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Skate, Kabui at odds over Bougainville independence

Skate, Kabui at odds over Bougainville independence By Norm Dixon Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Bill Skate stated bluntly on August 4 that he will not permit Bougainville to become independent. His statement has called into question the peace

NZ Alliance discusses coalition with Labour

NZ Alliance discusses coalition with Labour By Zanny Begg AUCKLAND — More than 350 people gathered at Massey University in Albany on August 8-9 for the Alliance national conference. The Alliance groups three parties: NewLabour, Mana Motuhake

Looking out: Compassion

Compassion By Brandon Astor Jones "If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is something that could better be changed in ourselves" — Carl Gustav Jung Chaquita Damon, age five,

Neo-Nazi thugs offer their services to Hanson

Neo-Nazi thugs offer their services to Hanson By Norm Dixon The Queensland director of Pauline Hanson's One Nation party, Peter James, said on August 6 that the party would accept "support" offered to it by the Adelaide-based neo-Nazi outfit,

Abortion speak-out

By Susan Price MELBOURNE — More than 50 protesters held a speak-out at the State Library on August 8 calling for the repeal of abortion laws in Australia. The action, organised by the Pro-Choice Coalition, was part of a national day of action on

Tasmania G ber alles?

Comment by Jenny Forward HOBART — The August 29 Tasmanian elections are a crucial point for progressive politics here. For several years, the strength of the environment movement and the proportional Hare-Clark parliamentary system have combined

'Let them stay!'

"In East Timor they torture us physically; in Australia they do it mentally." — Henrique Lay, East Timorese asylum seeker A network of more than 10,000 Australians stands ready to defy federal law on behalf of East Timorese asylum seekers, but more

GST: good for the rich, bad for us

By Sue Boland If you believed the hype, you would think that everyone — rich and poor — will be better off under the new Howard-Costello tax plan. But it's not possible for something to benefit both rich and poor, both bosses and workers. A

.No Nukes!

No Nukes! For several months, hundreds of anti-uranium and land rights activists have been blockading the Jabiluka uranium mine in Kakadu. Thousands have also shown their opposition to the mine with rallies, pickets, information stalls and public

Poem: Ad-junked

Poem: Ad-junked Ad-junked Selling dreams, selling schemesSelling creams for your face and your stomachCars, computers, insurance, blue jeans and dessertsShares, holidays, property, alcohol and soapWith a little bit of glamour they're peddling

Dita Sari: 'Habibie is Suhartoism without Suharto'

Dita Sari: 'Habibie is Suhartoism without Suharto' JAKARTA — Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's JULIA PERKINS recently spoke to DITA SARI, People's Democratic Party (PRD) leader and chairperson of the Centre for Indonesian Labour Struggle, in Tangerang women's

Call centres: 'the new workhouses'

By Nick Everett "I have been threatened with being bashed, with being shot, and I have had customers scream so loud that it hurt my ear. I have had a customer in a public phone box smash the hand set into the payphone, causing my ear to ring."