By Peter Boyle
The August 19 "siege" of Parliament House prompted a torrent of hypocrisy from the establishment media. Television and radio "news" reports and page one stories in the dailies all seemed to be based on the same cliché-ridden,
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By Lisa Macdonald
In his budget speech, treasurer Peter Costello admitted without hesitation that unemployment will "probably remain at around 8%". (The latest ABS figures estimate 8.6%, roughly 780,000 people.) After decades of promises by the
By Jorge Jorquera
PERTH — Up to 2000 people participated in the September 5 stop the budget rally here. Almost half were high school students. All the university campuses had good contingents, and hundreds came from nearly every Perth TAFE,
Aboriginal Sovereignty — Three Nations, One Australia? is a new book by controversial author and historian HENRY REYNOLDS. Published by Allen & Unwin at $17.95, it calls for the establishment of three nations within one Australian state as a
Democrats and Greens
John Clancy claims in his ad (GLW 21/8) that the Australian Democrats are the only option for Left people. He asks which other party has "policies that cover every facet of fairness and honesty?" In fact the Greens, despite
By Arun Pradhan
PERTH — A September 5 rally of more than1500 people was the first time here that high school, TAFE and campus staff and students united to oppose the attacks on the education sector. Previous campus actions in Perth have been
National Challenge revitalised
By Maree Roberts
CANBERRA — At a meeting of Community and Public Sector Union activists held here on August 31, there were welcome signs that the fight against the Howard government's attacks is still a priority
International day of support for democracy in Indonesia
"We expect the first international actions in support of the Indonesian democratic movement to be one of the widest series of solidarity actions for many years", Max Lane told a seminar
A New Zealand environmental group, Coromandel Watchdog, is calling for action to counter a serious risk of cyanide contamination from the tailings dam of a gold mine. Sampling by the Waikato Regional Council indicates that cyanide in the tailings at
By Lisa Macdonald
On September 1, visiting environmentalists Ravi Agarwal from the Indian non-government organisation Srishti and Von Hernandez, Greenpeace's south-east Asia toxics campaigner based in the Philippines, launched a campaign to
By Phil Escott
The state governments are currently considering a plan by the federal government to radically alter the public housing supply. The plan would slash $500 million from the housing budget. In place of subsidised public accommodation,
Defence campaign needed
In the wake of the ACTU Council's disgraceful abandonment of union members and principles last week, the Democratic Socialist Party has called for a campaign to defend all those being charged by the Australian Federal Police
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