On April 6, members of the People's Democratic Party in Jakarta protested against Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, demanding his government be replaced. Yudhoyono has begun increasing the price of fuel, which is already causing price
622
Farida Iqbal, Wollongong
On April 4, queer rights activist Annaliese Constable appeared in court under the charge of trespass. Constable led the 2004 campaign at Wollongong University for a safe queer space.
The existing campus queer space was a
On February 18, the Israeli government set up an x-ray machine at the Rafah International Crossing Point, and forced all Palestinians trying to leave Gaza that way to submit to an enhanced x-ray process, that included taking naked photographs. The
Kathy Newnam, Darwin
The re-autopsy of the body of Douglas Scott has found further evidence that the Aboriginal man was tortured and murdered in the Northern Territory's Berrimah prison on July 5, 1985.
Douglas Scott's widow, Letty, has fought
Terry Costello& Sue Bolton, Melbourne
The Community and Public Sector Union's national leadership has responded to the new political environment of increased attacks on unions by battening down the hatches and reinforcing the bunker.
At its
Paul Oboohov
German-born, Australian permanent resident Cornelia Rau was abused by jailers, and immigration detention officials knew about her mental condition, ABC TV's Four Corners revealed on April 4. Rau, a former Qantas flight attendant, was
Zoe Kenny
On March 16, federal education minister Brendan Nelson introduced his anti-student union legislation, euphemistically referred to as "voluntary student unionism" (VSU), into federal parliament. VSU is a strategic part of Nelson's higher
PM John Howard's top priority after winning control of the Senate is to attack Australian workers and their unions. He has introduced a wave of legislation that will, if passed, severely restrict workers' rights.
This legislation will:
Remove
Karl Miller,
Melbourne
More than 80 people turned up to the Victorian
state conference of the Socialist Alliance, the theme of which
was "Organising a community and trade union fight-back
against Howard's new attacks". This included around
SYDNEY — National Tertiary Education Union members at the Wagga Wagga campus of Charles Sturt University (CSU) leafleted students and their families at graduation ceremonies on April 6-8 to highlight their campaign to force the university to return
Carlene Wilson, Melbourne
When the Coalition takes control of the Senate in July, abortion rights will be one thing likely to come under attack.
The Campaign for Women's Reproductive Rights (CWRR) has been collecting signatures for a petition
The Harvard Corporation, the university's highest governing body, announced on April 4 that it would sell its shares in PetroChina, because the company is "too closely tied to genocide in Sudan". The decision was greeted with jubilation by black-clad
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