HIV/AIDS access and equity report
SYDNEY — On October 31, NSW community services minister Ron Dyer was condemned for failing to show up at the launch of a report into access to the government's Home And Community Care services for people living
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By Kerryn Williams
CANBERRA — Students were able to defeat a motion by a failed candidate to overturn the results of the recent elections to the University of Canberra students' association. The university annual general meeting, held on October
Democratic Socialists launch ACT election campaign
By Paul Oboohov
CANBERRA — The Democratic Socialist campaign for the ACT elections in February was launched on October 24. The audience of 40 also celebrated the official registration of the
Greenhouse action planned
ADELAIDE — After receiving numerous inquiries about the greenhouse national day of action planned for November 30, the Australian Conservation Foundation has called a meeting to organise a bike rally. All interested
By Sue Bull
New Zealand health authorities have neatly turned the euthanasia debate on its head in a particularly brutal and racist case of health system rationing. They have been prepared to impose what the government's deputy leader, Tau Henare,
Fantastic
"At $60,000, his work represents fantastic value for money for NSW taxpayers." — A NSW Treasury spokesperson on the payment to Bob Hogg for conducting an inquiry that recommended electricity privatisation, a proposal overwhelmigly
Stop the racist Wik bill!
By Jennifer Thompson
On October 22, two Liberal MPs broke ranks to abstain from the second-reading vote in the House of Representatives on the government's racist Wik bill. Another Liberal MP went to a Christian "Praise
The quality of mercy
By Brandon Astor Jones
Moments ago, as Superior Court Judge Ken Nix — in his own good ol' boy way — sang the words, "... and may God have mercy upon your soul", it probably never occurred to his toe-the-line
Foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer has repeated his position that there will be no further inquiry into the killing of six journalists in East Timor in 1975. "We can't keep having inquiry after inquiry after inquiry into this incident, which
Women reclaim the night
On October 30 and 31, thousands of women and male supporters marched in the annual Reclaim the Night events Australia-wide to protest violence against women. WA Greens Senator Dee Margetts submitted a Senate motion
Building maintenance work completed
After many weeks of painting and repair work, the maintenance work on the home of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly has finally been completed. The brickwork and mortar have been repaired, sealed and painted. This, along with
By Reihana Mohideen
The US constitution, with its radical Bill of Rights, was a product of a social revolution against British colonial rule. In the Philippines in September more than half a million people protested in defence of the constitution,
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