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East Timorese refugees: no end of trauma

East Timorese refugees: no end of trauma By Jon Land More than 200,000 East Timorese refugees are still languishing in militia-controlled camps across West Timor. United Nations personnel and representatives of human rights groups continue to be

Gay and lesbian pride springs out

Gay and lesbian pride springs out By Kim Bullimore and Simon Tayler CANBERRA — The ACT's first Gay and Lesbian Pride Festival — Spring Out — included a rally and march on November 13, attended by 300 people. The rally was addressed by,

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News — Melbourne community TV,

A matter of life or death

A matter of life or death The national crisis in public health care was dramatised last week when emergency wards in at least five public hospitals in Sydney were closed to all patients except those with life-threatening conditions. "You don't get

Bill on same-sex domestic violence welcomed

Bill on same-sex domestic violence welcomed By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Gay and lesbian organisations have welcomed the passage of Queensland government legislation giving same-sex couples the same access to domestic violence protection as that

Winning elections by killing prisoners

Winning elections by killing prisoners Comment by Karen Fletcher Between 1980 and 1998, the Australian prison population on any given day rose from an average of 9600 to an average of 19,906. The vast majority of prisoners serve sentences of less

South Coast teachers bury government offer

South Coast teachers bury government offer By Andrew Hall WOLLONGONG — Teachers in the northern suburbs of Wollongong buried a coffin outside Labor state MP David Campbell's electoral office on November 11. On the previous day their colleagues

Why work is getting harder

Why work is getting harder By Jonathan Singer "Reasonable hours are safer hours", the ACTU declared during its October 25-29 national campaign publicising the health and safety dangers of longer working hours. The dangerous hours campaign

Bankstown occupation victory!

By Kylie Moon BANKSTOWN — A major victory has been won by the students at the University of Western Sydney-Macarthur's (UWSM) Bankstown campus, a result of a 14-day long occupation of the Student Information Centre which ended on November 10. The

Defence Department opposes nuclear dump

Defence Department opposes nuclear dump By Molly Wishart Chiefs of the three defence forces and the secretary of the federal Department of Defence have written to the government expressing opposition to hosting a nuclear waste dump on land used

Australia gets greenhouse gong

Australia gets greenhouse gong By Jim Green The Australian government has been gonged for its performance in derailing climate change negotiations at the international climate change conference in Bonn, Germany, held from October 25 to November

Carr Labor excludes small parties from elections

By Peter Boyle SYDNEY — The Carr Labor government of NSW has passed legislation making it almost impossible for political smaller parties without a lot of money to run in state elections. All parties will have to pay $2000 to register and submit