BY JASON MacLEOD
Abdul Teng is in his element. Teng is here to talk about his home, Gag Island in violence-ridden West Papua, the scene of a four-decade-long struggle for independence. The 56-square kilometre island is located 150km north-west of
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BY TOM FLANAGAN
LISMORE — One-hundred-and-fifty people gathered in Lismore's City Hall on December 4 to demand the retention and extension of rail services in the region. Organised by Northern Rivers Trains for the Future, the meeting called for
December 10 marks the centenary of women's suffrage in Tasmania and will be celebrated at the state Parliament House with a commemorative photograph and get-together by a bunch of MPs. Local film-maker Karen Buczynski, together with
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"The image of [Ben] Chifley jumping off his locomotive, like some noble savage covered in soot, and racing into parliament is mistaken. Like most Labor MPs, he served a long and testing apprenticeship inside the party... After losing
BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY — Will Saunders and Dave Burgess, who were convicted on October 3 of maliciously damaging the Sydney Opera House for painting the words "No war" on it in March, will face a sentencing hearing on December 11. They may be
BY MICHAEL KARADJIS
Headlines such as "Workers strike against impossible quotas" and "Wildcat strike forces workplace reforms" abound in the Vietnamese media. They not only indicate the proliferation of labour struggles, but also the unabashed
BY KAMAL EMANUEL
LAUNCESTON — Woodchip exports from Tasmania have passed the five million tonne mark for the first time — a 13% increase on last year — according to annual port records obtained by the Hobart Mercury.
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BY PETER BOYLE
Mark Latham began his final run for the leadership with his September 20 "Light on the Hill" lecture in Bathurst. It was his second leadership-bid speech in six months thinly disguised as a declaration of loyalty to the serially
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BY PETER ROBSON &STUART MUNCKTON
"This is what it feels like to have no access!", chanted 60 angry students as they blockaded the entrance to the Melbourne offices of the federal Department of Education, Science and Training on December 2 in
BY RAY HAYES
DARWIN — Recent media reports that US war secretary Donald Rumsfeld told his Australian counterpart, Senator Robert Hill, that the Pentagon wants to set up US military bases in north Australia have angered anti-war activists in
BY JORGE JORQUERA
Latin America has emerged as the frontline of struggle against neoliberalism. This year alone: two mass uprisings have swept through Bolivia; trade union struggles have intensified in Peru and Chile; political opposition has grown
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