Terry Costello, Melbourne
The March 25-28 national council meeting of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) adopted the ACTU executive's "criminal conduct policy" resolution with only two votes against. The resolution was motivated by ACTU
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PERTH — One thousand people rallied in Perth on March 27 to demonstrate their outrage at the assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin by the Israeli military.
The rally, organised by the Muslim community, called for a peaceful
Stuart Munckton
With Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" booming from the sound system provided by the Reclaim the Streets collective, 700 students stormed into the main building of the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) on March 31. The protest was
Rohan Pearce
Nine days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, US President George Bush told a joint session of the US Congress: "Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global
Jon Lamb, Darwin
Ranger uranium mine workers, along with the residents of Jabiru and the traditional owners of Kakadu, remain deeply concerned about the recent contamination of drinking water and water systems surrounding the mine.
The mine was
Eva Cheng
After five decades of mostly military rule by the Nationalist Party (KMT), a former lawyer and member of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) — Chen Shui-bian — won Taiwan's second ever presidential election by
From March 15 to March 27, workers at Colombia's Coca-Coca bottling plant went on hunger strike, in a desperate attempt to improve their working conditions. Carlene Wilson, a member of the Socialist Alliance and Workers Power, and an activist in
Norrian Rundle, Australian Education Union Victorian branch state councillor.
If we can't defend Craig, then whenever unionists break the law, they're going to be vulnerable to this sort of attack. Teachers need to understand that these laws can be
Much of the pontificating about the threat of terrorism is merely fear-mongering. You are still more likely to get die in a car accident or of a terminal illness than be killed in a terrorist attack. Patterns of Global Terrorism 2002, a report
Expert opinion I
"I think the marines will enjoy working in Fallujah. But they'll be bloodied." — Lieutenant Colonel Brian Drinkwine, commander of US Army's 700-member 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, speaking to reporters after the March 24
Alison Dellit
Mark Latham's March 30 claim that the federal Labor caucus voted In March 2003 to withdraw Australian troops from Iraq, initially gave us at Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly pause for thought.
Had we been too hard on Labor? Had the ALP clearly
Jefferson Lee
Est Timorese President Xanana Gusmao's wife, Kirsty Sword Gusmao, will be the guest of honour at a benefit night at the Sydney Town Hall, at 7pm on April 21. The event will raise funds for the Alola Foundation, which was set up by
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