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WELLINGTON — Five people were arrested at a 600-strong anti-war protest outside Parliament House on March 10. The demonstrators mobilised to “greet” Australia's pro-war Prime Minister John Howard as he arrived for a state luncheon hosted by
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS CANBERRA — On March 23-24, thousands of people will converge on parliament, in a national protest against the Coalition governmentÂ’s support for an attack on Iraq. Âé¶¹Ó³»­ Weekly spoke to James Vassilopoulos, one of
BY SARAH STEPHEN In the past six years, there has been a rapid decline — from 80% to 70% — in the proportion of doctors who bulk-bill their patients, charging the government direct, rather than charging the patient a fee. If this rate of