Dale Mills, Sydney
On July 29, two anti-war activists who painted the words "No war" on the Sydney Opera House's main sail on March 18 last year argued in the NSW Criminal Appeal Court that they should have been allowed to put their defence of
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There was outrage when it was revealed during hearings of the ongoing NSW Special Commission of Inquiry that a special fund set up by the James Hardie company to pay its asbestos victims was $1.7 billion short of what was needed to look after many
Doug Lorimer
The Australian and British governments — Washington's partners in last year's illegal invasion of Iraq — have offered to send troops to Sudan as part of a UN "peacekeeping" force, despite the fact that there is no proposal before
Iraq
Yet again, it appears that senior Coalition of the Willing politicians have fed the public grossly false — but politically convenient — information about Iraq. On November 20, 2003, Tony Blair declared: "We've already discovered, just so
Message Stick: Marjorie Woodrow — Marjorie Woodrow made a name for herself fighting for "stolen wages" (compensation for the unpaid labour of Aboriginal people). ABC, Friday, August 6, 6pm.
As it Happened: Watergate Plus 30 — Presents how
Dave Riley
It was very clear as the various preview screenings swept through Australia that Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 made for no ordinary film showing. Anecdotal feedback from many of these screenings suggested that film-goers
Dick Nichols
ALP leader Mark Latham would make himself very popular if he rejected the Coalition government's misnamed "free trade" agreement (FTA) with the United States and demanded its renegotiation.
He would become the hero of the Australian
Mike Byrne
The July 17 Courier Mail exposed the staggering depth of the state Labor government's handouts of taxpayers' money to some of Australia's largest corporations conducting business in Queensland. A total of $21.5 million was handed out to
Max Lane
On July 27, outside the office of the Jakarta governor, scores of civil service police — the governor's security corps — attacked a peaceful demonstration as it was dispersing. Some 700 people had gathered outside the Presidential
On July 29, Australia's ambassador to the Philippines was called in to that country's foreign ministry to be given a justly deserved "dressing down" over foreign minister Alexander Downer's attacks on Philippines President Gloria Arroyo's decision to
Caging, Terror and Flesh: Virtuality or Reality of our New Millennium? is influenced mainly by the Abu Ghraib prisoner torture scandal and criticises the way the human body is humiliated. The performance contains nudity and violence. All performers
Lance Selfa & Alan Maass
The price of admission to the posh convention affair was a soft-money donation to the party of $350,000 or more. The power brokers were all there, including the vice presidential candidate. The menu featured lobster,
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