Message Stick: The Healer — Brian Dowd runs an Aboriginal men's healing program called Back on Track, highly regarded for helping turn around the lives of countless Aboriginal men. ABC, Friday May 5, 6pm.
The Chaser's War on Everything —
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Doug Lorimer
On April 25, nine days after his election as prime minister of the Solomon Islands led to rioting in the streets of the country's capital Honiara, Snyder Rini announced his resignation. He was facing an imminent no-confidence vote
Pip Hinman
An Australian coalition of West Papua support groups has asked the UN to list West Papua as a non-governing territory requiring a self-determination plebiscite.
Joe Collins from the Australia-West Papua Association in Sydney said, "It
Dick Nichols
In the April 9-10 Italian general elections, outgoing prime minister and media super-boss Silvio Berlusconi just failed to pull off a miracle win for his centre-right coalition the House of Freedoms. The centre-right came to within
Sam Wainwright, Perth
WA insurance companies are defrauding Medicare through the state's workers' compensation system.
Not content with extracting more than $255 million profit in the last financial year, the insurers have found a way of avoiding
Norm Dixon
The dramatic recent events in Honiara have revealed the true role of Australian-dominated Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI). While Canberra has brand-named its commitment to RAMSI as Operation Helpem Fren, the
Stuart Munckton
Ricardo Alarcon, president of Cuba's National Assembly and one the revolution's central leaders, gave a wide-ranging interview to Nestor Kohan and Luciano Alzaga, which was published on the Rebelion website on April 18. The
Land of equal opportunity
"The median net worth for African-American families — half have more, half less — is less than one-tenth of the median for white families. That gap is driven largely by differences in home ownership. More than 70% of
Barry Sheppard, San Francisco
Something that was completely unexpected even five weeks ago will happen this year — marches and rallies of hundreds of thousands of workers on May 1 in more than 100 cities and towns across the country.
May Day,
Katie Cherrington, Wollongong
The Wollongong Undergraduate Students Association (WUSA) is organising a one-day conference of anti-war student activists on May 19 in an attempt to build networks to protest against Australia's support for US
On April 26, "Freedom Day", 5000 people joined a protest in Durban to mourn the "death of freedom". S'bu Zikode, leader of the shack dwellers movement Abahlali base Mjondolo, said residents from 35 informal settlements joined the demonstration to
Peter Morris
Iraqi civilians are being killed at about twice the rate that Anzacs were killed in Gallipoli.
According to my calculations, the Anzac adventure lasted 239 days and killed about 8709 Australian soldiers, an average of approximately
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