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Dutton’s bid to ban mobile phones

After the defeat in the Federal Court of his bid to ban mobile phones in offshore immigration detention centres, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) Peter Dutton is trying another strategy to subvert the court’s August ruling.

Mobile phones are already prohibited in onshore immigration detention centres and on Christmas Island for refugees who tried to come to Australia by boat.

Joyous and enlightening theatre

Seeing Things By Barry Lowe Not So Straight Theatre Company September 14-17, 8.30pm Space Theatre, Festival Centre, Adelaide Reviewed by Penny Farrow Not So Straight Theatre Company, formed in late 1993, is made up

A Song for Cuba

A Song for Cuba SYDNEY — The committee "A Song for Cuba" is organising a cultural artistic festival which will take place September 20-25 in various venues here. The purpose of the event is to raise funds for the worldwide

White Ribbon Week in Brisbane

By Anthony Brown BRISBANE — One in 10 Australian families experiences chronic domestic violence. An estimated 76% of rapists are partners, ex-partners or close friends of their victims or known by them. One in five women

East Timor campaign gains momentum

By Wendy Robertson Preparations for the October 15 National Day of Action against Australian government and business involvement in the Timor Gap Treaty are under way in all states. The National Day of Action is jointly organised by

Ireland: Toward a lasting peace?

By Catherine Brown and Frank Noakes "I have arranged ... to increase the animosity between the Orangemen and the United Irish. Upon that animosity depends the safety of the centre counties of the North." — British General Charles

Uranium debate features on SBS

Dateline: The Uranium Mining Debate SBS, Saturday, September 17, 7.30pm (7 Adelaide) Reviewed by Tom Kelly This week Dateline deals with the escalating debate around moves to change the ALP's "three mines" uranium policy. Jane

Anti-Torricelli bill introduced in US

Anti-Torricelli bill introduced in US By Ivonne Cunarro On August 11, representative Jose Serrano, from New York, introduced to the House of Representatives a new anti-blockade of Cuba bill, HR 4941. Serrano, an early

RDP councils to spread across South Africa

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — Mass-based RDP Councils are being established throughout South Africa to ensure that the new government's Reconstruction and Development Program is "people-driven", Cheryl Carolus, the ANC's RDP coordinator,

Write on

Militarism It would appear the bourgeois merchants of death are preparing an ideological onslaught on the minds of the Australian masses, in the run up to the 50th anniversary of the end of WW2. Shopping last week at Garden

Victory near for opponents of Ukrainian oil terminal

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Plans for a massive oil terminal near the Ukrainian port of Odessa are now likely to be drastically scaled down or abandoned entirely, reports in late August indicated. The project has been the focus of a

Action updates

BRISBANE — A mass meeting called by the Communications Workers Union on September 7 endorsed a motion opposing the Queensland and Federal Labor government's plans to privatise Suncorp, Telecom, Australia Post, ANL and Brisbane airports. The meeting