BY CLAUDIA QUINNELL
Once again, higher education has come under attack, this time through federal education minister Brendan Nelson's "Higher Education at the Crossroads" review. The review claims to take stock of how far the higher education
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BY NICOLE HILDER
WOLLONGONG — On August 22 it was announced that Sandon Point was
named in the Australian Council of National Trusts' Endangered Places List
2002. ACNT chairperson Simon Molesworth said “the key threats to these
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Dinner raises $1500
PERTH — Around 150 people gathered at the State School Teachers Union hall to attend the a dinner to raise funds for Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly on August 24. Greetings were heard from SSTU organiser Michelle White, Socialist Alliance
Abortion
The August 21 passage through ACT parliament of legislation to decriminalise abortion is a welcome development. Its scope makes it a first in Australia. Not only does the law repeal Â鶹´«Ã½ 44-46 of the criminal code (which had made
BY FARIDA IQBAL
From October 4 to 11, anti-nuclear campaigners around the world will be marking Keep Space for Peace Week. The week, an initiative of the Global Network against Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, is an effort to stop the
BY EVA CHENG
Until July 31, the latest official statistics reported that the United States last year suffered only one quarter of negative GDP growth. But on that day, revised figures — based on more comprehensive data — revealed that the
BY PIP HINMAN
In the early
hours of August 26, activists from the We Are All Boat People group decorated
statues around the city in barbed wire, Tampa sashes and black armbands.
Her Majesty Queen Victoria at the Queen Victoria Building
BY ERIN CAROLAN
SYDNEY — On August 26, more than 130 students and teachers wore black armbands to mark Tampa Day at Fort Street High School. Fortians for Refugees hoped to promote increased awareness of the inhumane nature of mandatory detention
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