Charges against squatters dropped
SYDNEY — Twelve people arrested in July for occupying a disused Department of Housing house in the inner Sydney suburb of Chippendale, despite having been given verbal agreement to do so, had charges against
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MELBOURNE — Community groups and environmentalists are highlighting the threat to Port Phillip and Westernport Bays by the oil industry and the danger to the Altona and Williamstown area from the proposed expansion of the Mobil Altona refinery.
By Carla Gorton
SYDNEY — Under the banner of "No Home, No Job, No Life", 600 parents, friends and young people with intellectual disabilities rallied outside Parliament House on November 17.
They were organised, vocal and determined to
Two plays on domestic violence
The Keys to the Animal Room
By Peta Murray
Flowers and Chocolates
By Glenn Perry
Both at Junction Theatre, Thebarton
Community attitudes about domestic violence are still shaped by common mythologies
Lismore residents discuss Mabo
By Saskia Kouwenberg
LISMORE, NSW — A public forum on Mabo, organised by the newly formed Lismore Human Rights Group in conjunction with the Lands Council, held here on November 18, was an overwhelming
By Wendy Robertson
Of 900,000 hectares of forest in East Gippsland, 500,000 have never been logged. About half of the unlogged area is old growth forest. These forests contain trees that are 300-400 years old. The average mature trees are 200
Anti-vilification bill passed
By Tom Flanagan
The New South Wales Anti-Discrimination Act has been amended to outlaw vilification on the basis of a person's homosexuality. The private member's bill, introduced by independent MP Clover
Hospital workers win a battle
By Roberto Jorquera
MELBOURNE — After eight days of Industrial bans, management at the Austin Hospital was forced to back down and reach agreement with the Health Services Union (HSUA) on procedures to be
By Norm Dixon
The international human rights watchdog Amnesty International says Papua New Guinea government troops and their allies are continuing to murder, torture and rape suspected opponents and non-combatants on the island of
Against the blockade of Cuba
The Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) is inviting people around the world to participate in the struggle against the US blockade of Cuba by submitting written or graphic material for a
By Sean Malloy
Violence, poverty, homelessness and other forms of oppression and suffering experienced by young people are usually dealt with in compartments, separate and unconnected. A Lost Generation, a report prepared by the Australian Youth
By Darwin Juarez
MANAGUA — While Nicaraguans have seen more than their share of nature's foul moods, a recent disaster brought widespread realisation that human hands can sometimes tip nature toward malevolence. Beautiful and historic Lake
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