NEWCASTLE — Environmental group Rising Tide staged an evening protest in Civic Park on June 21 to highlight the damaging impact of climate change. More than 200 people gathered for the winter solstice, symbolising a period of peak energy
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Lachlan Maxwell, Huon Valley
The federal government's forest industry rescue package has protected the large Myrtle tract of the Tarkine forest, selective areas of the Styx Valley, and other minor areas throughout Tasmania from intensive forestry
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Doug Lorimer
In stark contrast to the endless coverage of the supposed "rescue" of Australian-born hostage Douglas Wood, most media has been silent on revelations of hundreds of Iraqi Arabs and Turkmen kidnapped by US-backed Kurdish police and
MELBOURNE — A local fight-back against PM John Howard's industrial relations "reforms" kicked off in Melbourne's western suburbs on June 22, when a newly formed coalition of community and union members organised a 100-strong forum in Footscray.
Rohan Pearce
US troops shot Farqad Mohammed Khinaisar at 8am on May 29. She was 15 minutes away from the Baghdad high school she taught at when a convoy of soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division opened fire on her car. Her death was the end result
When Kuwaiti-born Palestinian refugee Aladdin Sisalem arrived in Melbourne on May 31, 2004, greeted by the glare of television cameras and the welcome of supporters, his emotions were tinged with a sense of triumph and relief.
Jude Deland & Jill Redwood
The East Gippsland region is a hot-spot of biodiversity. It covers only 4% of the Victoria, yet is home to more than 300 rare and endangered species, half of the state's 3000 native vascular plant species and 43 different
Feminist Gloria Steinam joined around 30 people to protest the opening of De Beer's first US store, telling media that the "Bushmen are the real diamonds of the Kalahari". The Botswanan government has been evicting the Bushmen from their traditional
Rohan Pearce
In the lead-up to Afghanistan's September parliamentary elections, additional foreign troops, most likely including Australians, are being deployed to prop up the central administration of President Hamid Karzai.
Karzai relies on
Kathy Newnam& Jon Lamb, Darwin
The race card came up trumps for the Labor Party in the June 18 Northern Territory elections, which saw the ALP returned to government with an unprecedented 12% swing in its favour. The Country Liberal Party, which
PM John Howard's new industrial relations laws will be disastrous for working people. The changes are not simply an attack on the wages and conditions of today's workers, they are an attempt to render workers powerless and allow bosses free reign in
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