The recommendation by the Victorian Law Reform Commission in November to abolish provocation as a defence for killing is a victory for those campaigning for its abolition. The regressive nature of provocation in defence had again ben highlighted with
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Stuart Munckton
"We were living like slaves, and slaves don't make enough to eat", Venezuelan peasant Jesus Guerrero told the Miami Herald, as quoted in an April 25 article. Guerrero is one of hundreds of thousands of peasants to benefit from the
Almost one year after a young man died following a police chase in Redfern, Sydney, the Aboriginal community is still waiting for justice. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's Graham Matthews spoke to Indigenous Social Justice Association (ISJA) president and
By September 30, the US had spent US$102 billion on the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
The costs of the US war on Iraq have averaged $4.8 billion a month.
The Pentagon spent $3.1 billion in September. This was the smallest monthly amount since
Federico Fuentes
Twenty-thousand people chanted, "El Alto is on its feet, never on its knees", as they marched from that city onto the capital to celebrate their victory on January 14. Less than five years ago, the population of Cochabamba
Kim Bullimore
Kate Raphel-Bender, a Jewish activist was forcibly deported from Israel on January 16. Raphel-Bender, an activist with the International Women's Peace Service, had been arrested along with another anti-wall activist, Kelly
Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's Jim McIlroy and Paul Benedek
spoke to Brisbane Murri community leader and Socialist Alliance activist Sam Watson about key issues facing Indigenous people today.
Could you tell us about the trial in Goondiwindi you've just
Kate Howard & Simon Butler, Newcastle
After a week of intense campaigning and local media interest, anti-racists in Newcastle organised two major events in opposition to the activities of the small fascist group the Patriotic Youth League.
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Alex Bainbridge, Hobart
"The car-bomb attack on Australian troops in Baghdad is yet another reminder that Australian troops should be brought home immediately", Hobart Peace Coalition activist Kamala Emanuel told Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly. "Any suggestion
Pensions
The federal treasurer Peter Costello has been saying that with an ageing population in the next 40 years there will be insufficient revenue to provide pensions and adequate health services for older Australians.
This is an inadvertent
Josephine Hunt, Canberra
More than two years after their claim for a wage increase first went before the Industrial Relations Commission, qualified childcare workers in Victoria and the ACT were delivered a pay rise of up to $82.20 per week in a
Reihana Mohideen, Sri Lanka
Kirinda, a small coastal fishing village in the south, was flattened by the tsunami waves. A large cargo ship had been swept in and lay in the middle of town. There was debris everywhere: collapsed homes and buildings,
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