BY GARY MEYERHOFF
DARWIN — The Northern Territory Labor government has announced that "a legislative package on illicit drugs" will be introduced into the NT parliament this month. Justice minister Peter Toyne has also announced that Labor will
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BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — A public seminar being organised by the Socialist Alliance, to be held on May 11 in Parramatta Town Hall, will present militant trade unionists with an opportunity to discuss key political issues confronting workers and
BY MIKE LEON
WASHINGTON — On September 11 an al-Qaeda-led terrorist network struck at the heart of US financial and political centres, killing thousands, troubling a shaky economy, and for many, destroying the notion that the US is immune from
BY STUART MUNCKTON
CANBERRA — "I hope the staff inside have their pen and paper out because they have been seriously misinformed if they think that it is safe for Hazara refugees to return to Afghanistan", Refugee Action Collective (RAC) activist
BY TAMARA PEARSON
SYDNEY — On April 14, without any notice, 29 refugees being held in the Villawood detention centre were forcibly moved from the centre's stage 3 compound (where detainees without family members are kept) to the stage 1 compound,
BY DICK NICHOLS
France's Lionel Jospin wasn't the worst prime minister as far as capitalist politicians go. His government introduced the 35-hour work week (which produced a clear rise in employment), he resisted the attempts of the European Union
BY DENIS OLSEN
BRISBANE — Campaigners for freedom for refugees will soon have a new tool. The Carnival of the Oppressed, a street theatre collective, is working on a new play which will be touring the footpaths shortly. Utilising masks and
BY JENNY LONG
SYDNEY — Speakers at a public meeting, held in Punchbowl in Sydney's south-west on April 23, described how the election of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in early 2001 brought a change in Israel's policy toward the Palestinian
BY CAROLINE LUND
SAN FRANCISCO — In the largest protest march since the 1991 Gulf War, tens of thousands of Californians demonstrated April 20 against Israel's murderous assault on the Palestinian people. The San Francisco Chronicle estimated "at
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BY PHIL SHANNON
One of the great ironies (if that isn't too kind a word for it) of the Middle East conflict is
BY GRANT COLEMAN
WOLLONGONG — Three-hundred people chanted "Free, Free Palestine" and "Shame, Shame USA" outside Wesley Church in the Wollongong mall in a "Vigil for a free Palestine" on April 27. It was the first pro-Palestine protest here since
BY SARAH STEPHEN
The Curtin detention centre, in the far north of Western Australia, was the scene of a mass protest by detainees on April 19 after an Iranian asylum seeker, stressed and agitated, went to the school building before dinner and
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