BY DAMIEN LAWSON
SYDNEY — With no media attention or public discussion, the federal Coalition government is using the Olympics to justify sweeping new powers which allow the military to suppress domestic unrest in Australia. Under the pretext of
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BY JIM GREEN
Welcome to the world of the conservative think tank, a world in which modern forestry "helps preserve wildlife habitat", "radioactive waste has a great advantage over other kinds of waste", "a camel is a horse designed by a committee",
PAKISTAN: 'No more Hiroshimas'
LAHORE — A seminar on the theme "No More Hiroshimas" was organised jointly by Lahore Peace Forum and Joint Action Committee for Peoples Rights on August 6 at Lahore Press Club. Despite severe rain, more than 200
The law is an ass
The Howard government will gain only limited comfort from the August 11 ruling in Darwin Federal Court by Justice Maurice O'Loughlin.
In dismissing the suit of Lorna Cubillo and Peter Gunner, two representatives of the
ITALY: Appeals to release Chilean dissident
BY SEAN HEALY
Chilean leftists and indigenous activists have called for international help to force the Italian government to free Jaime Yovanovic, who is being held awaiting extradition back to his
Hypocrisy, Republican style
SAN FRANCISCO — The four-day Republican Party convention finally came to an end on August 4 with the formal nomination of Texas Governor George W. ("Dubya") Bush, as the party's presidential candidate in November.
Why Howard hates sole mothers and lesbians
BY LISA MACDONALD
When Prime Minister John Howard announced on August 2 that the federal government would move to allow states to outlaw single women's and lesbians' access to in vitro fertilisation
Kim appoints investigation panel
SEOUL — South Korea's President Kim Dae-Jung appointed a human rights investigation panel to investigate repression of the pro-democracy movement by previous military dictatorships and decide on compensation.
BY PIP HINMAN
SYDNEY — Indonesian union leader Romawaty Sinaga, of the the Indonesian National Front for Labour Struggle (FNPBI), and Francisco Pascual, of the Philippine People's Development Resource Centre, are the two international guest
ALP waters down native title policy
BY SIMON BUTLER
At its national conference in Hobart, the Australian Labor Party quietly discarded its commitment to the right of native titleholders to negotiate at the exploration stage of mineral projects
Networker: Plenty of shovels, not much gold
Spare a thought for the world's billionaires. They can't make much money from the internet. While those who control the world's phone and broadcasting companies are doing very well, the majority of the
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Support for S11 protest
As chair of the International Committee of the United Trades and Labor Council of South Australia, I am proud to support the S11 protests against the World Economic Forum meeting in
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