BY CHRISTINA SACCO
WOLLONGONG On May 3, the Land and Environment Court gave Stocklands
Construction permission to restart its development of Sandon Point. The
development, which had been halted by a court injunction, now looks set
to go
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BY CHRIS SLEE
MELBOURNE — On May 6, Anne Duggan, the Victorian training officer of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), was ordered by Commissioner Terence Cole to give the royal commission into the building industry the
The Indonesian National Front for Labour Struggles (FNPBI), the militant
trade union federation, organised mass actions across the country on May
1. Pro-democracy groups joined the workers' rallies.
The workers' demands included legalising
and ain't I a woman: US 'aid' used to deny right to choose
What does the United States government have to do with deciding whether women in Nepal can access safe abortion services? Well, everything.
Even though the sovereign state of Nepal
Manufacturing Workers Union, firefighters, maritime unions, Graham Matthews, Communist Party of Australia, the Socialist Alliance, Treasury Gardens, Nikki Ulasowski, Unions WA, Fremantle, peace and justice, Wollongong's May Day march, Jim Tannoch,
BY SIBYLLE KACZOREK
DARWIN The fourth solidarity brigade to East Timor organised by
Action in Solidarity with East Timor/Action in Solidarity with Asia and
the Pacific will leave for Dili on May 13.
We will be helping build a well in
BY ALISON DELLIT
On May 8, the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee delivered its report on the package of "anti-terrorist" legislation currently before the Senate. The committee proposed a series of amendments to the legislation
Because Grandmagrew old twiddlingthumbs, hands clasped, eightfingers locked together neatas a carpentry join,thumbs barreling roundand round, over andover in useless activityreleasing the blocked energy— the hint was there.
Yet I lived without
Kautsar, chairperson of the Acehnese Peoples Democratic Resistance Front (FPDRA), attended the second Asia Pacific International Solidarity Conference in April to build support for the Acehnese people's struggle for self-determination. Kautsar spoke
Museworthy: Smile (Affirmative Action)
I was a tooth on an adAnything brightAnd white white white
For the audition they saidShow us what you can doAnd I sat rooted to the spotLooking as much like a toothAs I could
There was a black woman
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Immigration minister Philip Ruddock announced on May 7 that Australia's immigration intake for 2002-03 would rise for the fifth consecutive year. The federal government will allow between 100,000 and 110,000 new migrants into the
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
CANBERRA — "Protection overboard" was the theme of a May 9 Refugee Action Committee forum, attended by 140 people.
Former diplomat Tony Kevin, once the Australian ambassador to Cambodia, outlined evidence submitted to the
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