Sarah Stephen

  • Campaign to defend Tasmanian forests

    Campaign to defend Tasmanian forestsHOBART — The Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement, due to be signed in the next month, was the major focus for activities around World Environment Week this year. It is

  • Rally against racism

    HOBART — Around 700 people joined a march and rally against racism on March 22 which was organised by Labor MP John White and the United Nations Association on behalf of Tasmanians Against Racism (TAR). Participants were asked

  • How can the left influence NUS?

    This is the third article in a discussion between Resistance and Left Alliance about the approach the left should take to structural reform of the National Union of Students. It is a response to Left Alliance's

  • Student action stops exam changes

    By Cameron Lucadou-Wells and Sarah Stephen HOBART — On September 18 students claimed victory over Vice- Chancellor Don McNichol's plans to change the University of Tasmania's exam timetable. Students learned only hours beforehand of a meeting to

  • Moves to democratise Tasmania's upper house

    HOBART — The May 25 election of three members of Tasmania's upper house, the Legislative Council, came under the spotlight this year because of the ongoing debate over gay law reform. This year three of the 19 council seats were

  • Gay law reform unlikely in Tasmania

    HOBART — The Tasmanian Greens-sponsored bill repealing 91̳ of the Criminal Code relating to homosexual activity which the lower house passed two weeks ago will soon be debated by the Legislative Council. It is expected to be

  • Storytelling revival in Hobart

    HOBART — Over the past year, Mecca Performance Cafe has become one of the most popular venues for alternative political and cultural performance, as well as alternative political scene and discussion. Political groups such as the

  • Parochialism in Hobart education campaign

    HOBART — On May 22, Hobart had the largest protest rally against university funding cuts for over a decade. Almost 2000 people from all political backgrounds — students, university staff and the

  • Wilderness Society courts Liberal government

    HOBART — Tasmania's new environment minister, Peter Hodgman, was guest speaker at a Wilderness Society campaign dinner and slide show here on May 13, attended by 50 people. Slides were shown of some of the sites proposed by the

  • 'No' to NUS affiliation at ANU

    'No' to NUS affiliation at ANUOur education system is under attack. Over the last 10 years the ALP government has moved rapidly towards the introduction of a user-pays system that allows only those who are rich

  • Basques' struggle for self-determination

    Travelling from Madrid to the Basque region in the far north of Spain, I could feel a change in the political atmosphere. In the narrow cobblestone streets of Bilbao, colourful posters advertising upcoming rallies plastered the

  • Politics of the no fees campaign

    People will remember Keating's infamous "Get a job" remark to a group of demonstrators taking part in the March 23 national day of action against fees. From Keating's attitude, and the fairly minimal media coverage, you could be