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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.

Secret CJC inquiry clears Goss advisers

Secret CJC inquiry clears Goss advisers By Bill Mason BRISBANE — A nine-month investigation by the Criminal Justice Commission, conducted in secret, has refused to support any allegations against current and former staff of

Doctors speak out against uranium mining

Doctors speak out against uranium mining By Anne Pavy PERTH— "The ALP is poised to determine the future of uranium mining in Australia. This represents a critical moment in Australia's history with very serious implications

Enterprise bargaining 'consensus' falters in NSW

By Jennifer Thompson SYDNEY — A recent decision against the Transport Workers Union in the NSW Industrial Commission, limiting the award safety net for workers covered by enterprise agreements, has sparked a call by state secretary Steve

Uranium mining and the threat to Kakadu

Hardly a day goes by without some Labor politician calling for an end to Labor's "three mines" uranium policy. The representative body for the Top End Aboriginal communities, the Northern Land Council, has also thrown its weight behind these calls.

A day to be believed

A day to be believed By Linda Kaucher ADELAIDE — Giving domestic violence victims a chance to talk and be believed was the main purpose of a meeting called by the Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL) on September 4. A

Unionists: victims of their own history

The contrast was there for all to see. As the photos flashed around the world of the historic handshake between Albert Reynolds, the Irish prime minister, and Gerry Adams with John Hume, Social Democratic and Labour Party leader, on the steps of the

Victorian ambulance service at risk

Victorian ambulance service at risk By Katherine Heneghan MELBOURNE — Cutbacks to Victoria's ambulance service in the last budget have led to the formation of the community group, More Ambulance Services in Victoria. MASIV

Remembering Pablo Neruda

By Silvia Cuevas September is a sad month for many Chileans: the month in which Salvador Allende's government was overthrown by Pinochet, and the month in which Pablo Neruda, one of Latin America's greatest poets, passed away.

Big Mac versus small fries

Big Mac versus small fries By Paul Tobias The silence is deafening! Unbeknownst to 99% of Australians, the "McLibel" defamation case is now raging in a London courtroom. Chicago-based McDonald's Corporation is suing

Georges calls for return to ALP

GEORGE GEORGES was for many years a Labor senator for Queensland. In a long career in the ALP, he became a major voice of the party's left wing. But Georges also distinguished himself as an activist outside the party — he was renowned for his

SA information jobs to go

SA information jobs to go By Rhonda Williamson ADELAIDE — The Australian Small Business Association recently forecast a dramatic increase in bankruptcies over the next two years, due to an expected influx of thousands of