New Zealand resettles more refugees
On January 27, the New Zealand government announced that it would resettle on humanitarian grounds 20 asylum seekers held in the Australian-funded detention centre on Nauru.
The asylum seekers have not been
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Margaret Perrott
Members of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) will ignore the bed restrictions in NSW hospitals and admit mentally ill patients for "as long as they need".
The ABC Radio National's PM program
Molly and MobarakWritten and directed by Tom ZubryckiShowing at the Kino Cinema, Melbourne; the Schonell, St Lucia, Brisbane; and the Valhalla, Glebe, Sydney
REVIEW BY TONY ILTIS
Tom Zubrycki's documentary film Molly and Mobarak opens with shots
Jim McIlroy,
Brisbane
The ALP government of Premier Peter Beattie has
been swept back into office in the February 7 Queensland
election, with its record majority only slightly reduced. The
net loss of ALP seats is likely to be three to
Kiraz Janicke, Perth
Around 40 students ambushed Prime Minister John Howard on February 3, chanting "Howard, come off it, education is not for profit" as he entered the 6PR radio station. The following day, another crowd gathered outside Liberal
Socialist Alliance national executive member Brian Webb reports from the ALP national conference.
There was a lot to be cynical about at the ALP national conference — the record number of business observers, the corporate venue, and the new
Ian Jamieson, Fremantle
Most days, you will find Chris Cain, state secretary of the Western Australian branch of the Maritime Union of Australia, behind his desk with a landline phone in one ear, a mobile in the other, a pile of messages building
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