Jon Lamb, Brisbane
Queensland Labor Premier Peter Beattie announced on April 4 that he no longer opposes uranium mining in Queensland. This will give mining companies the green light to increase uranium exploration. One site near Mt Isa, known as
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MELBOURNE — On April 5, 200 Yarraville residents blocked off the intersection of Francis Street and Williamstown Road as part of the Maribyrnong Truck Action Group's campaign to limit truck traffic on residential streets. For more information
Sarah Stephen
Soon after the federal government's decision to grant 42 West Papuan asylum seekers temporary protection visas, an April 2 national day of action in solidarity with West Papua welcomed the decision while urging the government not to
BRISBANE — On April 5, about 130 delegates attended two combined union delegates' meetings organised by the Queensland Council of Unions to discuss the campaign against the Howard government's Work Choices laws.
At each meeting, QCU
Doug Lorimer
"Shiite Muslim religious leaders ratcheted up their rhetoric against the United States during Friday prayers", the April 1 Los Angeles Times reported, adding that "Shiite religious leaders throughout the country ... condemned a March
Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter, Caracas
"I think it is possible to build socialism. We are demonstrating it already", Lilibet Sira Torres, Caracas director of the Frente de Francisco Miranda, told 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly. The FFM is a revolutionary youth
SYDNEY — On April 4, NSW Greens MP and infrastructure spokesperson Sylvia Hale moved in the NSW parliament to stop the state government from selling off the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme.
Hale said: "This government's record on public
Allen Myers, Hanoi
The International Conference of Agent Orange/Dioxin Victims, held in Vietnam's capital on March 28-29, drew some 150 participants, about half of them from outside Vietnam.
After two days of discussion and a visit to Friendship
Natalie Lowrey
"Lake Cowal is our heartland and we'll never give up fighting for it, or let go of our culture ... They tell us gold will be poured soon, but we are keeping up our campaign here and overseas." These fighting words are from Wiradjuri
Rachel Evans & Arthur Randell, Sydney
The federal government's attempt to silence students with their mis-named "voluntary student unionism" (VSU) is being resisted by students campaigning on various campuses for secure, well-lit spaces that are
Marek Edelman, the last surviving leader of the Warsaw ghetto uprising during the Second World War, has accused the conservative religious broadcaster Radio Maryja of "xenophobia, chauvinism and anti-Semitism" and has called on Prime Minister
WaterDirected by Deepa MehtaStarring Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham and SaralaDendy FilmsScreening from April 13
REVIEW BY MARGARET ALLUM
"There are three options from which widows may choose, according to our texts. They may burn with
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