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On January 1, US drones pounded Waziristan in PakistanÂ’s north-western tribal areas, killing five people.
A group of Victorian trade unions have sought legal advice on the possibility of lodging a complaint with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) against the ALP federal government.
Israel's carnage Once again, well done for your coverage of Israel's treatment of another set of human beings. Many people seem to be a bit credulous and have fallen for the Exclusive Jewish state's public relations campaign in the period
Seventy people attended a protest on January 15 outside MP Duncan KerrÂ’s office in Hobart to voice their outrage against IsraelÂ’s attacks on Gaza.
Six Filipino workers were sacked in December without reason by the John Holland Group from a major Queensland construction project.
We have to state and repeat it: we are not witnessing a war in Gaza, but a massacre carried out by the third largest air force in the world against a defenceless civilian population.
The January 14 announcement by the Sri Lankan government that its forces had completed the capture of the Jaffna Peninsular, effectively bringing all of the historic Tamil nation in Sri Lanka’s north-east under military occupation, was a grim reminder that the Israeli assault on the Gaza ghetto is not the only holocaust at the start of the new year.
On January 15, around 25 homeless students and supporters marched on the administration building of the University of Melbourne. They carried mattresses and bedding, having been evicted from their houses two days earlier in a pre-dawn raid.
The refugee policy of the Kevin Rudd Labor government has been slammed in a new report released by the Australian Human Rights Commission.
91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ WeeklyÂ’s Zane Alcorn spoke to Sally Corbett, chairperson of the No Tillegra Dam group, which is seeking to have Hunter Water reverse their 2006 decision to build a dam comparable in size to Sydney Harbour near Dungog, about 90km out of Newcastle.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Directed by Scott Derrickson, starring Keanu Reaves & Jennifer Connelly
Screening in cinemas Connelly
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Directed by Robert Wise, starring Michael Rennie & Patricia Neal.
I never knew death until I saw the bombing of a refugee camp Craters filled with disfigured ankles and splattered torsos But no sign of a face, the only impression a fading scream I never understood pain Until a seven-year-old girl clutched my