By Greg Adamson
CANBERRA — Residents and supporters of Ainslie Village, a low-income accommodation area, have maintained a 24-hour picket since January 16 in protest at hostile management activities. The picket has drawn broad community
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By Annolies Truman
SYDNEY — Calls for the formation of an indigenous Australian church, compulsory Aboriginal and Islander studies in theological colleges and the enactment of a "Social Justice Package" to address needs not met by the Native
A "catastrophic humanitarian situation" exists in the Tuzla region, according to the Bosnian city's mayor, Selim Beslagic. United Nations aid for refugees has been only 19% of what is needed, and the city is regularly shelled by surrounding Serb
Checkmate by Bishop?
To paraphrase Paul Keating, every pet shop galah is talking about Bronwyn Bishop. Bishop has been elevated to almost regal status by a delighted Canberra press gallery starved of any real political debate between the two
Man vs dog
By Brandon Astor Jones
In Butts County, just 50 miles south of Atlanta, sits the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Centre. Today the sun is gently pressing its way through a dense cloud bank high above a hint of morning fog.
Supermarkets break trading laws
By Kest Courtice
HOBART — Tasmania's Purity supermarket chain opened all day on Saturday, January 8, contravening Tasmanian law. On the following Saturday, Coles also opened all day.
The Retail
By Andrew Hall
The final figures have now been released regarding the South Australian state elections on December 11, in which the Liberals swept the Labor Party aside with a landslide result.
However, Liberal control of both houses of
By Jana D.K.
JAKARTA — A series of regulations which permit military intervention in industrial disputes have been revoked by the minister of labour, Abdul Latief, it was reported on January 18. While the move has been welcomed by some, many
LONDON — The High Court on January 13 agreed to Greenpeace and Lancashire County Council's (LCC) request for a judicial review of the British government's decision to license the controversial Thorp nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield.
CLAUDETTE BEGIN and ALEX CHIS are both members of the Committees of Correspondence, a 2000-strong socialist regroupment project in the US. In Australia for the Democratic Socialist Party's annual conference, they spoke to FRANK NOAKES and CATHERINE
Protesters detained in Port Moresby
By Frank Enright
Members of Melanesian Solidarity Papua New Guinea (Melsol) were detained while handing a petition to the Indonesian Embassy in Port Moresby on January 6. The petition complained of
Since the government of President Daniel arap Moi came to power in Kenya in 1978, political opposition has been illegal, thousands have been imprisoned, killed or disappeared, and tens of thousands have been displaced from their homes. OTIENO
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