Women reclaim the night
On October 30 and 31, thousands of women and male supporters marched in the annual Reclaim the Night events Australia-wide to protest violence against women. WA Greens Senator Dee Margetts submitted a Senate motion
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HIV/AIDS access and equity report
SYDNEY — On October 31, NSW community services minister Ron Dyer was condemned for failing to show up at the launch of a report into access to the government's Home And Community Care services for people living
Stop the racist Wik bill!
By Jennifer Thompson
On October 22, two Liberal MPs broke ranks to abstain from the second-reading vote in the House of Representatives on the government's racist Wik bill. Another Liberal MP went to a Christian "Praise
The quality of mercy
By Brandon Astor Jones
Moments ago, as Superior Court Judge Ken Nix — in his own good ol' boy way — sang the words, "... and may God have mercy upon your soul", it probably never occurred to his toe-the-line
Greenhouse action planned
ADELAIDE — After receiving numerous inquiries about the greenhouse national day of action planned for November 30, the Australian Conservation Foundation has called a meeting to organise a bike rally. All interested
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[This poem was written by one of the sacked miners from the Gordonstone coal mine in Queensland. It was read to an October 17 rally of miners and their families in Emerald.]
So you're sacking all the workers, that's such a bitter pill.You're
Building maintenance work completed
After many weeks of painting and repair work, the maintenance work on the home of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly has finally been completed. The brickwork and mortar have been repaired, sealed and painted. This, along with
By Reihana Mohideen
The US constitution, with its radical Bill of Rights, was a product of a social revolution against British colonial rule. In the Philippines in September more than half a million people protested in defence of the constitution,
Stock market crash
A spokesperson for the Unemployed Workers Army said today, "Senior executives should find great openings on the fourteenth floors of office towers; they are called windows". The spokesperson went on to suggest that it was time to
Foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer has repeated his position that there will be no further inquiry into the killing of six journalists in East Timor in 1975. "We can't keep having inquiry after inquiry after inquiry into this incident, which
Strength in numbers
The spectacle of hundreds of thousands of African-American women massed in the centre of Philadelphia on October 25 was truly inspiring.
Organised by community activists in Philadelphia, and a year in the planning, the
University life in the '90s
UniA four-part documentary by Simon TargetFirst episode screens on The Big Picture, ABC, November 6 Review by Marina Carman
In this new documentary about student life in the 1990s, Simon Target and crew follow three
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