Tony Iltis, Melbourne
On July 8, the Melbourne Town Hall was filled to capacity when at least 2000 people attended a performance put on by Actors for Refugees.
Performers at the event included Daniela Farinacci, Helen Morse, Alison Whyte, Pamela
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SYDNEY — The Aboriginal tent embassy at Victoria Park will hold a 'Corroboree for Sovereignty 2004' from July 14. For information visit http://active.org.au/sydney.From Green Left Weekly, July 14, 2004.
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DARWIN — Protesters gathered on July 7 outside the office of David Tollner, federal member for the seat of Solomon, in opposition to the proposed joint US-Australian military 'training facilities' in the Northern Territory and other parts of
Lalitha Chelliah
The Coalition government is touting its new media campaign — which includes TV ads and a glossy brochure delivered to all households — as a major response to the problem of domestic violence. The comments by Rodenberry (GLW
Julie Sloggett, Sydney
In the next few weeks, University of Western Sydney students will begin the stressful task of attempting to register for semester two tutorials. Many of them will find that the subjects in which they were previously enrolled
Sarah Stephen
On June 29, the first group of 35 Afghan asylum seekers arrived in Australia from Nauru. A second group of 35 Afghans arrived on July 6. The remaining 76 Afghan asylum seekers on Nauru who have been assessed by the immigration
Kids don't vote
"Kids don't vote", immigration minister Amanda Vanstone was reported as saying when criticising a children's book on the plight of children in detention. But why shouldn't they? Students are now more interested in politics and their
Dave Riley
"I think the tactics the Don used aren't much different from those General Motors used against [anti-corporate campaigner] Ralph Nader. Unlike some corporate heads, Corleone has an unwavering loyalty for the people that have given
Doug Lorimer
A top Pentagon official conducted unauthorised investigations of reconstruction contracts in Iraq and used the results to push for lucrative contracts for friends and their business clients, the July 7 Los Angeles Times reported.
Doug Lorimer
As Iraqi resistance fighters fought running gunbattles in the streets of central Baghdad, on July 7 the US-appointed Interim Government of Iraq (IGI) announced a set of security laws that will override the country's interim
As Venezuela's elected president faces a recall referendum pushed for by Venezuela's US-backed corporate elite, Leonel Vivas, that country's ambassador in Australia, released the following statement on July 5.
On the July 5, 1811, the people of
Green Left Weekly 's Dave Riley interviewed public transport activists and commentators. Answering his questions are Paul Mees, a teacher in transport planning at Melbourne University and a former president of the Public Transport Users Association;
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