BY MICHELLE BREAR
SUVA — Since the flawed August 2001 general election, which legitimised and formalised the 2000 military overthrow of the democratically elected Fiji Labour Party government, Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase has refused to honour
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Museworthy: Spine-Scar
Light comes inthrough darkness
All yesterday's shedshave fallen
Living things squatin destruction's beauty
Opening their backsto pain
BY MTC CRONIN
MTC Cronin has had seven books of poetry published, the most
The Great Aussie ScreamPaul BuckberryOrder at <http://www.buckberry.com>
REVIEW BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
The Great Aussie Scream is like nothing that I have ever heard before and definitely gets full marks for creativity. The music defies
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Unions and the war in Palestine
Unions and the war in Palestine
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BY SUE BOLTON
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Tens of thousands rallied in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on May 11 to
call for the withdrawal of Israeli soldiers from the Occupied Territories.
Police estimated the crowd at about 60,000, while organisers — Peace
Now — put the figure at
A memorial service for poet, feminist and Democratic Socialist Party
member Connie Frazer (1925-2002) will be held at 1pm on May 25, at the
Box Factory, 59 Regent Street South, Adelaide. All welcome. For more information
phone Leslie on
BY ALISON DELLIT
"Don't believe them when they tell me there ain't no cure. The rich stay healthy, the sick stay poor" — U2's 1988 song God Part II contains a pretty good summary of the Howard government's seventh budget, delivered on May 14.
BY MARGARET GLEESON
Labor for Refugees was formed in NSW at the end of 2001, giving expression to the frustration of ordinary ALP members who were increasingly disgusted at the party's anti-refugee policies. One of the main aims of the group has
BY AMY McDONELL
On May 13, the day before the federal government's budget was delivered,
students mobilised around the country to demand more funds for education
and social services. The national day of action was called by the National
BY BRETT MULLER
On May 1, NSW planning minister Andrew Refshauge approved Australian
Silicon Ltd's proposed development of a charcoal factory at Mogo, on the
NSW south coast. The department received more than 1530 submissions from
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BY JIM GREEN
Greenpeace activists blocked the export of illegally logged timber from the Kiunga-Aiambak logging project in western Papua New Guinea on March 12. Volunteers locked themselves onto a barge carrying the timber and also obstructed the
Always read the fine print
"Asia's poor countries briefly thought they had hit the jackpot on Saturday when Japan promised a staggering $500 billion to a regional poverty reduction fund. Speaking in Japanese to an annual meeting of the Asian
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