BOUGAINVILLE: PNG frustrates independence referendum
Statements by Sir Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea's minister for Bougainville affairs, have exposed the lack of sincerity behind the PNG government's apparent agreement to allow the people of
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SOUTH AFRICA: Misdirected strategy weakens workers' movement
JOHANNESBURG — The broad left (both in South Africa and internationally) has taken a cautious approach to critically analysing the program and activities of South Africa's largest and
Let off for minister over Yanner affair
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — Queensland Premier Peter Beattie said on May 8 that he was taking no further action against mines and energy minister Tony McGrady for a letter the minister forwarded to the judge
Newcastle protests treatment of refugees
BY MELODY COUTMAN AND PETER ROBSON
NEWCASTLE — As the refugees, some fleeing political oppression, others fleeing poverty, left the ferry in hope of finding a new life they were met by grim grey-suited
BRITAIN: Labour cracks down on asylum seekers
LONDON — A plane hijacked by Afghan asylum seekers provided the pretext for a resurgence in overt racism against refugees, urged on by right-wing newspapers and Britain's Labour government. The social
Rollercoaster@stockmarket.com
BY EVA CHENG
After skyrocketing some 260% in 17 months from 1400 points to the
March 10 peak of 5048, Nasdaq — the United States index which measures
the prices of key hi-tech stocks — suffered a series
Child-care expansion not an option
BY MARGARET ALLUM
"Some have wrongly attempted to stereotype my government as possessing what is described as an old-fashioned attitude to women. Not only is that wrong, but I think it is in part born of a
SOUTH AFRICA: Millions strike over job losses
Close to 4 million workers in South Africa joined a national strike against job losses on May 10, according to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). Around 400,000 strikers marched
BY SHUA GARFIELD
HOBART — Vice-chancellor Don McNichol has sought to stare down rising student discontent at the University of Tasmania, refusing to give any promises to meet a log of claims put to him by a student general meeting of 100 students
Students tell Nike: 'Just stop it'
MELBOURNE — Twenty students held a mock fashion parade outside the Nike Superstore during the lunchtime rush on May 10. The protesters were in calico bags emblazoned with the words, "I'd rather wear a bag than
Peter Hicks tour dates
Peter Hicks' tour dates
Peter Hicks is touring to launch The Times We've Been Through. He is playing with percussionist Jules Witek and promises "some pretty damn hot progressive music".
Friday, June 2, Selby Folk Club,
BY SEAN HEALY
As protesters from around the world were gathering outside his Washington, D.C., office on April 16, World Bank president James Wolfensohn was rehearsing his riposte: you're not the defenders of the poor, he would tell his critics, we
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