BY ALEX SALMON
PERTH — Seven-hundred people attended a meeting at Fremantle Town Hall on May 14, to hear long-time peace activist Reverend Neville Watson, who has just returned from a "peace mission" in Iraq.
The 73-year-old Watson travelled to
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BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE — Australian and international delegates met at the "Keep space for peace" conference on May 17-18 to discuss greater cooperation of the international peace movement, especially to combat the increasing militarisation
BY ALISON DELLIT
Federal Greens politicians have condemned the government's federal budget, Greens Senator Bob Brown describing it as "bereft of humanity and environmental responsibility".
Brown said that the budget would deepen the divide
International Resources Group
The US Agency for International Development awarded a US$7.1 million contract for "personnel support" to the International Resources Group on February 25. The contract was awarded without competitive tendering.
BY BUSTER SOUTHERLY
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — On May 1, poet, teacher, youth poetry coach and 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly writer Bill Nevins received a terse notice from the Rio Rancho School District informing him that he has been fired from his Rio
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE — In a "private settlement", three Victorian unions have agreed to pay $300,000 in fines to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for violating the secondary boycott provisions of the Trade
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. Includes the 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ news. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Phone (o2) 9564 1277. Visit
BY MILES MILTON
LONDON — The Socialist Alliance has its first local councillor in England following the May 1 British local government elections. Michael Lavalette won in Preston town centre ward, in Lancashire, with 546 votes (38%), trouncing
BY JEREMY SMITH
BALLARAT — On May 7, the University of Ballarat council passed a motion to phase out the Bachelor of Arts (Theatre Production), threatening the employment of three production lecturers.
Only four such courses exist in higher
On June 3, the Sharia Court of Appeal of Katsina State in Nigeria will hear an appeal from Amina Lawal, who is fighting for her life after being convicted of adultery last August by an upper area court in Katsina because she gave birth to a child
BY PETER ROBSON
Filled with confidence from its apparent "success" in waging war on Iraq, the Howard Coalition government has began another assault on public services. Higher education in particular is under attack, with the worst proposals from
Unions
Most unions have criticised the budget for attacking public health and education. Some have also condemned the promotion of individual agreements on campuses and anti-union funding.
Victorian Trades Hall secretary Leigh Hubbard blasted the
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