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Chinese Australians condemn racial violence in Indonesia

Chinese Australians condemn racial violence in Indonesia Chinese Australians condemn racial violence in Indonesia By Vannessa Hearman MELBOURNE — More than 25 Chinese organisations in Victoria joined a 600-strong rally outside the Indonesian

Telstra unions strike over enterprise agreement

By Leo Wellin Telstra's announcement of a $3 billion profit in the last financial year helped galvanise staff support for a strike on August 28. The strike was called by the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) and the Communications,

200,000 rally in Yogyakarta

200,000 rally in Yogyakarta By Max Lane On August 26, 200,000 people rallied in Yogyakarta to protest against the refusal of the Indonesian government to ratify Sultan Hamengku Buwono X as governor of Yogyakarta. The rally adopted a manifesto

Losers try to overturn Cambodian elections

By Allen Myers Since elections to Cambodia's National Assembly were held on July 26, leaders of the two losing opposition parties — Funcinpec and the Sam Rainsy Party — have campaigned against the result, charging that the government used

Contemptuous respectability

Shooting FishDirected by Stefan SchwartzDistributed by GlobeNow screening in major cinemas Review by Conrad Barnett The Hollywood chase-and-misadventure film gets a '90s makeover, an English accent and a Brit pop soundtrack in the new film Shooting

Militant attempts to hijack Melbourne anti-racism rally

By Kerryn Williams Melbourne organisers of the Resistance national high school walkout against racism arrived at the rally venue on August 28 to find members of the socialist group Militant setting up a counter-platform and PA system. Our worst

and ain't i a woman?: Sex, gender and sexuality

Sex, gender and sexuality Two weeks ago, the 1999 conference organising collective of the National Organisation of Women Students Australia decided to exclude transgender women from the collective. The arguments used — principally by members

The insurance rip-off

By Dave Holmes WOLLONGONG — Two days after floods devastated this region, giant insurer NRMA attempted to deflect the second storm it knew would come by donating $250,000 to the disaster relief effort. Its cynical ploy fooled nobody. Ever since

Anti-racism movement: young people can change the world

Anti-racism movement: young people can change the world By Allen Myers The reaction of the establishment and its media to the secondary students' movement against racism has been divided.Some, especially supporters of One Nation and reactionaries

Life of Riley: Deciding

Deciding How are youse? Still making two ends meet? — Doin' my best. There's not much else you can do, is there? — Not much else. 'Cept hold your head above water. — That's right. Makin' do. Yesiree. You can only do your

ACT government workers rally

ACT government workers rally By Tim Gooden CANBERRA — On August 26, 200 Community and Public Sector Union members held a lunchtime rally outside the ACT Legislative Assembly to present a petition to ALP MLA Wayne Berry. The petition calls on

Mandatory sentencing targets indigenous people and the poor

By Lisa Macdonald When federal parliament resumes, the Australian Greens plan to introduce a private member's bill to over-ride section 78 of the Northern Territory's Sentencing Act — the mandatory sentencing legislation. This follows the