By Martin Iltis and Tony Iltis
MELBOURNE — Around 200 people rallied in the Bourke Street Mall at lunchtime on July 14 to protest against uranium mining at Jabiluka. Speakers pointed out that the government's pro-mining policies show no regard
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Victorian art students reject fees
By Kylie Moon
MELBOURNE — Students from the Victorian College of the Arts returned to campus on July 13 to discover that a subcommittee of the college council had voted narrowly in favour of recommending full
Trade union leader reports on Indonesia
By Bayardo Rodriegas
MELBOURNE — At a reception for Victorian Trades Hall secretary Leigh Hubbard on July 17, participants heard about the growth and prospects of Indonesia's fledgling independent trade
By Lisa Macdonald
Pauline Hanson and her One Nation party were given a boost by their success in the June 13 Queensland election. Since then, Hanson's racist statements have become bolder and more outrageous — such as her announcement on July 14
By Tony Iltis
HOBART — More than 600 students and activists gathered at the Students and Sustainability Conference (S&S), held at the University of Tasmania and the Lea Scout Camp, July 6-10. The conference is an annual forum of student
By Rebecca Meckelburg and Jim Green
Non-violent actions to stop the Jabiluka uranium mine have led to hundreds of arrests at the blockade in recent weeks. Protesters have endured police violence and appalling conditions in the police lock-up, and
By Helen Jarvis
PHNOM PENH — All the old players are back in town as the Cambodian elections draw close. Contrary to the expectations, and perhaps hopes, of many who deny the present government legitimacy, the elections appear likely to go ahead
Terrorist identifies backers of Cuba bombings
In a front-page article on July 12, the New York Times described an admission by Cuban-born right-winger Luis Posada Carriles that he received funding from the late Cuban-American leader Jorge Mas
Voices from NOWSA
Around 350 women travelled from around Australia to attend the Network of Women Students Australia (NOWSA) annual conference at the University of Western Sydney, Nepean, June 29-July 1. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's ANGELA LUVERA asked some
By Jennifer Thompson
On July 8, the federal Senate passed John Howard's Wik bill. The bill's amendments to the 1993 Native Title Act continue a long history of Aboriginal dispossession. From 1788, the British legal system and colonists treated the
Rally for East Timor
MELBOURNE — More than 200 East Timorese and their supporters rallied and marched on July 17 behind a banner demanding a referendum in East Timor and release of Xanana Gusmao, jailed president of the National Council of the
By Dave Riley
While the world's media have focused on the confrontation at Drumcree, Unionist bigots have unleashed a wave of firebombings across Northern Ireland. July is the main loyalist marching season. Thousands of Orangemen commemorate the
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