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Questions over NSW police inquiry

By John Tognolini SYDNEY — Police corruption has long been a central theme in New South Wales. Ian Temby's last report, on Operation Milloo for the Independent Committee Against Corruption, delivered in February, revealed police involvement in

Black deaths continue

Black deaths continue Black deaths in custody are increasing, according to a report into 1993 deaths by the Institute of Criminology. Eight Aboriginal people died in custody in 1993, a rate almost eight times the national average.

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Death in custody I'd like to bring to the attention some points I feel may be of significance and importance to members of the public, and also other Aboriginal organisations, concerning the recent death in custody of Anthony John Welsh at the

More Aboriginal land cleared for Skyrail

More Aboriginal land cleared for Skyrail By James Clark KURANDA — On July 5 police forcefully removed protesters opposing the skyrail and arrested two people. Sixty protesters, mostly locals from Cairns and Kuranda, have been using

National student women's conference

National student women's conference By Jen Crothers SYDNEY — Over 400 women gathered at Macquarie University from July 11-15 for the annual Network of Women Students in Australia (NOWSA) conference, the theme of which was "Women working

Khmer Rouge outlawed

By Helen Jarvis PHNOM PENH — The gloves are coming off in Cambodia in the struggle against the Khmer Rouge. It is now one year since the United Nations ushered in a coalition government of the previously governing Cambodia People's Party and

Clear-felling WA's forests.

Clear-felling WA's forests. PERTH — Western Australia has only about 125,000 hectares of old growth Karri/Marri forest left. Most of it is currently available for clear-felling. Clear-felling is a logging procedure which fells every tree; it

British violence ignored by church, say Irish priests

DUBLIN — Four Catholic priests, members of the Clergy for Justice group, have accused Irish church leaders of deliberately ignoring the "institutional violence of the British state in Northern Ireland". "Given the way the British government

Privatisation of ANL: union 'lied to' by ALP

By Catherine Brown "I think the [government-owned] Australian National Line [ANL] is a heartland issue for the Labor Party; there are no more serious people in the labour movement than the Maritime Union of Australia, and there is no-one I think

SA's own Dan Quayle

SA's own Dan Quayle By Penny Farrow ADELAIDE — Single women are "going around getting pregnant to rort the system", according to state Liberal backbencher Joe Rossi. He has also been quoted by a suburban newspaper as saying that single

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ADELAIDE — Hoping to build on the success of the last two years, the Adelaide Reclaim the Night collective has begun preparations for this year's march on October 28. A dance is being organised to follow the march. Collective members want to make

Haitian president opposes US invasion

Haitian president opposes US invasion In a June 25 interview with Scott Simon of National Public Radio, Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide emphatically rejected proposals for the US to restore the elected government by means of a military