The Sri Lankan government has continued to use 鈥渆mergency鈥 measures justified by Sri Lanka鈥檚 25-year civil war against the pro-independence Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to severely limit democratic rights, despite declaring a final victory in the war in May.
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Palestinian Days film festivalSchonell theatre, Brisbane, October 16-18Visit or phone 0400 720 757.
Students at the University of Sydney said the federal government鈥檚 proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) is not a solution to climate change at a student general meeting on October 7.
The Australian right has long staked a proprietary claim over the nation鈥檚 First World War experience, holding up the 鈥渄iggers鈥 as models of conservative virtue.
The government formed in the aftermath of an elite-backed de facto coup against the Maoist-led government in May continues in power 鈥 although without moral or popular support.
Every time I think of 9/11
I see burning flesh dripping off the bones of Iraqi children in Fallujah
Now Gaza
I tend to memorialize the forgotten
The collateral damage eclipsing our unpunished crimes
Rain and a smaller than expected crowd failed to dampen the spirits of committed peace activists who gathered at Bondi Beach on October 4. On the day Sydney was host to a leg of the 160,000 kilometre global march for peace, organised by World Without Wars.
Traffic congestion and laissez-faire policy
The Ken Henry review of Australia's taxation system is considering recommending the use of 鈥淭elematic readers鈥 to deal with the growing problem of traffic congestion in our cities.
In 2001, the London Observer published a series of reports claiming an 鈥淚raqi connection鈥 to al-Qaeda, even describing the base in Iraq where the training of terrorists took place and a facility where anthrax was being made as a weapon of mass destruction.
Sara Moss has been writing, publishing and performing poetry for over 15 years. Her work has appeared in print and online journals and she has one published full-length collection.
One of the infamous 鈥渄ouble-speak鈥 slogans of the nightmare totalitarian regime in George Orwell鈥檚 1984 was 鈥渨ar is peace鈥. The Nobel jury appears to have based itself on this principle of inverting reality with its decision to grant this year鈥檚 Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama.
The following letter is in response to a Sydney Morning Herald editorial. It was sent to that paper but not published.
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