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Clear-felling in Tasmania: an environmental catastrophe

Annie Philips Living in Hobart I witness the rather sobering daily event of scores of laden log trucks thundering down the main street of town. It's a continual reminder to all those who care about the environment of current Tasmanian forestry

Socialists: 'we won't keep the cash'

Lynda Hansen On June 7, the Courier Mail warned voters that the person they elect will cost taxpayers more than $600,000 to keep in office. Perks have driven the total cost to taxpayers of keeping the 226 federal MPs and senators in parliament to

This is Codka Dhallinyaradda Soomaaliyeed

Marcus Pabian& Tony Iltis Over the last 12 months a new bilingual newspaper, Codka Dhallinyaradda Soomaaliyeed (Voice of Somali Youth), has been published in Melbourne by activists who were part of the Western Suburbs Community Coalition Against

Loose cannons

Not happy George! "Two days early, with a veil of secrecy and a tight security lockdown, Washington's proconsul in Iraq, Paul Bremer III, handed a hollow and uncertain sovereignty to Iyad Allawi, a former Baathist collaborator of Saddam Hussein who

In brief

AFGHANISTAN: Women election workers killed Two Afghan women were killed and 13 were wounded on June 28 by a bomb that exploded on a bus filled with election workers travelling to Rodat to register women voters. A Taliban spokesperson claimed

WEST PAPUA: A struggle for human rights

Frances Evans West Papua: where the second largest rainforest in the world is cleared for Freeport/Rio Tinto's gold and copper mines; where one of the world's most diverse marine environments is being polluted by BHP-Billiton's toxic tailings;

SHOCKFACTS: Indigenous health and welfare

Indigenous households earn about $200 less than other households per week, or 62% of the average household income. Indigenous people are half as likely to have completed their schooling and only about 40% are employed, compared to 60% in the wider

'Troops out' rallies mark fake hand-over

Kerryn Williams, Sydney SYDNEY — Rallies took place around the country on June 30 to "Bring the troops home" and to protest the fake handover of sovereignty to a US-appointed Iraqi interim government. The "handover" occurring two days early and

On the box

Water, The Drop Of Life: A Price To Pay — Reveals the nature and politics of water transportation, and its impact on a growing number of people and enterprises around the world. SBS, Friday, July 9, 1pm. Message Stick: Aden Ridgeway — In 1999,

Dawn of the Dead

With Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber and Mekhi PhiferDirected by Zack Snyder REVIEW BY RJURIK DAVIDSON There is no space for liberalism in the horror story, which proceeds from the assumption that there is something drastically wrong with

Who's afraid of Michael Moore?

Rohan Pearce The June 26-27 opening weekend of Michael Moore's new documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11, confirmed the nightmares of US President George Bush's supporters. Despite the right-wing's best efforts to derail the Fahrenheit juggernaut, in a

Thousands attend meeting on Iraq war

Stephen Garvey, Melbourne On June 28, 2300 people packed the Melbourne Town Hall to hear British-based Pakistani author Tariq Ali talk about the US occupation of Iraq. Ali said it was ironic that the supposed handover of national sovereignty to