SYDNEY — Residents on Howard Avenue in Dee Why and Howard Street in Lindfield have shown their support for asylum seekers by displaying hearts in the windows of their homes.
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By John Gauci& Jenny Long, Sydney
On June 25, NSW public school and TAFE teachers will stop work for two hours to plan industrial action in response to the state Labor government's failure to adequately fund public education through the state
Kathy Newnam, Darwin
Following discussions on June 5 between defence minister Robert Hill and US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the plan for a joint US-Australia military facility in northern Australia has been officially placed on the agenda
"What does women's rights mean to you?" It seemed a strange question to ask a group of around 20 young women crammed in a little room, sweltering in 47oC heat, in a desert village in Pakistan. But this was no ordinary group of young women. They were
John Anderson
The Sunbeam Corporation factory in Palmerston North is closing after more than 20 years production there. The seasonal staff will finish their season on June 25, and the plant will close shortly after, costing 122 workers their jobs,
Doug Lorimer
On June 8, the UN Security Council unanimously voted to recognise the sovereignty of the gang of collaborators selected by Coalition Provision Authority (CPA) head Paul Bremer to be Iraq's "interim government".
On May 31, the members
Iggy Kim, Sydney
On June 10, more than 100 delegates to the NSW Trades and Labor Council unanimously passed a motion of support for the June 30 "Bring the troops home now" protest in Sydney, organised by the Stop the War Coalition.
The motion was
Lou Plummer, Fayetteville, North Carolina
In January, Jeremy Hinzman, a paratrooper from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division loaded his wife, son and a few possessions into their small car and drove from Fort Bragg to Toronto, Canada. In a journey
Sexual assault
Like us and many of our friends, we imagine that you have been disturbed by the spate of sexual assault allegations against prominent AFL and NRL footballers. The responses from football administrations, clubs and players have
Janet Burstall
Mitsubishi announced on May 21 that the engine assembly plant at Lonsdale, employing nearly 700 workers, will close in 18 months' time. This is part of a $5.7 billion global restructure. Mitsubishi will invest $600 million in the
SYDNEY — The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union picket outside Newtown's Safari restaurant continues after almost 100 days. The union is seeking a payment of nearly $1.5 million from Safari owner James Nazmi to former workers at a
US Forces give the nod,it's a setback for your countryUS Forces let them in,it'll be good for the countryBombs and trenches all in rows,bombs and threats still ask for morePine Gap will stay open,I'll be there asking for more
Divided world the
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