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Protest hits Rio Tinto AGM

Protest hits Rio Tinto AGM BY BILL MASON BRISBANE — Hundreds of angry protesters gathered outside the annual general meeting of the mining giant Rio Tinto here on May 24, accusing the company of human rights breaches and destructive

NT minister in denial

NT minister in denial BY ANDY GOUGH AND DAVE MURPHY DARWIN — Country Liberal Party MP Chris Lugg labelled the stolen generations "a fraud contrived by Aboriginal activists and their supporters and legal advisors" for the purpose of "obtaining

INDONESIA: How the IMF feeds graft and corruption

The Seattle and Washington protests against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) have forced their chiefs into damage control. But despite all the PR bunk about the IMF and WB's "non-interference" in national economies, and their

The world according to Mr TV

The world according to Mr TV MR TVWritten and directed by Sean O'RiordanWith Andy Rodoreda, Tori Campbell, Yvette Alcott and Colin McCarlieTap GalleryDarlinghurst, SydneyThursday to Sunday until June 11 Review by Jonathan Singer In the 1980s,

University workers demonstrate against council

University workers demonstrate against council BY NICK FREDMAN LISMORE — All but three members of the Southern Cross University council slunk in the back door rather than face the 100 angry campus workers demonstrating outside for a better

LEBANON: South liberated from Israel's occupation

LEBANON: South liberated from Israel's occupation RAMALLAH, Palestine — On May 23, Israel's occupation of southern Lebanon finally collapsed as its local militia, the South Lebanese Army (SLA), crumbled as thousands of Lebanese residents moving

Burmese target Canberra embassy

Burmese target Canberra embassy BY MARCUS PABIAN CANBERRA — Fifty federal police were unable to prevent 200 Burmese pro-democracy demonstrators, chanting "Eliminate dictatorship", from staging a sit-in outside the Burmese government's embassy

NSW Labor pleases private sector — again

BY LACHLAN MALLOCH SYDNEY — The NSW Labor government has once again received warm ruling-class approval for its annual budget, announced by treasurer Michael Egan on May 23. A projected budget surplus of $659 million in 2000-2001, an earlier than

RUSSIA: Mass protests greet new labour law

On May 17 approximately 300,000 workers across Russia participated in protests against the government's proposal to introduce a draconian new labour code. The new legislation removes workers' rights that have been held for decades, renders trade

Anti-GST protesters confront Costello

Anti-GST protesters confront Costello BY DANI BARLEY SYDNEY — "Tax the rich, not the rest, no GST", protesters cried as they confronted the federal treasurer, Peter Costello, speaking at a business forum on the tax organised by the Daily

World Economic Forum: Corporate club 'shapes global agenda'

BY SEAN HEALY When top political and business leaders gather at Melbourne's Crown Casino for the September 11-13 World Economic Forum's Asia Pacific Economic Summit, they will do more than slap each other's backs and compare notes on corporate

Looking Out: I acknowledge your kindness

I acknowledge your kindness "Those who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of [the human] race is indiscriminate charity." — Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, "Wealth", From the North