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BY NICK EVERETT On October 31, the 22-year-rule of Mahathir Mohammed ended, when he handed over Malaysia's prime ministership to his deputy, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Mahathir's rule ended with controversy, when he remarked at the Organisation of
BY JASON MacLEOD Abdul Teng is in his element. Teng is here to talk about his home, Gag Island in violence-ridden West Papua, the scene of a four-decade-long struggle for independence. The 56-square kilometre island is located 150km north-west of
True believers "The image of [Ben] Chifley jumping off his locomotive, like some noble savage covered in soot, and racing into parliament is mistaken. Like most Labor MPs, he served a long and testing apprenticeship inside the party... After losing
December 10 marks the centenary of women's suffrage in Tasmania and will be celebrated at the state Parliament House with a commemorative photograph and get-together by a bunch of MPs. Local film-maker Karen Buczynski, together with
BY NICK EVERETT SYDNEY — Will Saunders and Dave Burgess, who were convicted on October 3 of maliciously damaging the Sydney Opera House for painting the words "No war" on it in March, will face a sentencing hearing on December 11. They may be
BY MICHAEL KARADJIS Headlines such as "Workers strike against impossible quotas" and "Wildcat strike forces workplace reforms" abound in the Vietnamese media. They not only indicate the proliferation of labour struggles, but also the unabashed
BY PETER BOYLE Mark Latham began his final run for the leadership with his September 20 "Light on the Hill" lecture in Bathurst. It was his second leadership-bid speech in six months thinly disguised as a declaration of loyalty to the serially
MARK LATHAM: "In recent years there has been a backlash against some of the poorest people in our society. The reason for this backlash is simple ... [Australians] object to helping people who are cheating the system."
BY PETER ROBSON &STUART MUNCKTON "This is what it feels like to have no access!", chanted 60 angry students as they blockaded the entrance to the Melbourne offices of the federal Department of Education, Science and Training on December 2 in
BY RAY HAYES DARWIN — Recent media reports that US war secretary Donald Rumsfeld told his Australian counterpart, Senator Robert Hill, that the Pentagon wants to set up US military bases in north Australia have angered anti-war activists in
John Pilger's latest documentary, Breaking the Silence, will be broadcast on SBS television on Tuesday, December 9 at 8.30pm. Pilger investigates Washington's "war on terror", which was launched following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US. It was