The announced takeover of St George public hospital in Sydney's south by the Catholic Sisters of Charity, sponsored by NSW health minister Andrew Refshauge, was quickly abandoned — for the moment anyway — because of public outrage. But the
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By Lisa Macdonald
SYDNEY — An alliance of peak environment groups released a Forest Reserve Plan for NSW on July 10. It was submitted to the state government as part of the public consultation phase of the Carr government's forest policy. The
By Pip Hinman
The majority Australian peace and disarmament groups welcomed the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the threat or use of nuclear weapons breaches international law. However some took a more cautious position
Dyirbal Song Poetry: Traditional songs of an Australian rainforest peopleLarrikin through FestivalAmerican Indian DancesARC recordsReviewed by Norm Dixon The songs, music and dances of the world's indigenous peoples have become somewhat trendy in
By Corinne Glenn
The ABC has become the latest target of the coalition government's austerity drive. Mark Brook from Friends of the ABC (WA branch) says, "The Howard government claims that the current ABC is elitist; therefore public funding should
Each week Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly brings you the news that isn't usually covered by the establishment press. As a source of information to the progressive movements, Â鶹´«Ã½ remains unequalled in the quality and breadth of information and comment. But
By Zeynep Tufekcioglu
Turkey is a country on the edge of turmoil and collapse. It has a familiar story, often repeated in many countries around the world. During the post-World War II policies of import-substitution under the ever watchful eye of
Resistance plans fight against Howard
By Marina Cameron
"The capitalist system, based on riches for the few and poverty for the rest of us, can provide no solution to the crisis", noted a feature report at the 25th National Conference of the
BRISBANE — The Queensland Association for Mental Health held a protest on June 24 against proposed funding cuts to the mental health reform initiative Project 300. The joint initiative of the departments of health, housing and family services is
By Eva Cheng
On July 2, the Consumers Union of Japan launched a consumer boycott campaign against Chinese products in an attempt to pressure Beijing against conducting more nuclear weapons tests. Beijing's test planned for September is the
By Bruce Marlowe
The Community and Public Sector Union, which covers workers in the Australian Public Service, is to hold a round of mass meetings on July 23 to vote on a CPSU national executive motion for a 24-hour stoppage onr July 25. The move
The Boycott Burma Campaign in the US succeeded last year in pressuring multinational companies such as Macy, Levi Strauss, Reebok, Liz Clairborne and Eddie Bauer to pull out or stop doing business with Burma as a sanction against the military
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