Senate rejects support for West Papua
By Leigh Hughes
CANBERRA — The Coalition and Labor have both voted against a Senate motion, put by Greens Senator Bob Brown on November 23, which would have recognised the overwhelming support for
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By John Burke
DARWIN — This year's major review of indigenous education in the Northern Territory by former NT senator Bob Collins reiterated that the problems facing indigenous people are systemic, bridging justice, health, housing and education
By Zanny Begg
In Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly issue #384, Resistance magazine carried an article, by me, which looked at some of the key ideas of "autonomist Marxism". The piece focused on the ideas of US theorist Harry Cleaver, an enthusiastic proponent of
World's harshest refugee laws
By Iggy Kim
With last week's passing of the Border Protection Bill by the federal Coalition and Labor parties, Hansonism became law. Australia now ranks as the most anti-refugee among the wealthy, predatory countries
Doomadgee crisis a product of racist system
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — On November 21, 12 nurses and doctors withdrew their services from a hospital in the Doomadgee Aboriginal community, in the Gulf region of north Queensland. The incident is a
By Dr Sharon Beder
When the Olympic Games begin in the year 2000, you
can expect to see them hyped as the "greenest"
summer Olympics of all time. But a massive toxic waste dump
will lie underneath the fine landscaping of the Olympic site.
ACT Members First wins three branch positions.
By Stuart Martin
CANBERRA — Results were close in the ACT branch elections of the Community and Public Sector Union, the rank and file group Members First winning three of six positions. Penny
Forest legislation stumped
The Senate voted to uphold amendments to the Regional Forest Agreements (RFA) Bill on November 24, setting a double dissolution trigger if the bill is again altered by the Senate next March. The Senate insisted that RFAs
By Simon Butler
Most students, and much of the wider community, recognise that there is a crisis in tertiary education funding. The Howard government promotes the introduction of increased student fees and university privatisation as the only
Ireland's part in Fortress Europe
By Sinead Corcoran
The Irish government has joined the ranks of those taking harsh action against refugees, enforcing draconian laws and planning to deport thousands of asylum seekers. Immigration became an issue
Victimised unionist garners support
By Melanie Sjoberg
SYDNEY — Organising Works trainee John Gauci has received messages of support since Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly revealed a decision by his union to suspend its sponsorship of him. The NSW branch of
By Sue Boland
Corporate profits are booming at record levels. According to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures published on November 18, company profits before tax increased by 6.5% over the last three months (17.3% over the last 12 months) to
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