Alison Dellit

  • Hands off the Senate!

    On June 9, Prime Minister John Howard revealed his utter contempt for democracy. In proposing to de-fang the Senate, Howard wants to ensure his government's ability to force through unpopular legislation without having to go to an

  • Iranian Australians face government harassment

    BY TIM STEWART& ALISON DELLIT In a disturbing escalation of government harassment of migrant communities, the homes of 10 Iranian-Australian families in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne were raided by federal police on June 3. Claiming to be hunting

  • Greens: Budget bereft of humanity

    Federal Greens politicians have condemned the government's federal budget, Greens Senator Bob Brown describing it as "bereft of humanity and environmental responsibility". Brown said that the budget would deepen the divide

  • Australian big business rewarded for war support

    Australian big business is beginning to get some of the benefits it expected from the war in Iraq, as Washington and US corporations start to scatter some crumbs. Prime Minister John Howard, the Australian wheat industry and one of

  • How Hollingworth argues the case for a republic

    At the 1998 constitutional convention, which debated whether or not Australia should become a republic, then-Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane Peter Hollingworth spoke in favour of the minimalist republic model that was subsequently

  • Kylie Moon: 'Young people can make a difference'

    "The massive number of young people who had the confidence to walk out of school, stand up to their teachers and protest against the war on Iraq was amazing", Kylie Moon told 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly. A leader of the student anti-war

  • Corporate elite attempts to revive 'Bomber' Beazley

    On May 2, I was startled to read an article in the Melbourne Age quoting "opposition leader Kim Beazley" talking about federal housing. After a brief check, I confirmed that there had been no sudden change in the federal Labor

  • Crean on the war: troops should stay

    Federal Labor leader Simon Crean has signalled yet another retreat on Labor's "anti-war" position. Speaking to the ABC's AM program on April 11, Crean said, "If we are part of the occupying force, the ability to bring [the troops]

  • War profiteers line up for Iraq spoils

    Australian companies have joined the queue for contracts to rebuild Iraq, the country that Australia has just helped destroy. At the same time, Prime Minister John Howard has confirmed that the Australian military will help occupy

  • Thousands march on Palm Sunday

    More than 30,000 people joined Palm Sunday marches for peace on April 13. The largest marches were the 15,000-strong protest in Sydney and a 10,000-strong protest in Melbourne. In Adelaide, 3000 marched, 1500 in Brisbane,

  • Labor fudges position on troop withdrawal

    In last weekÂ’s 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly, I reported on federal Labor leader Simon CreanÂ’s public backflip on the ALP's original call for Australian troops not to participate in a non-UN approved war against Iraq. Many ALP MPs,

  • Anti-war celebs crash Hollywood's party

    I'm sure mine wasn't the only household in Australia to grin and whoop as Michael Moore, maker of Bowling For Columbine, cut neatly through the bullshit at the 2003 Oscars to deliver a passionate anti-war speech. Ignoring