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WA CFMEU: penalised for doing its job

BY SUE BOLTON PERTH — Of the 392 adverse findings that the building industry royal commission made against Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, two-thirds were directed against the Western Australian branch of the union. Does

Apartheid in Northbridge

BY ANTHONY BENBOW PERTH — The WA Government is again bending to the wishes of the law-and-order lobby and the business community, this time at the expense of young people, especially Aboriginal young people. On April 15, Premier Geoff

May Day activities 2003

Adelaide: Speakout against the occupation of Iraq. 12.30pm, Thu May 1. Rundle Mall, city. Organised by the Socialist Alliance. For more info, phone (08) 8231 6982. Join Socialist Alliance's contingent to the unions' May Day Rally for Peace. 10am,

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. Includes the Â鶹´«Ã½ news. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Phone (02) 9564 7822. Access

CUBA: Dissidents funded by US government

BY ROBERTO JORQUERA At an April 8 press conference in Havana, Cuban foreign minister Felipe Perez Roque presented vouchers, bank receipts and photos demonstrating the truth behind the charges against 75 dissidents found guilty of conspiring with

Ruddock sends Iraqis back to hell

BY SARAH STEPHEN With chaos, violence and a humanitarian crisis in Iraq, the Australian government is wasting no time in preparing to send Iraqi refugees home. Immigration minister Philip Ruddock told Channel Nine's Sunday program on April 13 that

Court declares limits on detention

BY SARAH STEPHEN On April 15, the full bench of the Federal Court found that the government has limited powers to detain asylum seekers, and cannot detain them indefinitely as they await deportation. The court found that, in order to

CFMEU's Kingham: 'We need broad support'

BY VANNESSA HEARMAN Martin Kingham is the Victorian secretary of the construction and general division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). On April 29, he will face charges in the Melbourne Magistrates Court,

Labor pays for lousy position on war

There have been many theories floated in Australia's newspapers as to why federal Labor leader Simon Crean is doing so badly in the polls. Two polls in as many days indicated most Labor supporters prefer former PM Kim Beazley to lead the party. The

UNITED STATES: Washington boosts biowarfare research

BY RIK WILSON Even as the administration of US President George Bush was waging war with Iraq in order to "disarm" its regime of as-yet-discovered chemical and biological weapons, Washington continued to implement a US$6 billion-plus expansion of

PALESTINE: US, Australia defend Israel's 'mass killing'

The United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) on April 15 condemned Israel for its “mass killing” of Palestinians and its construction of illegal settlements in the occupied territories. The United States government was the only

Afghan refugee family fights to stay

BY SARAH STEPHEN Mohib and Fatima Sarwari and their four children were arrested by police at their home in Launceston, Tasmania, on December 5 and taken to the Baxter detention centre. Their 'crime"? They failed to correctly notify the immigration