Paul Benedek, Sydney
On September 24, 50 people attended the first street action here to protest the jailing of former Victorian secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Craig Johnston.
"Johnston stood up for 29 sacked workers,
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Greg McFarlane, Sydney
More than 100 people attended a colourful rally outside Tony Abbott's Manly office on September 25 to express their anger at the dishonesty of the Howard government.
Representatives of the Socialist Alliance, the Stop the
Nicole Hilder, Wollongong
On September 24, 200 people attended a feisty meet-the-candidates forum on "family values", held in the Wollongong mall.
Referred to by its critics as "the big day out for homophobes", the event was organised by Jeff
Australia's social security payments are lower, and fewer people receive them, than in other comparable countries.
A survey of 16 OECD nations revealed that Australia spends less on social security payments in proportion to Gross Domestic Product
Kerryn Williams, Sydney
On September 24, Redfern police Aboriginal liaison officer Paul Wilkinson told the NSW parliamentary inquiry into Redfern that the young Aboriginal man who died after he was impaled on a fence in Waterloo on February 14, had
"Workers, pensioners, students and unemployed people are being screwed by the capitalist politicians in the Labor and Liberal parties and we desperately need a working-class alternative." — Kamala Emanuel, Socialist Alliance candidate for Denison.
Paul Oboohov, Canberra
On September 23, candidates for the October 9 federal election addressed a forum at the Australian National University organised by the National Tertiary Education Union.
The Liberal candidate for the seat of Fraser, Adam
John Howard's Lament
Won't you come back MS Tampa,won't you come back to our shore.Bring us the old and the hungry,your crippled and troubled what's more.
Won't you come back MS Tampa,won't you come back to our shore.Bring us the old and the
Dave Munroe, Wollongong
On September 18, a meet-the-candidates public forum on lowering the voting age to 16 was organised by Resistance and the Socialist Alliance.
Candidates for the seat of Cunningham addressed the meeting, including Chris
To the 5 BurroughsBeastie BoysCapitol Records$29.95
REVIEW BY NICK FREDMAN
The Beastie Boys, three weedy-looking Jewish guys with whining voices, were never the most obvious candidates for hip hop superstardom. However for over two decades
Doug Lorimer
With blatant disregard for Iran's legal rights under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT), the board of governors of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) unanimously adopted a resolution on September 18 demanding
The all-volunteer army I
"Soldiers from a Fort Carson combat unit say they have been issued an ultimatum — re-enlist for three more years or be transferred to other units expected to deploy to Iraq. Hundreds of soldiers from the [US Army's] 3rd
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