It took the federal Coalition government three attempts and 10 months of negotiations to finally get its Medicare legislation passed by the Senate — by 33 votes to 31 on March 11. This was only after health minister Tony Abbott secured the votes of
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HOBART — More than 10,000 people marched to save Tasmania's forests on March 13. It was the largest pro-environment mobilisation in Tasmania for more than 15 years. A full report will appear in the next issue of Green Left Weekly.
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Tony Iltis, Melbourne
"There's been a campaign of lies and deceit by the government for the last 20 years", Peter Guiverra told Green Left Weekly on March 10. Guiverra is one of many Indigenous workers who, for the last two decades, has been
"[Prime Minister] John Howard's intention to follow George Bush in using federal powers to defend discriminatory practices against homosexuals is despicable," Greens Senator Kerry Nettle said in a March 8 press release.
Nettle condemned Howard's
Bill Mason, Brisbane
"The decision by Lord Mayor Tim Quinn to reverse previous ALP council policy of supporting safe injecting rooms and heroin trials in Brisbane is a major setback to a reasonable drugs policy in this city", Coral Wynter,
Julie Webb-Pullman
El Salvador's presidential election will take place on March 21. For the first time since the peace accord was signed in 1991, the leftist Farabundo Mart¡ National Liberation Front (FMLN) has a good chance of winning.
However,
The Passion of the ChristWritten and directed by Mel GibsonWith James Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern and Monica BellucciShowing at major cinemas
REVIEW BY SOL SALBE
Let me start by laying my cards on the table. I am an atheist Jew, and an Israeli to
Ruth Ratcliffe, Sydney
On March 11, 35 workers attended the first meeting of the Construction Workers' Compensation Support Group. An initiative of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), the meeting was organised by Wayne
Doug Lorimer
In a press statement issued on March 10, the International Action Centre (IAC) in New York City has called on the whole US anti-war movement to protest against the city administration's attempt to suppress free speech.
According to
ADELAIDE — Unprecedented strike action by more than 15,000 state public servants will shut down many offices and services on March 26, in protest at the state government's failure to improve its pay and conditions offer.
The state government is
Alison Dellit
About 8 million people across Spain rallied on March 12, to protest against political violence. The protests were very broad — Popular Party ministers joining anti-war activists and others. The largest protest was in Barcelona,
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Schools funding policy condemned
Prime Minister John Howard's March 11 announcement of a new federal funding policy for schools was condemned by Greens Senator Kerry Nettle.
"Today's announcement decreases the public schools sector share of
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