Frances Evans
West Papua: where the second largest rainforest in the world is cleared for Freeport/Rio Tinto's gold and copper mines; where one of the world's most diverse marine environments is being polluted by BHP-Billiton's toxic tailings;
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Indigenous households earn about $200 less than other households per week, or 62% of the average household income.
Indigenous people are half as likely to have completed their schooling and only about 40% are employed, compared to 60% in the wider
Doug Lorimer
On June 24, Iraqi resistance fighters forced US Army troops to withdraw to the outskirts of Baquba, a city with 250,000 residents located 56 kilometres north of Baghdad. The assault was part of coordinated attacks against US occupation
Julia Costello & Frances Usherwood, Sydney
The University of Sydney recently proposed the cutting of its nursing faculty. This proposal, announced by Vice-Chancellor Gavin Brown, states that the faculty will not take any more undergraduate
Rohan Pearce
The June 26-27 opening weekend of Michael Moore's new documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11, confirmed the nightmares of US President George Bush's supporters. Despite the right-wing's best efforts to derail the Fahrenheit juggernaut, in a
Stephen Garvey, Melbourne
On June 28, 2300 people packed the Melbourne Town Hall to hear British-based Pakistani author Tariq Ali talk about the US occupation of Iraq.
Ali said it was ironic that the supposed handover of national sovereignty to
Justin Tutty& Jon Lamb, Darwin
Environmentalists rallied June 28 to demand a moratorium on water extraction licenses in the Northern Territory's Daly River Basin. The protest was held before a meeting of the Daly Community Reference Group.
The
Dick Nichols
The last month of federal parliament's winter session has seen a chain of dizzying backflips by the federal Labor "opposition".
For six or seven months Labor leader Mark Latham seemed to promise something a bit better than the hated
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Defence of gay and lesbian rights
SYDNEY - More than 800 people gathered in Town Hall square on June 26, in a massive show of opposition to the Coalition government's moves to amend the marriage rights bill in order to ban marriage
Roberto Jorquera
"I must be calm but very sincere. I have absolutely no intention of insulting you or launching personal attacks. But it is cynical to include Cuba in a list of countries involved in the illegal trafficking of persons. And what is
Cam Walker, Melbourne
They say a week's a long time in politics — but it's nothing compared to thirty years.
Friends of the Earth Australia is turning 30. From modest beginnings, FoE International is now the world's largest grassroots
The budget couldn't fudge it,the war has left our senses dazed; and his welfare policiesare dredged from ancient days.
Destroying health by stealth,robbing families blind;those who want to vote for himmust be out of their tiny mind.
The Timorese
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