More than 40 million cubic metres of sand, silt from the sea bed of Port Phillip Bay and the Yarra River, and rock removal by intense "hydro-hammering" from the Rip.
The Great Ship Channel through the Rip will be deepened by at least three metres
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Kathy Newnam
Among the most exciting developments discussed at the Asia-Pacific International Solidarity Conference held in Sydney at Easter was the rapidly changing map of New Zealand politics, in particular, the development of the Maori Party,
In mid-May, the British immigration department rejected a visa application from Tamil Sri Lankan Theivanai Balanchandran, who is willing and able to donate a kidney to her desperately ill British daughter-in-law Suthakaran Lalitharani. Lalitharani
Someone said somethingand it flew overone ear and passedthrough the other.
And the third worldrolled over and groanedfor it had been beaten.and its organs were seeping outof deep, blood red wounds.
it was tired.hungry.its bed mate, unhurt,white
Chris Slee, Melbourne
Support from other workers for the picket set up by workers sacked from the ABM Plastics factory in the Melbourne suburb of Braeside has been "outstanding", Jamie Bellerby, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU)
Ben Courtice
MELBOURNE — Les Thomas, brother of Melbourne resident Jack Thomas who is charged with terrorist offences, told the media on April 1 that his brother's case demonstrates the current threats to civil liberties. He particularly singled
Sarah Stephen
The recent Easter protests outside South Australia's Baxter immigration detention centre mark almost five years since the movement against mandatory detention began in earnest. It is a movement that has swelled far beyond the
Andrew Hall, Bundanoon
Rural Australians for Refugees (RAR), the movement of grassroots rural and regional refugee supporters, now has 90 groups in towns across Australia.
Ninety members and supporters gathered at RAR's 2001 birthplace in
Seventy people attended an all-day trade union seminar organised by the group Union Solidarity on March 19. The highlight was a panel on the lessons of the 1998 maritime dispute featuring Kevin Bracken, secretary of the Victorian branch of the
SYDNEY — Participants in the Asia Pacific International Solidarity Conference rally in Redfern on March 26 demanding justice for TJ Hickey, a young Aboriginal man who died while being chased by police. Hickey's family presented documents
On March 20, the Royal Society released the results of its government-sponsored review of genetically modified winter seed oil crops, concluding that wildlife and the environment would suffer if the crops were allowed to be grown. According to the
The making of Pregnant Woman 2002Queensland Art Gallery, Melbourne St, South BrisbaneMarch 12 - June 5Free admission
REVIEW BY LYNDA HANSEN
The first time I heard about Pregnant Woman 2002 was on the lifestyle show Brisbane Extra. Apparently the
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