John Martinkus
HT Lee died on July 26. I only knew HT for the last six years of his life, but the circumstances of our meeting in the final days before the 1999 independence ballot in East Timor meant that we formed a strong friendship.
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DARWIN — A 20-year-old Aboriginal man was confined to a wheelchair on July 16 after being dragged behind a police wagon until the toenails and skin were torn off his feet.
Police spokespeople told the July 24 Sunday Territorian that the incident
The following open letter from the Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta — the Senior Aboriginal Women's Council of Coober Pedy — was issued on July 19. It was signed by Eileen Kampakuta Brown, Emily Munyungka Austin, Ivy Makinti Stewart and Tjunmutja Myra
ARMIDALE — Since the July 1 Sky Channel meeting and rally to defend workers' rights, attended by 500-600 workers, unionists have been meeting weekly to organise a family picnic and rally on August 7, and to inform the community about the effects
91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's Bronwyn Jennings spoke to Geelong Trades Hall secretary Tim Gooden about the campaign to defeat the federal Coalition government's proposed changes to industrial relations laws.
Can the new IR laws be defeated?
Yes. They may
NEWCASTLE — On the morning of July 29, 200 workers rallied outside the office of federal Coalition MP Bob Baldwin in the town of Raymond in a display of solidarity with the nine-week-long strike by maintenance workers employed by Boeing at the
Chris Johnson, Queenscliffe
They came in red coats, scarves and hats, wrapped in red blankets and waving red flags. One-hundred-and-fifty residents of the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria called on the state Labor government to reverse its decision
Paul Oboohov, Canberra
The Unions ACT rally against PM John Howard's new industrial laws, set for August 9, the first sitting day of the new Senate, will no longer be held in front of Parliament House as planned, but several kilometres away in
On July 28, the Islamic Human Rights Commission reported that attacks on Asian-Britons reported to it, and not to the police, had increased 13-fold since July 7 - from an average of 6-7 a week, to 170 in two weeks. The Muslim Safety Forum, which
HOBART — The Hobart Organic Food Co-operative distributed free food to 60 people in a Food not Bombs activity on Parliament House Lawns on July 22.
Food not Bombs is a volunteer organisation dedicated to creating a world free from coercion and
Kerry Smith
A peaceful walk into Wandella State Forest, near the town of Cobargo in south-eastern NSW, turned into a terrifying experience for about 25 people on July 23. The adults and children were trapped in the forest for more than three hours
Sue Bolton
Victoria's South West Trades and Labour Council is organising a community rally in Warrnambool on August 6 against PM John Howard's plans to take the axe to workers' rights. SWTLC assistant secretary Margaret Brabender told 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳
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