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Tas Bull (1932-2003)

BY SHANE BENTLEY SYDNEY 鈥 Five hundred maritime workers, union officials and Labor Party stalwarts walked the "Hungry Mile" through Sydney's Darling Harbour on June 3 to commemorate the life of former Waterside Workers Federation (WWF) general

Nelson: Hype, lies and half-truths

BY GRANT COLEMAN In the June 5 Melbourne Age, federal education minister Brendan Nelson has claimed to be the victim of a scare campaign, arguing that student protesters have not stuck to the facts in condemning his package of reforms to higher

Church cruelty exposed

The Magdalene SistersDirected and written by Peter MullanWith Geraldine Macewen, Anne-Marie Duff, Dorothy Duffy, Eileen Walsh and Noora-Jane NooneShowing at independent cinemas REVIEW BY ALEX SALMON Based on a true story, The Magdalene Sisters,

News briefs

Casual hospitality workers win right to permanency SYDNEY 鈥 On June 8, the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union announced it had reached agreement with the Australian Hotels Association for casual employees in pubs, accommodation

IRAN: Washington pressures IAEA to condemn Tehran

BY DOUG LORIMER Washington's campaign to brand Iran as being in violation of its obligations under the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) will be bolstered by a report from the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The report,

Nelson comes to town

BY RUTH RATCLIFFE DARWIN 鈥 On June 13, education minister Brendan Nelson came to Darwin for the Australian National Training Authority Ministerial Council's launch of the National Training Complaints Hotline. The council was greeted by protesters

The 'Inside story' of Howard's war on refugees

Dark VictoryBy David Marr and Marian WilkinsonAllen & Unwin, 2003 $29.95 (pb) REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN David Marr and Marian Wilkinson's Dark Victory has had some rave reviews since its release in March. The praise is well deserved. It is an

Hands off the Senate!

BY ALISON DELLIT On June 9, Prime Minister John Howard revealed his utter contempt for democracy. In proposing to de-fang the Senate, Howard wants to ensure his government's ability to force through unpopular legislation without having to go to an

Stolen wages: Time to set the record straight

BY ALF LACEY If you read or hear about Australian history, it's easy to think this country was built by a lot of "famous" people 鈥 prime ministers, statesmen, economists, and even singers or poets. But it wasn't the politicians or governments,

Loose cannons

But no banned weapons "I am absolutely convinced with time we'll find out that they did have a weapons program." 鈥 Emperor George Bush II, June 9. Friends only in high places "I talked about the visit to Poland and to Russia, where we've got

DISCUSSION: Palestinians' right of return is 'legal, moral and possible'

BY NIKOLAI HADDAD In his reply to my article, "55 years of oppression: Palestinians demand freedom!" (麻豆传媒 Weekly #539), Sol Salbe (GLW #541) correctly notes that it was the United Nations General Assembly, and not the UN Security Council,

IRAQ: US defers 'democracy', intensifies repression

BY ROHAN PEARCE "For us, the war is still going on", a US soldier in the town of Samarra, north of Baghdad, told the London Financial Times on May 30. He showed the FT's correspondent the impact marks from mortar rounds and rocket-propelled