Lalitha Chelliah
The decision of ABC TV's Compass program to screen the British film on abortion, My Foetus, has prompted a renewed debate on abortion in Australia.
Health minister Tony Abbott encouraged the debate after prominent feminists Wendy
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Films by and for workers
SYDNEY — One-hundred people gathered on August 12 to mark the first anniversary of Oz Dox, the Australian documentary forum.
The event heard from John Hughes and Norma Disher, who worked in the Waterside Workers
Chris Slee, Melbourne
Forty people attended a public forum on August 10 on casualisation organised by Unite, an organisation campaigning for the rights of casual workers.
Unite has organised campaigns exposing illegal and oppressive practices by
Been brown so long
Been Brown So Long it Looked Green to Me: The Politics of NatureBy Jeffrey St ClairCommon Courage Press, Monroe, 2004410 pages, US$13Order from <http://www.commoncouragepress.com>.
REVIEW BY OWEN RICHARDS
SYDNEY — Thirty people attended a protest outside the South Korean consulate on August 14 in opposition to Korean troops in Iraq, organised by the Sydney Korean Progressive Alliance. Speakers included representatives of the Stop the War Coalition,
Doug Lorimer
Since August 5, fierce gunbattles have been fought in the south-central Iraqi city of Najaf between US occupation troops and rebel Iraqi Shiite leader Sayed Moqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army militia.
The heaviest fighting has been around
PALESTINE: Israeli soldiers fire on ambulance
On August 10, Palestinian Medical Relief Society ambulance staff, including five doctors and two nurses, were attacked while they distributed first aid kits to homeless residents of Rafah. According to
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