Rally slams executions by Iraq
By Sue Bull
CANBERRA — Forty people rallied outside the Iraqi embassy here on May 30 to protest against executions of political prisoners by the Baghdad regime. Between February and April, 264 political
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By Margaret Gleeson
SYDNEY — Emulating Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett, NSW Labor treasurer Michael Egan announced on May 22 that the government intends to sell the state's power generation, transmission and distribution system for a $22
By Sarah Peart
More than 700 people attended some 40 events organised by Resistance and other East Timor solidarity groups during the week of action for a "Free East Timor and Democracy for Indonesia" from May 17-24. Organiser of the Sydney
Turkish forces massacre Kurds
More than 100 civilians killed when Turkish government forces launched an attack on the city of Irbil in the Kurdish part of northern Iraq on May 16. Heavy artillery was used against the hospital of the Kurdish Red
My Father's Son: The Last Knot UntiedBy Ric ThrossellMelbourne: em Press, 1997. 428 pp., $19.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon
Canberra author and former Commonwealth public servant Ric Throssell is one of many Australians to have fallen foul of
Some Mother's SonDirected by Terry GeorgeStarring Helen Mirren and Fionnula FlanaganNow screening in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney Review by Michael Heany Any visitor to Northern Ireland who keeps at least half an eye open will notice that politics
Brisbane picket hits state budget
By Bill Mason
@box text intro = BRISBANE — Colourful banners and placards from a variety of unions and community groups were displayed outside the Queensland parliament here on May 29 in a speak-out and
By Max Lane
Two days after the elections in Indonesia, interim official results are giving President Suharto's Golkar party 74% of the vote, the Islamic United Development Party (PPP) about 23% and the puppet Indonesian Democratic Party
Residents tour ADI site
SYDNEY — Members of the ADI Residents Action Group on May 18 were given a guided tour of the Australian Defence Industries site, between St Marys and Penrith in Sydney's west, where developer Lend Lease has proposed to
Bendigo residents oppose open cut mining
By Kerryn Williams
BENDIGO — Driving along Kangaroo Valley Road, it is impossible to ignore the sentiment of residents against the proposed open cut gold mining project in Kangaroo Flat. Large
New WA Legislative Council
PERTH — A rally of around 100 Greens and trade unionists on May 27 celebrated the end of Coalition control of the state Legislative Council. A new upper house elected in mid-December included three Greens WA
Protest against cheap labour in garment industry
By Margaret Allan
SYDNEY — The Fair Wear Campaign, launched in April by a coalition of churches, community organisations and unions, held a speak-out outside the Sportsgirl retailer in the
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