In the days following NATO's May 7 bombing of China's Belgrade embassy, Beijing mobilised hundreds of thousands of students in protests in nearly 20 Chinese cities.
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We all know about the escalating terror — and struggle — in East Timor. The movement for independence for East Timor has forced the Indonesian regime to allow the United Nations to hold a referendum in which the East Timorese can vote for
A short time ago, the regime in Indonesia was one of the most stable in Asia. President Suharto had been in power for 32 years and was considered invincible. Political life was held in the iron grip of the military. Those who dissented were
GST and the Democrats
"Mr Costello has my number", Democrat leader Senator Meg Lees declared after independent Senator Brian Harradine announced that he would vote against the government's goods and services tax.
Her words had a double meaning,
Jabiluka: the plot thickens
By Jim Green
Pressure from Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) has increased on the Mirrar traditional owners to concede on their opposition to Jabiluka uranium mine. The company has brought the construction of a
By Jim Green
The federal budget has angered environmentalists. Funding for environment programs and groups has been reduced, some funding has been tied to the sale of Telstra and funding for environment groups will be conditional on their
As expected
"This is still beyond what you could expect, given the expected performance of these systems." — A US military official, quoted in the Los Angeles Times, on "smart" bombs being less, or maybe more, accurate than expected.
No
By Tom Flanagan
SYDNEY — The dust settled after the March 27 NSW state poll to reveal an upper house (Legislative Council) with 13 MPs on the cross benches. The Labor Party has 16 and the Coalition 13. Four parties are represented for the first
By Jonathan Singer
The federal government's budget has increased the push to impose compulsory work on the unemployed in return for dole payments. The government is to enforce "mutual obligation" — the obligation on the jobless to work for
By Bronwen Beechey
ADELAIDE — Public Transport Union (PTU) members held a five-hour stop-work meeting on May 11 to protest against the deterioration in wages and conditions which has resulted from privatisation of public transport.
Under SA
By Lisa Macdonald
At a day-long congress on May 13, the German Greens voted to support NATO's bombing of Serbia and Kosova. Delegates voted 444-318 for a motion backed by Green foreign minister Joschka Fischer and the party's national executive.
By Wendy Robertson
Students in Australia and overseas have declared May 22 an international day of solidarity with the struggles for independence in East Timor and genuine democracy in Indonesia. Rallies and demonstrations are planned in 11 cities
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