Vannessa Hearman
Kirsty Sword-Gusmao, the Melbourne-born
wife of East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao and chairperson of the Alola Foundation for women and children of East Timor, has condemned the stance taken by the Howard government on the
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Lalitha Chelliah
The decision of ABC TV's Compass program to screen the British film on abortion, My Foetus, has prompted a renewed debate on abortion in Australia.
Health minister Tony Abbott encouraged the debate after prominent feminists Wendy
At 8pm on August 25 at Sydney's Annandale Hotel, a line-up of Australian bands will take to the stage to showcase what may be under threat if the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement proceeds. Ten per cent of the $8 ticket price will be donated to
Jon Lamb
On August 5, the ad hoc human rights court in Indonesia accepted an appeal, and acquitted four generals of any involvement in the killing of at least 1500 East Timorese during the 1999 terror campaign that was orchestrated by the
Vannessa Hearman
On August 11, East Timorese foreign minister Jose Ramos Horta and Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer agreed on a "framework" for a Timor Sea agreement. According to Downer, an agreement could be reached by Christmas.
SYDNEY — Thirty people attended a protest outside the South Korean consulate on August 14 in opposition to Korean troops in Iraq, organised by the Sydney Korean Progressive Alliance. Speakers included representatives of the Stop the War Coalition,
Roberto Jorquera
On August 15, the people of Venezuela begin to vote on whether to recall their president, Hugo Chavez. The overwhelming majority of polls show that Chavez will defeat the recall bid. The opposition has in fact refused to publish
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Labor uses Howard's anti-worker laws
MELBOURNE — The Victorian state council of the Ambulance Employees Association voted on August 11 for paramedics' work bans to remain suspended while conciliation talks with the government continued.
Jenny Francis, Kabul
Washington has a dream: following a large turnout at the polls in Afghanistan on October 9, US-backed interim president Hamid Karzai will win free and fair elections, and US President George Bush will claim credit for bringing
Alex Bainbridge, Hobart
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) released a controversial report on the Tasmanian forest industry on August 3 which has been roundly criticised by most Tasmanian-based environmental groups.
The report calls for the
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Films by and for workers
SYDNEY — One-hundred people gathered on August 12 to mark the first anniversary of Oz Dox, the Australian documentary forum.
The event heard from John Hughes and Norma Disher, who worked in the Waterside Workers
Chris Slee, Melbourne
Forty people attended a public forum on August 10 on casualisation organised by Unite, an organisation campaigning for the rights of casual workers.
Unite has organised campaigns exposing illegal and oppressive practices by
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