Sarah Stephen
On August 6, the High Court ruled that the federal government has the legal power to detain failed asylum seekers indefinitely — potentially for the rest of their lives.
In making its decision, the High Court considered the
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Norm Dixon
Despite their public "resolve" and "care" for the people of western Sudan, Western governments are allowing more than 2000 hungry and sick Darfuris to die every single day for want of urgently needed food, medicines and shelter.
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The Battle of AlgiersDirected by Gillo PontecorvoWritten by Gillo Pontecorvo and Franco SolinasWith Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin & Saadi YacefNow showing at tMelbourne's Lumiere and Sydney's Valhalla and Chauvel cinemas.
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Doug Lorimer
On August 7, 43 former Australian military chiefs and top diplomats issued a statement attacking Prime Minister John Howard's government for joining the US-led invasion of Iraq "on the basis of false assumptions and the deception of
Nick Everett, Canberra
"We got it wrong" on refugees, Kel Watt, the Labor candidate for the federal seat of Eden-Monaro, told an August 12 public forum in the south-east NSW town of Braidwood, organised by the local branch of Rural Australians for
University of Western Sydney (UWS) students have returned to their campuses after the semester break to discover significant course cuts and other changes and restrictions to their degrees. The Bankstown UWS campus has been especially hard hit. Green
Vannessa Hearman
Kirsty Sword-Gusmao, the Melbourne-born
wife of East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao and chairperson of the Alola Foundation for women and children of East Timor, has condemned the stance taken by the Howard government on the
At 8pm on August 25 at Sydney's Annandale Hotel, a line-up of Australian bands will take to the stage to showcase what may be under threat if the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement proceeds. Ten per cent of the $8 ticket price will be donated to
Jon Lamb
On August 5, the ad hoc human rights court in Indonesia accepted an appeal, and acquitted four generals of any involvement in the killing of at least 1500 East Timorese during the 1999 terror campaign that was orchestrated by the
Eva Cheng
Although only a small fraction of China's numerous protests in the last decade have been documented by media, from those reports we have, the willingness of aged pensioners to defend their rights stands out.
According to a 2002 China
Vannessa Hearman
On August 11, East Timorese foreign minister Jose Ramos Horta and Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer agreed on a "framework" for a Timor Sea agreement. According to Downer, an agreement could be reached by Christmas.
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