On April 29, Iranian refugee Ardeshir Gholipour was released from the Baxter detention centre after more than five years in detention. His release came after the release of some 30 Iranian and Afghan refugees during April, most of whom had spent
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On April 28, Mark Scott-Crossley and Simon Mathebula were convicted of murder by a Phalaborwa court. On January 31 last year, under Scott-Crossley's orders, Nelson Chisale, a worker who had just filed a complaint over unfair labour practices, was
May 12
1916: James Connolly is executed in Ireland.
May 13
1932: Hundreds of picketers force police and bailiffs to abandon an eviction in Surry Hills, Sydney.
1968: 10 million workers take part in a general strike in France.
May 14
1948:
Rufino risked his life by helping to carry wounded Australian servicemen at Bazartete on March 2, 1942. Paddy Keneally was interviewed for the Timor Sea Justice Campaign advertisements shown on national television over the Anzac weekend. He is
Susan Price
Three months before it takes control of the Senate, the federal Coalition government has launched a pre-emptive attack on university staff and the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), sending the sector into industrial turmoil.
Rodney Croome
"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?"
In contemporary Australia, the answer to Groucho Marx's famous quip is an ever increasing number of same-sex couples. Dozens of Australian same-sex
Karen Fletcher, Melbourne
La Trobe University was pretty much closed for business by a well-supported staff and student strike on May 4. Every major entrance to the university was blocked by union picket lines, campus coffee shops reported business
Hoang Thi Nghi is 77 years old and today, 30 years after the Vietnamese people's defeat of the US occupation of their country, she works among the poor and disadvantaged in Vietnam. Her life paints an extraordinary picture of the courage,
Rohan Pearce
The post-9/11 rehabilitation of thinly veiled imperialist militarism, in the guise of the "war on terror", has been a massive windfall for "private military companies" (PMCs) — the preferred euphemism of the modern mercenary
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REVIEW BY DAVE RILEY
As you grow older you forget. My ears have been listening to music for longer than I know and thousands of melodies have wafted between my two earlobes.
I have been treated to so
Pip Hinman
Anti-war groups across Australia responded quickly to the news that US-based Australian contractor Douglas Wood had been taken hostage in Iraq. Snap protests were held in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in the first week of May to urge his
SYDNEY — On May 1, 100 people attended a meeting organised by the NSW Greens at the Newtown Hotel to discuss same-sex marriage laws. The meeting was addressed by Rodney Croome, gay rights advocate from Tasmania, Tasmanian Greens MP Nick McKim,
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