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By Jim Green Before the end of the year, the government will decide whether another nuclear research reactor is to be built in Australia. The HIFAR reactor, located at Lucas Heights, just south of Sydney, cannot operate beyond 2003 unless it
Two Faces (Detention Without Trial)By Dr Syed Husin AliINSAN, Malaysia, 1996, 169pp.Order from INSAN, 11, Jalan 11/4E, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia Review by Eva Cheng Since 1960, the Malaysian government has used a tool
Correction In the article "Occupations: where do they fit in?" by Ray Fulcher and Marina Carman in GLW #278, two errors were introduced in the process of shortening the article. The quote, attributed to Socialist Alternative, of the need to
AgendasAgendas By Brandon Astor Jones "Yes, as my swift days near their goal,/ 'Tis all that I implore:/ In life and death a chainless soul,/ With courage to endure." — Emily Brontë, 1818-1848 I received a letter recently
Reject Coalition's anti-union push: WA workers show the way By Ana Kailis PERTH — In 1995, when WA Coalition labour relations minister Graham Kierath tried to introduce the "second wave" of anti-union laws, the whole Coalition was
Anti-racist protest at Hanson's Gold Coast launch "Stop Hanson's racism" is the theme of a rally being planned by Brisbane's Anti-Racist Campaign, in conjunction with activists on the Gold Coast, to protest at the launch of Pauline Hanson's One
London verdict gives McDonald's little joy A verdict was handed down on June 19 in the libel case brought by McDonald's against two supporters of London Greenpeace, Helen Steel and Dave Morris, for distributing a six-page fact sheet, "What's
By Adam Hanieh HEBRON — Tension was high as I entered the city centre. Someone warned me that there had been more "problems"; I soon saw what they meant. Ahead Palestinian youth clutched rocks, while the soldiers faced them with machine-guns
Strike threat at Olympic site By Shane Bentley SYDNEY — Members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union at the Olympic site at Homebush Bay have threatened to take industrial action if their concerns over workplace safety
By Eva Cheng Early this year, Beijing's international investment arm — China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITIC) — sold 15.5% of its Hong Kong-listed Citic Pacific to the latter's chairman, Larry Yung Chi-kin, and senior
Aboriginal leaders condemn land theft By Nick Everett BRISBANE — Since the 1967 referendum, "the advances of the first 10 years for Aboriginal people have stagnated over the last 20 years", declared FAIRA (Foundation for Aboriginal and
James Vassilopoulos In an unprecedented move, eight community and church aged care provider groups have issued a joint paper highly critical of the federal government's changes in aged care. The organisations include the Alzheimers Association