugee
BY RICK MOLON
DARWIN — A boisterous 120-strong crowd met outside Parliament House at lunchtime on August 3 to protest against the recently passed Northern Territory Public Order and Anti-Social Conduct Act.
The act will empower police to
BY NORM DIXON
JOHANNESBURG — An alliance that includes South Africa's emerging grassroots activist movements was formed on July 29 to organise mass protests at the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia
The Knowledge Nation report has exposed many Australians to the word "cadastre", which, as described by the report, is "an inventory of knowledge resources".
Australia needs a cadastre, it is argued, because while already being an information
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