Tony Iltis, Melbourne
On July 8, the Melbourne Town Hall was filled to capacity when at least 2000 people attended a performance put on by Actors for Refugees.
Performers at the event included Daniela Farinacci, Helen Morse, Alison Whyte, Pamela
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Kids don't vote
"Kids don't vote", immigration minister Amanda Vanstone was reported as saying when criticising a children's book on the plight of children in detention. But why shouldn't they? Students are now more interested in politics and their
Doug Lorimer
A top Pentagon official conducted unauthorised investigations of reconstruction contracts in Iraq and used the results to push for lucrative contracts for friends and their business clients, the July 7 Los Angeles Times reported.
Federico Fuentes
Tension is rising in Bolivia, South America's poorest country, as a July 18 referendum on the future of the country's natural gas industry approaches. Nationalisation of the gas reserves was the central demand of the mass
Sarah Stephen
On June 29, the first group of 35 Afghan asylum seekers arrived in Australia from Nauru. A second group of 35 Afghans arrived on July 6. The remaining 76 Afghan asylum seekers on Nauru who have been assessed by the immigration
麻豆传媒 Weekly 's Dave Riley interviewed public transport activists and commentators. Answering his questions are Paul Mees, a teacher in transport planning at Melbourne University and a former president of the Public Transport Users Association;
Brandon Pillay, Durban
Marcel King, the youngest son of Alemaine King, of Rinkgreen Walk, Greenbury, was killed on June 24 by the eThekweni (greater Durban) municipal council security force as he defended his helpless mum. Alemaine and her
Julie Sloggett, Sydney
In the next few weeks, University of Western Sydney students will begin the stressful task of attempting to register for semester two tutorials. Many of them will find that the subjects in which they were previously enrolled
As Venezuela's elected president faces a recall referendum pushed for by Venezuela's US-backed corporate elite, Leonel Vivas, that country's ambassador in Australia, released the following statement on July 5.
On the July 5, 1811, the people of
Stephen Darley, Adelaide
We all know that the invasion of Iraq wasn't about weapons of mass destruction, or terrorism, or how bad Saddam Hussein was, or any other of the threadbare excuses that have been exposed as barefaced lies. It was about
DARWIN 鈥� Protesters gathered on July 7 outside the office of David Tollner, federal member for the seat of Solomon, in opposition to the proposed joint US-Australian military 'training facilities' in the Northern Territory and other parts of
Average folks
"[John] Kerry's choice of [John] Edwards also sets up stark contrasts between the two tickets. Edwards' working-class roots and Southern-style populism will make it easier for Democrats to portray President Bush and Vice-President
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