BY SEAN VICKERY, GABRIELLE YATES & EMA CORRO
The events at Woomera during the Easter weekend have inspired refugees' rights protests across Australia. In Brisbane 40 protesters gathered on the morning of March 30 outside the immigration department
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BY ROB GRAHAM
ADELAIDE Ive been reticent to express my support for refugees
before, but after this weekend everyone needs to go back and speak to as
many people as they can and join in any organised demonstrations. We can
start really
Woomera and beyond
The Easter protest at the Woomera immigration detention centre successfully
highlighted the brutality of the Australian government's policy of mandatory
detention of asylum seekers. It has added momentum to the
BY TERRICA STRUDWICK
Yarls Wood detention centre in Bedfordshire, Britain, was closed on March 31 after a fire devastated the complex on February 14. The detention centre was built without a sprinkler system. Group 4, the company which manages all
BY MAX LANE
The following speech was the opening presentation to the final plenary session of the Asia Pacific International Solidarity Conference held in Sydney, March 29-April 1. Max Lane is a member of the national executive of the Democratic
BY MARY MERKENICH
MELBOURNE — On March 31, Jews for Refugees held its first public event — a 700-strong rally during the Festival of Passover, Pesach — outside Maribyrnong detention centre. A car pool and cavalcade led by Yids on Wheels — a
BY ROHAN PEARCE
Analysis by Electronic Intifada web site has revealed that documents
produced by the Israeli government, allegedly proving the involvement of
Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat in suicide bomber attacks,
have
BY CHRIS PICKERING& STEPHEN O'BRIEN
SYDNEY — On March 28, the New South Wales Industrial Relations Commission acknowledged that library workers have been underpaid because they are predominately women.
The IRC handed down a ground-breaking
On April 2 the organisers of the March 31 refugees rights protest at
Villawood received a faxed letter from the detention centre, here are some
excerpts:
We, residents of the Villawood detention centre, very much appreciate
and thank you
Loose cannons
Freudian slip
But there needs to be a focused, coalition effort in the [Middle-East]
region against peace. US President George The Crusader Bush, March
30.
Bribery
The head of the Federal Government's royal
BY NICK MARTIN
CANBERRA — Labor for Refugees ACT was formed immediately after the 2001 federal election to give form and an organising avenue to those seeking a change in policy.
Meeting at the ACT Trades and Labour Council, the group has
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — More than 1000 refugees' rights campaigners joined visitors from more than 20 countries in a march to Villawood refugee prison early on March 31, Easter Sunday. The action, initiated by the 2nd Asia Pacific
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