The Australian government has delivered a huge boon to the Australian government bureaucracy with a massive injection of funds totalling $432 million in the 2004-05 AusAID budget.
The 2004-05 aid budget is being hailed by foreign minister,
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BY SARAH STEPHEN
In May and June, Cuban music lovers will have an opportunity to see some of Cuba's greatest musicians live in performance, including original members of the Buena Vista Social Club, the Afro-Cuban All Stars and Vieja Trova
Carlene Wilson
Mario Bango is 21 years old. Since March 2001 he has been locked up in a Slovak prison. Mario is a Roma, one of a substantial ethnic minority spread across Eastern Europe. His crime? When he was 18, Bango defended his younger brother
Elizabeth Schulte, Chicago
They said it was in the interests of young women's health. Overruling a decision made just five months ago, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on May 6 that it was rejecting over-the-counter sales of the
Doesn't keep count of cannon fodder
"It's approximately 500, of which — I can get the exact numbers — approximately 350 are combat deaths." — US deputy defence secretary Paul Wolfowitz, April 29, responded at a US House of Representatives
Freedom of speech under a cloud
ADELAIDE — On May 14, Adelaide's Murdoch-owned sole daily paper, the Advertiser, reported that the Adelaide City Council had passed new by-laws that place restrictions on the "handing out of advertising material
BY SARAH STEPHEN
On May 4, US left-liberal filmmaker Michael Moore was told that Miramax Films had been instructed by its owner, the Walt Disney Company, not to distribute Moore's new film, Fahrenheit 9/11, in North America.
"I would have hoped
Peter Boyle
The third national conference of the Socialist Alliance, held in Melbourne on May 8-9, confirmed that the SA is here to stay, is growing and is taking further steps towards becoming a multi-tendency socialist party.
Some 133 delegates
Socialist Alliance national co-convenor and Wills candidate David Glanz addressed the May 7 SA national conference launch. The following is abridged from his speech.
Glenroy, in the Wills electorate, isn't one of the poorest working-class suburbs,
Kim Bullimore, Melbourne
More than 500 Aboriginal people and supporters rallied outside the Victorian state parliament on May 10 to protest the proposed abolition of ATSIC and cuts to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services. Both the
Greg Wilton, vice-president of the WA Electrical Trades Union:
Craig Johnston led from the front, not from behind. He got out there and stood up for workers' rights and against the casualisation of the work force. The fact that these charges have
Chris Latham, Perth
On May 13, chanting, "What do we want? — Workers' comp!", more than 2500 workers marched on the Western Australian parliament. The rally was organised by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), the
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