Sue Bolton
The ALP is preparing a further shift to the right, at the same time as trade unions are working out how to deal with the re-elected Coalition government's impending assault on them.
As part of preparing Labor shift further to the
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Peter Boyle
The ALP's post-election flight to the right continues with the new shadow cabinet's review of leader Mark Latham's pre-election promise to withdraw Australian troops from Iraq.
According to the October 29 Sydney Morning Herald, the
The Manchurian CandidateDirected by Jonathan DemmeWritten by Daniel Pine & Dean GeorgarisWith Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep and Liev Schreiber.
REVIEW BY JOE ALLEN
This is not our parents' Manchurian Candidate. Unlike the 1962 Cold War classic
Alex Miller
There have been renewed calls for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq after it was announced that 850 personnel from the Scottish Black Watch regiment are to be moved from the relative security of Basra in southern Iraq to Hilla,
Norm Dixon
In recent weeks, scientists have released two separate findings that indicate the consequences of global warming due to the emission of "greenhouse gases" — primarily carbon dioxide (CO2) from the industrial burning of fossil fuels —
Bin Laden in the Suburbs: Criminalising the Arab Other
Scott Poynting, Greg Noble, Paul Tabar, and Jock CollinsSydney Institute of Criminology, 2004352 pages, $45, (pb)
Bin Laden in the Suburbs argues that we are witnessing the emergence of the
Jenny Francis
Afghans voted for a new president on October 9, and hoped for a better future. After the events of that day, however, there is a growing fear that their hope is misplaced.
While the official results were yet to be declared by
Through his op-ed column in the October 26 Sydney Morning Herald, Liberal Party historian and apologist for imperialism Gerard Henderson attempted to discredit the awarding of the Sydney Peace Prize to Indian writer and campaigner
Chris Latham
The September 2 High Court's Electrolux decision
has signalled a serious assault on the right of workers to
organize and strike.
In a six-to-one decision, the High Court ruled that
bargaining-agent fees could not be included in
Sarah Stephen &Roberto Jorquera, Sydney
Labor's newly appointed shadow immigration minister, Laurie Ferguson, told the October 28 Melbourne Age that he was a "bit sick of being lectured to by people". He claimed that refugee advocates were "usually
Brian Stephens, Harare
A delegation of 13 unionists from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) was deported from Zimbabwe under armed escort on October 26.
The delegation was investigating the situation in the lead up to national
Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
The Coalition government's plans to create a new federal "super-ministry" — the Department of Human Services (DHS) — has been met with concern by public sector workers worried that it will involve outsourcing or
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