The Socialist Alliance "Howard Overboard" election night party in 91自拍论坛 Weekly's offices in Sydney spontaneously spilled into the streets when John Howard conceded defeat. Jubilant activists celebrated with chants, whistles and pots and pans in a lap around the block which drew out people from their homes. A right-wing government that has plagued Australia since 1996 has been defeated and we have much to celebrate.
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I became a grandfather last week. The much-anticipated first grandchild arrived at 11.42pm. That聮s worse than it sounds because she was born in Perth and I live in Sydney 聴 two hours ahead. I groggily answered the phone but my eldest daughter聮s excited voice woke me up quickly and the memory of the birth of my younger daughter just 11 years ago came rushing back.
Fighting social exclusion? (1)
On November 22 Labor deputy leader and industrial relations shadow minister Julia Gillard announced that a Rudd Labor government would set up an "office of social inclusion" within the Department of the Prime
Speakers at a 100-strong rally supporting the November 17 national day of action for Indigenous rights condemned the Howard Coalition government聮s 聯emergency聰 intervention into Northern Territory Aboriginal communities and expressed disappointment with the ALP for its 聯me-too聰 approach
The following article was written by Migrante Australia, an organisation dedicated to organising and mobilising Filipino migrants and protecting their rights and welfare.
The Wilderness Society (TWS) has lost its Federal Court appeal, in which it argued that then-federal environment minister Malcolm Turnbull鈥檚 assessment of the Tamar Valley pulp mill was inadequate. The appeal was dismissed by three judges on November 22, but TWS spokesperson Greg Ogle said the it would not give up campaigning. 鈥淭he pulp mill is no closer to being built today than it was yesterday鈥, he said.
More than 200 prominent individuals from the arts and showbusiness in the United States have signed a letter addressed to President George Bush expressing their support for cultural relations between the US and Cuba.
Chickenhawk-in-chief
"I would say that we would always try diplomacy first. In other words, I've committed our troops into harm's way twice, and it's not a pleasant experience because I understand the consequences firsthand." 鈥 Emperor George
This year there has been a series of drug-related scandals in Australia鈥檚 two major football codes, the Australian Football League (AFL) and the National Rugby League (NRL). The scandals have nothing to do with 鈥減erformance enhancing鈥 drug, or even anything to do with the game of football at all. These scandals have been beaten up by a media circus, which has itself fed a frenzy of moral hypocrisy, led by the (now-former) federal Coalition government, with the 鈥渕e-too鈥 Labor Party chiming in.
Members of grassroots climate change action group Rising Tide chained themselves to a coal train on November 19 to stop the train reaching the port of Newcastle, the world聮s largest coal export port, with a record 80.8 million tonnes being shipped in the 2006-07 financial year.
Brian Senewiratne: 聯I have been a strong supporter of the left in my native Sri Lanka since I was 16 years old. I am now 76, and remain convinced, even more so, that it is the capitalist policies, first under the colonial British and later the Brown Sahibs of my ethnic group, the Sinhalese, that have taken that country to its condition of failing state.
Rail workers from the German train drivers union, the Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivf眉hrer (GDL), have repeatedly brought the country to a standstill in recent weeks, with rolling strikes against the state-owned rail company Deutsche Bahn AG.
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