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Freeway opposed @9point = ADELAIDE — Despite wet and windy conditions, more than 150 protesters gathered on July 30 to show their anger at the Brown Liberal government's decision to construct a freeway from Adelaide's south to the city.
La Trobe SRC funding threatened By Rachel Evans MELBOURNE — On July 27 La Trobe University vice chancellor, Professor Osborne, attacked students' right to control their own affairs by declaring that the university would not
@column = Issue #200 of Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Weekly is only weeks away. This will be the greatest celebration of progressive journalism in Australia since issue 100. And you can play a part. @column = Perhaps you've been a reader of the paper for
By James Balowski Last month Indonesia officially celebrated the 19th anniversary of the "integration" of East Timor as its 27th province. In carefully orchestrated ceremonies across the country, government officials focused on the
Queensland ALP in disarray By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The war of words continues in the ALP in the aftermath of the state election debacle. On August 4, Brisbane Lord Mayor Jim Soorley called on Queensland Labor Party secretary
By Lisa Macdonald Over the last fortnight, green and left activists who do not have access to electronic mail have missed a heated but politically interesting discussion which has taken place on the Pegasus network. The debate,
By Laura James When you see Hecate play live, it's easy to understand why they are one of the hottest of Melbourne's growing number of young female bands playing fast, loud rock. Powered along by Stephanie's furious drumming, bass-player
By Pip Hinman The final phase of the $64 million Kangaroo '95, "the greatest show in town", as Royal Australian Navy Captain and chief controller of Kangaroo '95 Jim Gault put it, has begun in the north of Australia. The military exercise
Indonesian solidarity campaign launched By James Balowski Criminal proceedings are to be brought against seven student and worker activists from the independent trade union PPBI (Indonesian Centre for Labour Struggle) and the
More delays on redeployment By Jennifer Thompson Middle East International's Graham Usher has reported that the Israeli government now supports only "partial redeployment" of its troops in the occupied territories, for
By Tony smith Paul Keating has developed three methods of dealing with criticism. First, he argues that all criticism of him comes from stooges of the Liberal Party. This is one of his great achievements: the ability to persuade
By Lisa Macdonald August 6 marked the 50th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima by the US during World War Two. On August 5 the first round of Hiroshima Day commemoration protests against the French government's recent decision