Tim Stewart
Indigenous lawyer Anne Kajir from the Environmental Law Centre in Papua New Guinea is one of six recipients of the US$125,000 Goldman Environmental Prize. According to the prize's website, she won this year's award for her tireless work
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Stuart Munckton
The June 1 student strike against Work Choices and "voluntary student unionism" (VSU), which was initiated by Resistance, has struck a chord with high-school and campus activists, as well as some unionists.
The list of
Zoe Kenny
Federal treasurer Peter Costello's 2006 budget included a $500 million "cash injection" towards restoring the health of the Murray River, probably to give "green" cover to an otherwise woeful environment budget that only commits just over
Katie Cherrington, Wollongong
On May 19, 35 student anti-war activists from universities in Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong attended a cross-campus Students Against War conference hosted by the University of Wollongong Undergraduate
James Vassilopoulos, Melbourne
Martin Kingham, secretary of the Victorian branch of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, urged the 150 people who attended a May 17 forum at Brunswick Town Hall to "join with us for the June 28
MELBOURNE — The employer of two workers who were sacked and then reinstated after a community picket at their workplace subsequently encouraged Channel Nine's A Current Affair show to film the two workers at the factory against their wishes,
Justin Tutty, Darwin
Since the Country Liberal Party's federal MP David Tollner first proposed plans to dump nuclear waste in the NT, fierce opposition has grown.
The Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2005 identified three sites (none of which
On May 15, two West Papuans were shot dead by police outside the Wamena court. Serpi (Sodema) Hubi and Mokanineak Kossy were among a group of protesters demonstrating outside the court house in support of a local man facing corruption charges, where
On May 14, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez proposed a program to provide cheap heating oil to low-income communities in Europe. This follows a successful program in the US by Venezuelan oil subsidiary Citgo, providing subsidised heating
Susan Austin
"When I was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager, I was told I would have this disease all my life, I would need to take medication all the time and I might just be able to cope. Recovery has been about reclaiming my future and
Duncan Meerding, Hobart
A May 11 meeting of workers employed at the Beaconsfield goldmine in northern Tasmania called for an independent judicial inquiry into the rock fall in the mine on April 25 that resulted in the death of miner Larry Knight,
George Monbiot
Civilisation has a new enemy. He is a former coca grower called Evo Morales, who is currently the president of Bolivia. On May 15 he stood before the European parliament to explain why he had sent troops to regain control of his
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