SYDNEY — On August 22, a gay couple was removed by police from the Sydney offices of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) after insisting that their legal same-sex marriage entered into overseas be counted in this year's census. ABS census
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PERTH — Garry Graham is one of the 40 workers being sued by Kwinana contracting firm Total Corrosion Control who will appear in the Federal Court in Perth on August 29 facing fines of up to $28,600. The 43-year-old, who has four children aged
Frances Evans, Melbourne "We're not a protest organisation, we're a law enforcement organisation. We're planning on shutting down the Japanese whaling industry", Peter Hammarstedt, coordinator of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS), told a
Jonathan Strauss The August 17 "history summit" organised by PM John Howard's government consolidated its push for a national Australian history school curriculum. This curriculum will establish one side of historical discussion in the classroom —
Â鶹ӳ» Weekly's Steve O'Brien spoke to Trevor Ngwane, a leader of the Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF), about the renewed talk of a break-up of the Tripartite Alliance between the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Communist Party
Pat Denny On August 22, the Pentagon announced that it had issued an involuntary call-up of Marine reservists. Those affected by what has been described as a "backdoor draft" are members of the Individual Ready Reserve — reservists who for the
Tony Dewberry It is one of the ironies of history that PM John Howard had to withdraw his Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals or DUA) Bill just before on the fifth anniversary of the Tampa fiasco. The bill excised the entire
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