BY JANINE CURLL
SYDNEY — On October 16, Sutherland Entertainment Centre echoed to the chants of "Refugees yes! Racism no! Philip Ruddock has got to go".
Fifteen activists from the Refugee Action Collective (RAC) confronted the federal
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What do consultants do?
Ever wondered what a “consultant” does? You must have heard of them.
They are the “experts” who grow and prosper with every government move.
Closing down schools? You need a consultant. Handing over government
A Room for Romeo BrassDirected by Shane MeadowsWritten by Shane Meadows and Paul Fraser
REVIEW BY JONATHAN SINGER
The dramatic and comic realism of A Room for Romeo Brass carries an emotional punch, but in the end the blow is only lightly felt.
Nothing wrong
"The meals weren't used in the end, but there was certainly nothing wrong with the food." — A spokesperson for Qantas after its workers forced the airline to stop serving meals after their "best by" date.
Unlike governments?
BY JO BROWN& KIM BULLIMORE
Efforts towards peace in Palestine can only succeed if past injustices are redressed, Alex Koutab from Victoria's Palestinian community and the Australian Arabic Council told 50 people at a public meeting organised by the
BY MARGARET ALLUM
A radio commentator in Melbourne remarked during the September 11-13 (S11) protests there against the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting that he had noticed a "female firebrand" inciting others to join the blockade of the Crown
BY SEAN HEALY
Canberra's plans to secure greater Asian markets for the big Australian corporations took a beating in Chiangmai, Thailand, on October 8 when a meeting of economic ministers of the Association for South-East Asian Nations rejected
Democracy ACT-style
CANBERRA — ACT chief minister Kate Carnell announced her resignation on October 17, just before a no-confidence motion was to be debated by the ACT Legislative Assembly. Carnell's resignation prevented the possibility of an
Seattle protesters sue
SEATTLE — Lawyers for anti-corporate tyranny activists sued Seattle officials on October 3 for violating the free-speech rights of hundreds of people arrested for entering an emergency "no-protest zone" during the
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522.
Access News — Melbourne community TV,
PRAGUE — The following is the first in a three-part eyewitness account of the large anti-corporate tyranny demonstrations outside the meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Prague in September by Russian writer and
HAVANA — Almost half the population of Havana — 800,000 people — led by President Fidel Castro, marched on October 18 to protest against the false impression being created by the United States that it has relaxed its blockade against Cuba.
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