Unfortunately, neither can the rest of us
"I will not walk away from my decision." — Former Australian Democrats leader Senator Meg Lees commenting on her decision to support the introduction of the GST, widely attributed as the reason for her
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BY KATHY LOWE
The first political prisoner to perish in the long-running hunger strike in Turkey's jails met his death on March 25. He was Cengiz Soydas, who died in an isolation cell in Turkey's Sincan prison after fasting for 133 days.
Despite
BY JO BROWN & ROB MILLER
MELBOURNE — The international community had to recognise that a war criminal was now prime minister of Israel and act accordingly, a March 30 public meeting here in support of Palestinian freedom has been told.
Academic
BY PIP HINMAN
The Indonesian government's "limited" military operation, currently underway, is not just against the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), but against the majority of Acehnese who want an end to the violence and a referendum on
Building workers walk off over safety
BRISBANE — Building workers walked off 100 major construction sites in
south-east Queensland on April 4 in response to the death of a worker.
Unions demanded a safety audit of all building projects
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REVIEW BY ALISON DELLIT
Yolngu BoyWith Sean Mununggur, John Sebastian Pilakui and Nathan DanielsDirected by Stephen JohnsonAt major cinemas
Yolngu Boy is better than most "teen" flicks. Set and filmed in the remote Aboriginal communities of
BY ANDREW HALL
CANBERRA — Seventy supporters of refugee rights have called for the resignation of immigration minister Philip Ruddock at an emergency protest here on April 3, barely a day after Pakistani refugee Shahraz Kayani set himself on fire
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE & ROHAN GAISWINKLER
HOBART — For the first time in the company's 20 year history, workers at boat-building company Incat took strike action on April 3, after management walked away from negotiations on a new enterprise
Virtual taxes
The issue of taxation on the internet has worried governments ever
since electronic business became a household phrase in the late 1990s.
A shopper in Melbourne buys a book or CD from the US. The shopper has just
managed
BY KAREN FREDERICKS
BRISBANE — The decision to blockade the Australian Stock Exchange was the subject of much debate here at the March 31 "Fighting for the Future" conference, with some arguing that the movement needed to be more positive in its
BY SARAH STEPHEN
PERTH — You'd be forgiven for not noticing the Perth Airport Immigration Detention Centre. Nestled back from the road at the entrance to the domestic terminal, it was built to house only a few dozen detainees.
On March 15 and
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