JAMES GIUGNI made the front page of the December 21 Sydney Morning
Herald after a creative writing response in his final English exam,
dealing with the frustration of a detained refugee, almost resulted in
him not gaining his Higher School
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BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — The state Labor government has ignored the January 1 deadline — imposed on it by the Tasmania Together consultation process — for ending clear-felling in some forests classified as "high conservation value". Many
[The following letter was sent to Australian human rights groups on January 2 by an Afghan asylum seeker imprisoned in Topside camp on Nauru.] Since December 24, the detainees of State House detention [one of the two detention
Freedom of information?
On December 16, [ABC journalist] Geraldine Doogue interviewed an Australian National University lecturer about the situation in Aceh. Though Geraldine's questions were incisive and to the point, the answers were evasive
BY JODY BETZIEN
MELBOURNE — Around 600 workers from Grocon's five construction sites and two construction yards staged a four-hour stop-work meeting on January 17 to determine what industrial action would be taken to pressure the company into
BY SARAH STEPHEN
On December 20, Afghan refugee Riz Wakil, living on a temporary protection visa that is about to expire, received a letter from the immigration department. The letter informed him that he had until June 30 to take up the
BY PETER ROBSON
NEWCASTLE — "Bring all the warships home!" was the rally cry on February 18 at the National Maritime Festival where the HMAS Newcastle was on show to the public.
The Newcastle No War Collective organised a snap protest, because
British rebel band Chumbawamba's new song "Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)" expresses fury and revulsion at the blatant lies being broadcast to create a climate for war. "Jacob's Ladder" is featured on the band's latest album Readymades.
BY KEVIN BEGLEY
Nestle corporation, which earned US$5.5 billion in profits in 2001, is demanding $6 million "compensation" from Ethiopia, a country in which more than 14 million people are in danger of dying of starvation. That doesn't seem to
BY JOEL BEININ
In the early stages of the campaign for Israel's January 28 Knesset (parliamentary) elections, there were no armed attacks by Palestinians on Israelis. During the same six weeks, Israeli forces shot dead some 75 Palestinians in the
BY LUKE FOMIATTI& TAMARA PEARSON
LAHORE — The Anti-War Committee-Pakistan (AWC), a coalition of 27 progressive organisations and political parties, organised a protest here on January 18 to coincide with an international day of action against
BY ROHAN PEARCE
When he addressed US troops at Fort Hood on January 3, US President George Bush told them: "We're not going to forget the fact that they kill without regard for the rules of war. They don't value innocent life like we do... They're
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