DARWIN — Participants in a June 7 protest against the Australian government's theft of East Timor's oil and gas resources. The protest was organised to coincide with the annual South East Asia Australia Offshore Conference.
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Lynda Hansen, Brisbane
Participants in the annual Pride rally at King George Square on June 12 had plenty to be angry about. The event followed the announcement of the federal government's intention to exclude same-sex couples from the definition
Norman Brewer, Auckland
In elections on May 9 in New Caledonia (Kanaky) and on May 23 in French Polynesia (Te Ao Maohi, also known by the name of its main island, Tahiti), both pro-French ruling parties unexpectedly found themselves unseated. In
Tamara Pearson, Sydney
SYDNEY - Frequent, long power cuts; dirty water that is often turned off; people queuing for petrol for seven hours in 45°C heat and soldiers aiming guns at them when they get to the petrol station.
This is the Iraq
Pip Hinman
It's no surprise that the US government is leaning heavily on the ALP federal leader Mark Latham to back down on his promise to withdraw Australian troops from Iraq "by Christmas". While the withdrawal of Australia's few hundred troops
Alex Miller
In the June 10 election for the European Parliament, the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) polled 61,356 votes, which represented 5.2% of all votes cast in Scotland.
Because of the expansion of the EU, Scotland elected seven members of
SYDNEY — Three-thousand people rallied for World Refugee Day in Hyde Park on June 20. They called for the abolition of temporary protection visas and an to end mandatory detention, including the closure of off-shore refugee camps. Among the many
Sue Bolton
Newcastle members of the Community and Public Sector Union picketed the national office of the union in Sydney on June 9 to protest against a May 5 CPSU national management committee (NMC) decision to close down the union's Newcastle
REVIEW BY FRANK NICKLASON
The One Tree ProjectDirected by Helen Cameron
Tasmanian filmmaker Helen Cameron's documentary The One Tree Project is a fine work that deserves to become a cult film. Its power is that it is not a polemical piece.
The
Sarah Stephen
"I'm ready to come to the mainstream", new Labor Party recruit Peter Garrett told the ABC's 7.30 Report on June 10. Garrett's ascendancy will mark the fastest track to a safe federal seat in ALP history.
On June 12, Garrett became a
Doug Lorimer
On June 16, Reuters reported that rebel Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Sayed Moqtada al Sadr had issued a statement calling on his Mahdi Army militia fighters in Najaf to abide by the terms of a frequently broken June 4 ceasefire agreement
Paul Oboohov, Canberra
Sixty members and supporters of Save the Ridge blockaded tree-clearing machinery to prevent it leaving a fenced compound on the Bruce/O'Connor Ridge on June 18. They aimed to stop tree-clearing for the Gungahlin Drive
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