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NY cops kill African: 'zero tolerance' in practice

NY cops kill African: 'zero tolerance' in practice By Norm Dixon The body of Ahmed Diallo arrived home in Conakry, the capital of the west African country of Guinea, on February 14, accompanied by his grieving parents. Ten days earlier, Diallo's

NSW forest campaigners discuss strategy

By Nick Fredman LISMORE — Thirty-five activists attended a general meeting of the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) at Rosebank, near Lismore, on February 15 to discuss recent changes to forestry legislation and agreements. The gathering assessed

Campaigning against NSW truancy law

Emma To and Keara Courtney SYDNEY — On February 13, nearly 200 people gathered at Town Hall to protest the anti-truancy policy of the NSW Labor government. Tim Anderson, secretary of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, described the poor

Kurdish Australians demand fair trial for Ocalan

Kurdish Australians demand fair trial for Ocalan By Kylie Moon SYDNEY — In the early hours of February 17, more than 60 Kurdish protesters occupied the Greek consulate in response to the kidnapping of Kurdistan Workers Party leader Abdullah

Write on: letters to the editor

Mutual obligation The Federal government is locked into its plan to expand its "work for the dole" scheme. This is being implemented under the rhetoric of "mutual obligation". A mutual obligation which is one-sided. This and the previous