Israeli racism murders Palestinian child
By Adam Hanieh
WEST BANK — On November 11, a Palestinian child was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier in Bethlehem. He was pronounced dead on November 15 by Israel's Hadassah hospital. Ali
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Blood pressure expert supports hospital mercury ban
By Paul Jones
Developments toward safer working environments for hospital workers exposed to mercury received a boost late last year. International medical opposition to phasing out
Campaigning for a free East Timor
By Stuart Munckton and Arun Pradhan
PERTH — On November 12, East Timorese and their supporters attended a protest at Parliament House to commemorate the 1991 Dili massacre. Amidst crosses bearing the
NEW YORK — An Amnesty International report released on November 19 documents a spiralling increase in violence in Algeria, which has claimed up to 80,000 lives since 1992. Amnesty called for an international investigation into recent massacres and
By Sue Bolton
MELBOURNE — After two successful strikes and demonstrations, more actions are planned in the campaign against cuts to WorkCover. The Kennett government is planning to dramatically cut payments to injured workers; change the
Risking the planet for big business profits
By Norm Dixon
As the December climate conference in Kyoto approaches, the rich capitalist countries are refusing to agree to emission targets that begin to reduce the levels of greenhouse gases
Hinchinbrook: new evidence of disaster
By Tim Walgers
BRISBANE — Keith Williams' Port Hinchinbrook development is again under a cloud of controversy after reports last week that thousands of litres of acidic water have poured off the site
By Sibylle Kaczorek
DARWIN — In August last year, the Northern Territory government changed the law relating to unpaid fines. Until then defaulters were sentenced to do community service work. The government abolished that option and replaced
Suharto blocks East Timorese asylum seekers
By Jon Land
The Indonesian government is refusing to allow six East Timorese sheltering for more than three months in the Austrian embassy in Jakarta to leave for Portugal. Indonesian authorities
Fremantle's women take centre stage
Waterfront WomenDeckchair Theatre CompanyDirected by Angela Chaplin, written by Marcus HughesVictoria Quay, Fremantle, until November 29Regional WA tour to December 6 Review by Anne O'Callaghan
The Port
By Allen Myers
In defending its determination not to commit Australia to binding greenhouse gas reductions at next week's international meeting in Kyoto, and in fact to seek approval to increase Australian emissions, the Howard government has
In early October, Italy's Party of Communist Refoundation (PRC) withdrew its support for the ruling Olive Tree coalition government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi because of the cuts contained in the government's draft 1997-98 budget. However, after
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