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BY LEIGH HUGHES ADELAIDE — Student anti-war activists won a campaign for corporate accountability at Flinders University on June 11. The academic senate has agreed to establish a working group to investigate ties between corporate sponsors and
BY CHRIS ATKINSON & JESS MELVIN There could have been few places as full of pro-war fever in the last few months as the USA. Nevertheless, a vibrant and passionate movement opposed the war on Iraq. US anti-war student activist DANI BARLEY will be a
By JAMES BALOWSKI JAKARTA — Just hours after claiming significant progress in its operation to crush the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and its supporters, the Indonesian military (TNI) on June 9 lost seven soldiers in an ambush in the Bireuen regency
BY SARAH STEPHEN A new 28-page booklet has been produced by the Western Australian Refugee Alliance which provides a good introduction to the issue of SIEV-X, the boat which sank in international waters on October 19, 2001, killing 353 of its
BY GRANT COLEMAN In the June 5 Melbourne Age, federal education minister Brendan Nelson has claimed to be the victim of a scare campaign, arguing that student protesters have not stuck to the facts in condemning his package of reforms to higher
BY PETER BOYLE Mr B or Mr C? Who has more personality? Better leadership style? Better policies? Does the broader fellow offer a smaller target to PM John Howard — and should he? Does the robot impersonator really have the "ticker"? Will it make
Casual hospitality workers win right to permanency SYDNEY — On June 8, the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union announced it had reached agreement with the Australian Hotels Association for casual employees in pubs, accommodation
BY SHANE BENTLEY SYDNEY — Five hundred maritime workers, union officials and Labor Party stalwarts walked the "Hungry Mile" through Sydney's Darling Harbour on June 3 to commemorate the life of former Waterside Workers Federation (WWF) general
The Magdalene SistersDirected and written by Peter MullanWith Geraldine Macewen, Anne-Marie Duff, Dorothy Duffy, Eileen Walsh and Noora-Jane NooneShowing at independent cinemas REVIEW BY ALEX SALMON Based on a true story, The Magdalene Sisters,
Dark VictoryBy David Marr and Marian WilkinsonAllen & Unwin, 2003 $29.95 (pb) REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN David Marr and Marian Wilkinson's Dark Victory has had some rave reviews since its release in March. The praise is well deserved. It is an
BY MURRAY SMITH PARIS — France was again brought to a standstill on June 10 by the movement against the government's attacks on workers' pension rights. The demonstrations were as massive as on previous occasions: 200,000 marched in Paris,
BY ALF LACEY If you read or hear about Australian history, it's easy to think this country was built by a lot of "famous" people — prime ministers, statesmen, economists, and even singers or poets. But it wasn't the politicians or governments,