By Jacqui Katona
I speak on behalf of members of my family and countrymen who belong to the Mirrar clan, Yvonne Margarula, Annie Ngalmirama, Junior Gardell, Stephen Nabinardi and Debbie Jentian. You might know Mirrar land to be part of Kakadu
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Activist TV: a better view
By Elinor Rennie
MELBOURNE — In May, while a protest against uranium mining on native title land was occurring outside the headquarters of CRA, a swan became stranded on the nearby Princes Bridge. TV news
Indonesian commemorations attacked
By James Balowski
Scores of people were injured and 85 arrested when the Indonesian military attacked peaceful protesters commemorating the first anniversary of the July 27, 1996, riots in central Jakarta.
By Sean Martin-Iverson
PERTH — Westrail plans spend $3 million on a campaign against a small group of Aboriginal youths accused of terrorising people on Perth trains. It will increase the number of special train constables from 87 to 107 and
By Marina Cameron
In the work of privatising education, the seemingly neutral government proposal that teaching and student results be tested is dangerous cover for gathering evidence to argue that private education "works better", that public
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Staging a two-week march on the Russian capital, nuclear power workers have forced the government to agree to pay out large sums in overdue wages, in an episode that has also focused attention on the dangerous state
Resistance protests racism
By Natalie Woodlock
ADELAIDE — "Defend the right to protest" and "Fight Howard's racist policies" were the main demands raised by an 80-strong demonstration here on July 28 outside a One Nation branch meeting.
Brassed OffWritten and directed by Mark HermanOpens August 14 Review by James Vassilopoulos
"When god created humanity he had too many bodies and not enough fuckin' brains, hearts and vocal chords. So he thought to himself, what will I do with
Following is an abridged version of the last media conference given by black US activist LORENZO KOM'BOA ERVIN, before he left Australia on July 24. Following a government attempt to deport him, Ervin was able to continue his tour, sponsored by Angry
By Becky Ellis
The NSW Teachers' Federation lifted its ban on skills tests after its executive voted on August 1 to accept an agreement with the Department of Education. The skills tests, taken each year by 120,000 students in years three and
By Lisa Macdonald
The Pauline Hanson phenomenon has sharply polarised opinion. Hanson's statements, and the failure of the establishment parties to counter them, have created more space for every reactionary idea and organisation to crawl out
Hands up
"Labor women have a great deal of difficulty in getting preselected for safe seats because the boys always put their hands up for them." — Anne Scott, seeking ALP preselection for Oxley but likely to lose out to former Queensland
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