Linda Seaborn, Hobart
Following the May 10 federal budget, anyone in receipt of a parenting payment, i.e., low-income people with children, will now have to work to support themselves after their youngest child turns six.
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Former Victorian secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Craig Johnston will be released from jail on May 26. Johnston was imprisoned for nine months on charges relating to an industrial dispute in 2001.
Thousands of unionists and
MELBOURNE — On May 18, 90 people, including Indigenous leaders from around Australia, meeting at the Victorian Trades Hall, bar called a mass protest of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Melbourne to coincide with the 2006 Commonwealth
Sarah Bruce
On May 5, the Federal Court handed down a landmark decision in a case brought by two Baxter detainees, known as "M" and "S", against the federal government. Judge Paul Finn found that the commonwealth had a duty to ensure that a level
The US Air Force has proposed a space weapons program, according to the May 18 New York Times. Air Force officials claimed that they are not seeking the militarisation of space. According to Air Force spokesperson Major Karen Finn, "The focus is on
SYDNEY — On May 19, 23 people attended the launch of the Peace Coalition on Sydney University. The meeting was addressed by Donna Mulhearn, a humanitarian activist who has helped with aid projects and been a "human shield" in both Iraq and
Sarah Stephen
Many Afghan asylum seekers who are enduring their third or fourth year in immigration detention have remained there because of disputes over their identity — most commonly, the allegation that they are from Pakistan. In the past few
On May 11, in a secret ballot, 92% of striking bus drivers rejected a company pay offer of $15 an hour in November, to be followed by an increase to $16 an hour in March 2007. The drivers are now demanding $16 immediately, and $17 by November. The
NEWCASTLE — Five-hundred people attended the Newcastle May Day march this year. This was a bigger turnout than in recent years, largely because of a big contingent of people protesting against the NSW Labor government's plans to close down the
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"Weapons and technology may help win wars, but it is only ideas that have the power to truly change the
"We made an incredible [US]$1.35 billion this quarter", a "shareholder" told the Dow annual general meeting on May 12. "For most of us that just means a new set of golf clubs. Instead, let's do something useful with it — like finally cleaning up
Italian soccer club Inter Milan has accepted an invitation by the Zapatista National Liberation Army for a solidarity soccer match. Zapatista leader Subcommandante Marcos wrote in a letter to the team, "Given the affection we have for you, we're not
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