CANBERRA — For the last four weeks, students at the Australian National University (ANU) have been organising a campaign against what appears to be a "litmus test" for the introduction of up-front fees in universities
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Students fight up-front feesCANBERRA — A recommendation calling for the introduction of fees of up to $12,000 for the professional component of the Australian National University's law degree is being reconsidered after
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Protests are continuing against the federal government's white paper proposal to remove the under 18 dole and introduce a below award "training wage". Around Australia more than a thousand people
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London-based, Australian journalist John Pilger's latest documentary film, Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror, has won the gold award in the political category at the prestigious 2004 WorldMedia Festival.
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The weekend after the January 29-31 ALP national conference, I attended the Rural Australians for Refugees national conference, one of the biggest gatherings of refugees' rights activists in the last few years.
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CMIBy the Version 1.0 collectiveOctober 13-17, Performance Space, Cleveland Street, Sydney. October 19-23, The Street Theatre, Canberra.CMI is set to return! The superbly written and slickly acted play about the Senate Inquiry
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Sydney Latin American Film FestivalFri Feb 17-Sun Feb 19Campbelltown Arts Centre, Art Gallery Rd (cnr Camden & Appin Rd)Fri Feb 24-Sun Feb 26Tom Mann Theatre, 136 Chalmers St, Surry HillsFor full program visit
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On May 4, US left-liberal filmmaker Michael Moore was told that Miramax Films had been instructed by its owner, the Walt Disney Company, not to distribute Moore's new film, Fahrenheit 9/11, in North America. "I would have hoped
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In early February there was a flurry of media coverage about 25-year-old Palestinian Aladdin Sisalem — the lone asylum seeker detained in the Australian-financed Manus Island detention centre. It was revealed by the February 11
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If you try to recall the Coalition government's most outrageous attacks on asylum seekers, chances are you would recall the Tampa Affair, the children overboard incident, and the isolated, madness-inducing, detention centres. But
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Amendment to TerrorWritten by Kevin SummersDirected by Bec RussellStarring Fabienne Parr, Nigel Johnston, Matthew Molony, Felicity Soper & Christopher ElliottLa Mama, Carlton Courthouse, MelbourneWednesday-Saturday, November 30-December 17Email
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In May and June, Cuban music lovers will have an opportunity to see some of Cuba's greatest musicians live in performance, including original members of the Buena Vista Social Club, the Afro-Cuban All Stars and Vieja Trova