BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — Two weeks after the Hobart City Council banned the distribution of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly in the Elizabeth Street Mall, the paper continues to be distributed there daily. As of December 9, there had been no arrests or fines
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"[The federal government] wants to ensure diversity of opinion but not necessarily diversity of ownership." — Senator Richard Alston on why Kerry Packer should be allowed to own even more media outlets.
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PERTH - On December 7, activists from the Resistance socialist youth organisation staged a "die in" outside the Defence Force Recruitment Centre to protest against the war in Afghanistan. The protesters later walked through the city malls carrying a
BY ROB MILLER
If there was an Academy Awards ceremony for terrorism, Israel would sweep every category — and every acceptance speech would have to thank the government of United States, whose generous support has made Israel the most successful
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Along with movies like The Castle, The Bank, Erin Brockovich
BY SARAH STEPHEN
The Woomera Immigration Detention Centre, in the South Australian desert, has been the site of a series of riots, hunger strikes, suicide attempts and escapes over the last two years. The federal government, with the assistance of
BY JONATHAN GADIR
In a ceremony at the Swedish parliament on December 7, the Right Livelihood Award, generally known as the alternative Nobel Peace Prize, was awarded to Gush Shalom, the Israeli Peace Bloc, and personally to its tireless
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
"It's not going to be all that easy [under the third-term of the Coalition government] but we're just going to have to fight on. I'm sure the militant unions will be up to it", Craig Johnston, Victorian state secretary of the
The chairperson of Rio Tinto, Sir Robert Wilson, told an mining industry conference in 1999 that a "pressing concern for the mining and metals industry is the need to overcome its poor public perceptions of our industry's performance in relation to
BY ALISON DELLIT
SYDNEY — Arriving at Parramatta station for a 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly selling spot during the afternoon peak hour rush on December 6, I was surprised to see a dog roaming among the commuters near the ticket gates.
Dogs are normally
BY SUSAN PRICE
The unity statement of the International South Group Network included some far-reaching elements:
"The 'race to the bottom' character of economic globalisation ... may have increased the participation of the female labour force in
BY ROB MILLER
MELBOURNE — In its latest attempt to crush unions, Yallourn Energy is once again attempting to provoke a dispute that will threaten power supplies in Victoria, this time by walking away from an in-principle agreement reached with
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