The Socialist Alliance has condemned the Australian government's decision to send warships and troops to police the Solomon Islands. Alliance members at the June 28 Victorian SA conference argued that Canberra would use the intervention to further
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The federal Labor opposition's cave-in over the federal government's draconian ASIO bill is a dangerous mistake, warned John Van der Velden, a national co-convener of the Socialist Alliance on June 27.
"In the name of fighting terrorism, ASIO is
BY NATASHA IZATT
LONDON — A conference of the Stop the War Coalition, held on June 21, has called for a national demonstration on September 27 to demand the end of the occupation of Iraq.
The conference, attended by 700 people, heard a range of
BY DANNY FAIRFAX
CANBERRA — Braving near-zero temperatures, 100 people assembled outside the entrance of the National Convention Centre from 8am on June 24 to protest against the 2003 Defence and Industry conference.
The conference is staged
Forty workers at Morris McMahon will return to work on July 1 after almost 16 weeks on strike. They have won union recognition and a registered agreement, a 5% pay rise each year for three years and a 19-day work month. Photo by Celine Brun.
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE HOBART — A cost blow-out of more than $250 million for the Basslink underwater electricity cable across Bass Strait has been a focus of attention since Greens MPs began questioning Premier Jim Bacon's Labor government about
In Jakarta, around 1000 people, the majority women from the Women's Claim Alliance (APM), commemorated March 8, International Women's Day (IWD), by condemning increases to fuel prices and calling for a reduction in prices and the resignation of
BY KATHERINE BRADSTREET
SYDNEY — "Where were the students?", asked the June 20 Sydney Daily Telegraph, in an article by Rachel Morris bemoaning the small numbers of young people that attended the "welcome home" parade of troops who served in
BY VANNESSA HEARMAN
MELBOURNE — Speaking through an interpreter at a press conference on June 27, Aleida Guevara, the eldest daughter of legendary Latin American revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, said the US government would dearly like to
BY MELANIE SJOBERG SYDNEY — A last minute reprieve arrived for the NSW Working Women's Centre, whose current federal funding arrangement expires on June 30. At 4pm on June 27, the federal government announced a new arrangement. Fifty people
BY DOUG LORIMER
"The safety conditions in Afghanistan have deteriorated badly in the course of 2003 and one can't say that they have changed in a decisive, long-term or effective fashion. It is therefore hard to think of promoting repatriation [of
BY LACHLAN HARRIS After declaring "the circle sentencing pilot in Nowra has been fantastically successful", New South Wales attorney-general Bob Debus has announced plans to roll out circle sentencing across the state. Next month, Dubbo will be the
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