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Progressives do well in NT elections

By Tom Flanagan DARWIN 鈥 While the Northern Territory elections returned the ruling Country-Liberal Party to government (with 18 seats to Labor's seven), a significant vote was recorded for progressive candidates in a range of electorates. The

Forest protection petition

Forest protection petition The Earth Repair Foundation is seeking to collect more than 1 million signatures on a forest protection petition launched on August 17. The previous most-signed petition in Australia was for health care funding,

Strong support for COSATU strikes

By Norm Dixon Workers in every province of South Africa strongly supported a week of rolling general strikes beginning August 18 to demand changes to the Basic Conditions of Employment Bill. Employers and COSATU reported that 60-100% of workers

Action against racism in WA

Action against racism in WA By Anne O'Callaghan PERTH 鈥 Action Against Racism organised a picket on August 29 outside a One Nation supporters' meeting at Warwick community hall. Despite only five days' notice, AAR mobilised more than 50

Useful lessons for the free education campaign

By Alison Dellit Over the last 18 months, unprecedented attacks on the higher education system have struck at the very core of publicly funded education and have propelled many students into action. The RMIT occupation is but the latest example

The lies of a greenhouse outlaw

By Susan Laszlo While more severe and frequent drought and floods, linked to the El Ni帽o effect, are being cited as evidence of the greenhouse problem, the Australian government is forging ahead with its campaign to scuttle binding

Victorian auditor-general under threat

Victorian auditor-general under threat By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE 鈥 A public meeting on August 25 at Eastern TAFE's Wantirna campus was one of several across Victoria to protest against the state government's proposed changes to the

Yagan: an Aboriginal resistance hero

By Craig Cormick

It is tragic that it has taken a struggle over the skull of Noongar warrior Yagan to bring him to the attention of the Australian public, for during his life he was one of the most respected Aboriginal resistance leaders.

Yagan was of the Nyungar people from south-west Western Australia, where Perth, Fremantle and Albany are now situated.