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"Mental illnesses including anxiety disorders and depression are common and undertreated in many countries, both developed and developing, with the highest rate found in the United States." — June 2 Associated Press report on the
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Britain and the US seem to be having some communication problems about who will have veto rights over US military attacks on innocent wedding parties, while the US's former pin-up boy, Ahmad Chalabi, claims that his recent fall from grace is
BY DAVID ROVICS
We'll get rid of the dictator, rebuild your countryMake sure all your kids go to schoolWe'll clean up the cities, get the sewage plants runningInstitute parliamentary ruleWe'll bring you autonomy, senators and judgesAnd a shiny new
Tony Iltis, Melbourne
On May 29, Preston Markets management called the police to a Socialist Alliance campaign stall. Since 1999, the stall has been held regularly on Saturdays at the markets.
Activists at the stall were leafleting for the June
Sarah Stephen
Aladdin Sisalem, a 25-year-old Palestinian born in Kuwait, has spent the last four years in search of a country that could offer him freedom from persecution. On May 31, he finally found it, as he flew into Melbourne with a visa in
Nick Everett, Canberra
"We must all do our bit to end our government's silence on the crimes being committed against the Palestinians", Michael Shaik, an International Solidarity Movement activist, told a Socialist Alliance public meeting on June
Kamala Emanuel
On May 27, Prime Minister John Howard announced his plan to amend the Family Law Act to exclude same-sex couples from the definition of marriage and to ban them from adopting children from overseas. As a sweetener, the legislation
Katie Cherrington, Newcastle
Rank-and-file members of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) are uniting across the country against the May 5 decision by the union's National Management Committee (NMC) to close the Hunter region organising
Phil Andrews, Melbourne
On May 20, the national executive of the National Tertiary Education Union voted to accept a heads of agreement (HoA) at Swinburne University, which ties increases in staff pay to an increase in the number of full-fee paying
REVIEW BY DAVE RILEY
TroyDirected by Wolfgang PetersenWith Brad Pitt and Eric BanaScreenplay by David Bewioff
For an uncomfortably long time into this movie I thought I had done my dough. I don't like investing risk money into my entertainments
Dr Marg Perrott
The federal government's attack on confidential medical access for those under 16 is yet another example of the government's right-wing ideological offensive against people in need and the population in general.
On December 5 last
"This decision should not deter any person from coming forward to police if they have been the victim of a serious crime", declared Detective Chief Inspector Jason Breton, after announcing on April 27 that the gang-rape case against up to six
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