BY JO WILLIAMS
Starting out as a busker in Fremantle, guitarist, singer and songwriter John Butler has become one of the most successful independent musicians in Australia. His band, the John Butler Trio, is donating $1 from every ticket sold on
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Emma Lord, Sydney
Andrew Wilkie has announced that he will run as the Greens' candidate in Prime Minister John Howard's seat of Bennelong.
Wilkie made headlines last year when he resigned from the Office of National Assessments (ONA) over the
Susan Price
This year's budget included $755 million for intelligence and security arrangements as well as defence measures, which will exceed $1.5 billion over the next five years. This brings the total amount of additional defence spending by the
Doug Lorimer
Growing support among Iraqis for the armed resistance against the US-led occupation has led top US military officers to acknowledge that the US is headed for defeat in Iraq. According to the May 9 Washington Post, this "view is far
Protest for free education
MELBOURNE — About 250 students converged on the State Library on March 12 in protest against university fees and funding cuts.
Victorian National Tertiary Education Union president Jeannie Rea told the crowd that free
Norman Brewer, Wellington
In a spectacular, colourful and noisy display of Maori solidarity, about 20,000 protesters besieged the NZ Parliament in Wellington on May 5. The protest was on an unprecedented scale for the country of 4 million
Jon Lamb
Not much has been publicly revealed about the mid-April negotiations between Australia and East Timor on the maritime boundary. The ABC Four Corners on May 10, however, made it clear that the Coalition government intends to continue to
Alison Thorne
In an attempt to silence dissent against the war in Iraq, flag-waving followers of KVI-AM radio hurled racial epithets and threatened violence in a multi-ethnic Seattle neighbourhood on April 30. The protest was sparked by a single
Dick Nichols
Suddenly, with a federal election looming, there's money to burn. There always was, of course, but this time last year Coalition treasurer Peter Costello was lecturing us about the need to pay off government debt and to build the
Kerry Nettle
Instead of investing in our common future the federal Coalition government spends money on waging an illegal war, on regressive tax cuts, buying swinging votes and divisive public policy — and all this while presiding over the most
Office closure angers union members
NEWCASTLE — Rank-and-file members of the Community and Public Sector Union have reacted with disbelief and outrage to a proposal by the CPSU National Management Committee (NMC) to close the Newcastle organising
Steven Katsineris
"Most people want change; really we want change. We really want a solution, we want to go and be a member of the European Union... And we really want to have a real identity, because the Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus have been left
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