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Rabbit Proof FenceDirected by Phillip NoyceIntroducing Evelyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury and Laura MonaghanWith Ningali Lawford, David Gulpilil, Deborah Mailman and Kenneth BranaghScreening at Dendy Newtown and cinemas across Australia REVIEW BY KIM
BY MAX LANE On February 22, Haji Ponke Princen died. Princen, who was 76, was one of Indonesia's finest militant democrats. As a young man, Princen was sent to Indonesia as a Dutch soldier to fight against the Indonesian people's struggle for
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BY BRIANNA PIKE DARWIN — "Resistance called this high school walkout to demonstrate our anger at the federal government's treatment of the world's most desperate people", Resistance organiser Chris Atkinson told Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Weekly. Students from
BY JIM MCILROY BRISBANE — The government's so-called "anti-terrorism bill" will massively strengthen the powers of the Australian security Intelligence Agency (ASIO), Ross Daniels, Amnesty International activist and lecturer at Queensland
and ain't I a woman: Hollingworth blames the victim The statements made by Governor General Peter Hollingworth on the ABC's February 18 Australian Story program, perpetuate sexist attitudes about female sexuality. Describing sexual abuse of
Howard must go! By February 22, it appeared that former defence minister Peter Reith had finally decided to hang on to the hot potato of blame in the “children overboard” scandal. Admitting that he knew the federal Coalition
BY SHUA GARFIELD HOBART — Students at the Hobart campus of the University of Tasmania (UTas) will vote in a referendum on whether to remain affiliated to the National Union of Students (NUS) on February 25-March 1. The Hobart campus is one of
BY MAX LANE The chairperson of SMUR (Students in Solidarity with the People), Mahmudal, was arrested in Banda Aceh on February 19 during a demonstration organised by ORPAD (Acehnese Women's Democratic Organisation). SMUR is an
BY NORM DIXON The SBS Dateline current affairs program on February 13 broadcast a special report — “Killing Mugabe: The Tsvangirai Conspiracy” — and a follow-up report on February 20, by Walkley Award-winning Australian journalist Mark
BY EVA CHENG Capitalism's nagging overcapacity problem refuses to go away. Having long plagued many key industries, the problem found new and sharp expressions in the global steel industry in the wake of the 1997-98 economic crises in Asia, Russia
BY MARGARET GLEESON SYDNEY — Thirty ALP members and trade unionists attended Labor for Refugees general meeting on February 17. Federal MP for Sydney Tanya Plibersek told the meeting that the February 12 protest rally outside Parliament House