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Dutton’s bid to ban mobile phones

After the defeat in the Federal Court of his bid to ban mobile phones in offshore immigration detention centres, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) Peter Dutton is trying another strategy to subvert the court’s August ruling.

Mobile phones are already prohibited in onshore immigration detention centres and on Christmas Island for refugees who tried to come to Australia by boat.

Victory near for opponents of Ukrainian oil terminal

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Plans for a massive oil terminal near the Ukrainian port of Odessa are now likely to be drastically scaled down or abandoned entirely, reports in late August indicated. The project has been the focus of a

White Ribbon Week in Brisbane

By Anthony Brown BRISBANE — One in 10 Australian families experiences chronic domestic violence. An estimated 76% of rapists are partners, ex-partners or close friends of their victims or known by them. One in five women

Ireland: Toward a lasting peace?

By Catherine Brown and Frank Noakes "I have arranged ... to increase the animosity between the Orangemen and the United Irish. Upon that animosity depends the safety of the centre counties of the North." — British General Charles

Radio highlights

Gaywaves — Australia's longest running gay and lesbian program. 2SER, Thursday, September 15, 8pm. Green and Practical: The Reluctant Nation — This eight-part series looks at the implications of federalism on environmental management.

Loose cannons

Cow jumped over the moon lctext = "Space is not an empty void. It is a cash cow waiting to be milked by Australian space companies ... [according to] Dr Bruce Middleton, an aerospace consultant ..." — Sydney Morning Herald, September 6.

Women in the media

Women in the media Volunteers are wanted for "The Global Media Monitoring Project" — a project which aims to record the roles and representation of women in radio, television and newspaper news on one chosen "ordinary" day in our lives,

Write on

Militarism It would appear the bourgeois merchants of death are preparing an ideological onslaught on the minds of the Australian masses, in the run up to the 50th anniversary of the end of WW2. Shopping last week at Garden

Pan Africanist Congress probes election failure

The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), long considered South Africa's most important liberation movement after the African National Congress (ANC), surprised many with its massive electoral failure in the April elections. The PAC won 1.3% of the national

Action updates

BRISBANE — A mass meeting called by the Communications Workers Union on September 7 endorsed a motion opposing the Queensland and Federal Labor government's plans to privatise Suncorp, Telecom, Australia Post, ANL and Brisbane airports. The meeting

How the Rwandan tragedy was created

By Zanny Begg The death toll in Rwanda has shocked people around the world. Rows upon rows of dead bodies have filled TV screens, newspapers and magazines since the carnage began in April. It has been estimated that 500,000 people have

Joyous and enlightening theatre

Seeing Things By Barry Lowe Not So Straight Theatre Company September 14-17, 8.30pm Space Theatre, Festival Centre, Adelaide Reviewed by Penny Farrow Not So Straight Theatre Company, formed in late 1993, is made up