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Liam Mitchell A central thrust of Prime Minister John Howard's planned new workplace laws will be to ensure employers can more easily lower their labour costs by forcing workers onto individual contracts, or Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs)
On July 27, the first ever solidarity brigade to Venezuela began, organised by the Australia Venezuela Solidarity Network. The brigade aims to give Australians a taste of the unfolding Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela, a process led by President
Alex Miller On July 22, a 27-year-old Brazilian man, Jean Charles de Menezes, was shot eight times by armed police in London — seven times in the head and once in the shoulder. The police later admitted that de Menezes had been unarmed and had no
ADELAIDE — Local bands Traveling Sacks, Mandala Project, Candle Wax and Ezulai, and musicians from Spacial Monkey donated their time and music to help raise more than $500 for 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly and the Australia Venezuela Solidarity Network on
NEWCASTLE — John Pilger's latest film Stealing a Nation was screened on July 23, and given media coverage by several local papers. The film tells the story of Diego Garcia, an island territory of Britain whose population was forced off their land
Kim Bullimore Once hailed as the father of the Israeli settler movement in occupied Palestine, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is now regarded by the settlers as their enemy. With August 15 expected to be the date on which Israel begins to
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
By Peter Boyle Move over Pauline Hanson, you've been replaced by an aggressive army of professional word-spinners who easily out-offend, out-vilify and out-incite you. They'll do fine service selling the Howard government's next war moves and
In the wake of the July 7 bombings in London, people in Britain and around the world are asking: why did this happen, and what can we do to stop it from happening again? Perfectly reasonable questions to which there are a variety of possible answers,
Maureen Francis The NSW Labor government's planned $2 billion water desalination plant in Sydney's eastern suburbs has produced an interesting group of opponents. The state Liberal opposition may perhaps be discounted: they see it as their duty
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. HT
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