The Wall Street Journal published a worried analysis about the April 10 day of action for immigrant rights, pointing to widespread absenteeism by workers who participated, which forced many employers to shut down.
Workers at an Excel meatpacking
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Refugee Action Coalition, April 13
"[The Howard government] has used the excuse of the crisis over West Papuans to put its preferred policy in place. It is now clear why the government has been building such a large detention centre on Christmas
We Built This CityWritten and directed by Donna JacksonMelbourne Workers TheatreWith Mark SeymourScienceworks, MelbourneUntil May 6
PREVIEW BY MARGARITA WINDISCH
At a time when the Howard government has introduced the most reactionary IR
Rohan Pearce
"The invasion and occupation of Iraq is a campaign of imperial military conquest and falls into the category of criminal acts. I would have had criminal responsibility vicariously if I had gone to Iraq. I still have two great loves in
MELBOURNE — On April 16, the Easter bunny was locked up outside of St Paul's Cathedral as protesters condemned the mandatory detention of asylum seekers and PM John Howard's proposed new law to process asylum seekers offshore. The action was
Clinton Fernandes
When it comes to Australia-Indonesia relations, public opinion has often been under-estimated by policymakers, who have then been frustrated by the challenges it poses.
More than a year before Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East
Zoe Kenny
The Save the Food Bowl Alliance (SFBA), which is campaigning to stop the construction of an industrial waste dump at Hattah-Nowingi, 50 kilometres from Mildura, in north-west Victoria, has called for the seven days leading up to April 26
Simon Tayler, Sydney
Mamdouh Habib, arrested in Pakistan and held without charge in Guantanamo Bay for three-and-a-half years until he was released without charge in February 2005, was arrested again by Parramatta police on March 29.
This latest
Sarah Stephen
Mohammad Sagar, 29, and Muhammad Faisal, 26, are Iraqis who have been granted refugee status but remain stranded on Nauru after arriving there four-and-a-half years ago. The Australian government won't take them after ASIO deemed them
Eva Cheng
A seven-year battle by the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) to gain registration as a legal association failed to produce a clear result when the case was heard in the country's Court of Appeals on April 10. The court reserved its
Kerry Smith
The proportion of Australian workers on low pay is increasing and many of them are not protected from financial distress by living in dual income households or receiving welfare benefits, according to new research.
Two studies for the
Work Choices I
Until the Work Choices legislation came into operation, Australian workers had similar conditions of employment to those existing before the unfortunate election of the Coalition government in March 1996.
During the last decade
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