Ilana Eldridge
As the 1997 Kyoto Protocol took effect on February 16, despite the Australian government's refusal to sign on, experts pointed out that global warming will have a devastating effect on the country's Indigenous communities.
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Sue Bolton
A Newspoll survey of 1200 people conducted for the Health Services Union of Australia has found that 53.2% of those surveyed opposed the federal Coalition government's plans to restrict unions' right of entry to workplaces. The poll was
Federal education minister Brendan Nelson refuses to adequately fund the higher education sector. Yet he has been splurging on corporate hospitality, spending $600,000 on wining and dining business executives, including:
$70,508 in 2001-02
'Women should decide, not politicians, the church, or the media. Repeal all anti-abortion laws!' was the theme of a February 18 picket on the steps of King George Square. The action was organised by the Socialist Alliance and endorsed by the
Jon Lamb, Darwin
Civil rights and legal advocates have been angered by the cruel treatment of four Aboriginal teenagers, who were driven 1000 kilometres in the rear steel cage of a police wagon at high speed without breaks.
The four were detained
Abortion is covered in criminal statutes in every state and territory except the Australian Capital Territory, which repealed them in 2002.
The definitions in these laws as to what constitutes an "unlawful" abortion varies from state to state, with
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a trial involving US soldiers who have served in Iraq, to test if MDMA, the active ingredient in ecstasy, can relieve the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. According to the US centre for
This letter was sent to Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly for publication by Zely Ariane, the international affairs spokesperson of the Aceh solidarity group SEGERA. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly has been asking our readers to assist SEGERA's appeal after the tsunami, for
Sarah Stephen
In the days after former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib's interview with Channel Nine's 60 Minutes program aired on February 15, the Howard government and the heads of ASIO and the federal police were feeding every conceivable
BY NICOLE COLSON
CHICAGO — The most popular crime shows on TV these days don't take place in a police station or courtroom. They take place in a lab — with scientists, not cops, as their heroes.
Now in its fifth season, CBS's CSI: Crime Scene
Alison Dellit
On February 18, Tahiti's semi-autonomous parliament passed a no confidence motion in President Gaston Flosse, toppling his government. The parliament is due to meet again on February 23 to elect a new president, likely to be fiery
Tamara Pearson & Norman Brewer, Sydney
"We will have no peace until the truth comes out", Thomas "TJ" Hickey's Aunt Gail told a rally in Redfern on February 13. The protest, attended by more than 200 people, marked the first anniversary of TJ's
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