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BY RUTH RATCLIFFE DARWIN — 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
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
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
But no banned weapons "I am absolutely convinced with time we'll find out that they did have a weapons program." — 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
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 — prime ministers, statesmen, economists, and even singers or poets. But it wasn't the politicians or governments,
BY NIKOLAI HADDAD In his reply to my article, "55 years of oppression: Palestinians demand freedom!" (Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Weekly #539), Sol Salbe (GLW #541) correctly notes that it was the United Nations General Assembly, and not the UN Security Council,
BY AARON BENEDEK & ANDREW MARTIN SYDNEY — Around 50 people met in the south-western suburb of Yagoona on June 13 to discuss how to combat racism and police harassment in the local community. The evening, organised by Bankstown Books Not Bombs,
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
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BY ANGELA VECCHIO MELBOURNE — Australian Manufacturing Workers Union members at Stramit Building Products in Preston have won the first round of a struggle for a new enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA). The workers' claim is based on the
BY MAX LANE When Hasan de Tiro proclaimed the independent state of Aceh and launched the Aceh Sumatra National Liberation Front, also known as the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), in 1978, he attracted little support. Contrary to the myth-making of the
BY JOHN PERCY Some supporters of Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Weekly have established a national archive of Australian and international political posters. This collection now numbers several thousand, spanning nearly four decades. Steve O'Brien from Newcastle is