LL:ART: Man free as bashed wife is deported

2003-10-02 Thread Trudy Bray
http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7433371%255E2862,00.html Herald Sun Man free as bashed wife is deported By GEOFF WILKINSON October 2, 2003 A MAN who beat his wife with a broomstick has escaped justice after she was dobbed in as an illegal immigrant and deported before charges could

LL:ART: New bill moves to silence nuclear critics

2003-09-11 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald New bill moves to silence nuclear critics By Bonnie Malkin September 11, 2003 - 3:02PM Civil liberties groups and Lucas Heights residents have labelled a new bill that outlaws communication on the movement of nuclear waste appalling. The provision, within the nuclear

LL:ART: Ellison to pull plug on protest websites

2002-11-07 Thread Trudy Bray
The Courier-Mail Ellison to pull plug on protest websites Sean Parnell and Matthew Fynes-Clinton 07nov02 THE Federal Government plans to stop Australians gaining access to websites used to organise protests. The move is part of a major crackdown on Internet-assisted crime. Justice Minister

LL:ART: PM's cell law may ban abortions, say doctors

2002-08-20 Thread Trudy Bray
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,4916796,00.html The Australian PM's cell law may ban abortions, say doctors By John Kerin and Misha Schubert 17aug02 ABORTION could be outlawed under John Howard's stem-cell legislation, according to IVF specialists who claimed the draft of the

LL:ART: Court backs abused woman

2002-04-11 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,4114242%255E1702,00.html Court backs abused woman AAP 11apr02 WOMEN suffering domestic violence in their home countries may now have a greater claim to refugee status in Australia after a High Court ruling. The court today found in favour of a

LL:ART: Terrorism bill 'worst legislation ever seen'

2002-04-09 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald Terrorism bill 'worst legislation ever seen' By Lee Glendinning April 9 2002 Prominent legal professionals condemned the federal Government's proposed emergency terrorism legislation yesterday, demanding it be withdrawn from parliament and re-drafted. During an inquiry

LL:ART: Explain curb on protesters: MLA

2002-04-08 Thread Trudy Bray
http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=newssubclass=localcategory=general%20newsstory_id=139469y=2002m=4 The Canberra Times April 6, 2002 Explain curb on protesters: MLA By NICK GENTLE The order preventing protesters outside the Chinese Embassy from exhibiting any banners or making

LL:ART: Silence over a crime against humanity

2002-03-13 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0203/14/national/national992.html The Sydney Morning Herald March 14, 2002 Silence over a crime against humanity International Editor Hamish McDonald reveals the critical evidence Australia's spy chiefs have kept hidden, as trials begin in Jakarta today over violence

LL:ART: Cross media endgame

2002-01-14 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald Web Diary Margo Kingston Cross media endgame Friday, January 11, 2002 Clear the decks, start the new year fresh, and return to yet another attempt to abolish the cross media ownership laws. The fights keep getting harder to stop the Packers getting Fairfax - the

LL:ART: US paper lambasts detention policies

2002-01-06 Thread Trudy Bray
The Australian US paper lambasts detention policies By Robert Lusetich, Michelle Gilchrist 07jan02 AUSTRALIA'S image as a faraway paradise to Americans has been shaken by a front page article in a prominent US newspaper which portrays a racist, xenophobic nation with an inhumane refugee

LL:ART: A police state is not the answer

2001-12-11 Thread Trudy Bray
THE AGE A police state is not the answer By JOHN CORCORAN Tuesday 11 December 2001 Australians should be dismayed by the extreme powers the Federal Government is planning to introduce in the name of fighting terrorism. There are no difficulties with the moves for a new general offence of

LL:ART: Hill must end the culture of secret defence

2001-12-11 Thread Trudy Bray
The Australian Editorial: Hill must end the culture of secret defence 07dec01 WE find out about where our soldiers are from foreign wire service photographs. We hear from Pentagon officials and American newspaper reports that Australian SAS troops are involved with US Marines in an advance

LL:ART: Historic vote was sham, ex-UN chiefs admit

2001-11-23 Thread Trudy Bray
Historic vote was sham, ex-UN chiefs admit Date: 23/11/2001 By Slobodan Lekic in Jakarta Racked by separatist struggles across its vast chain of islands, Indonesia is being especially haunted by a referendum 32 years ago that former United Nations officials now admit was a sham. The region

LL:ART: Caring Shell sues youths for $48m

2001-10-24 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0110/24/text/world15.html The Sydney Morning Herald Caring Shell sues youths for $48m Date: 24/10/2001 London: Shell, the second largest oil group in the world, is to launch a multi-million dollar legal action against six Nigerian youths alleged to have vandalised

LL:ART: The quality of mercy: food drops in minefields

2001-10-10 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald The quality of mercy: food drops in minefields Date: 10/10/2001 Aid agencies say the US relief operation is dangerous and cynical, Christopher Kremmer reports. The American food aid drops over Afghanistan have been criticised as a potentially lethal stop-gap to

LL:PR: Deaths In Custody Remembrance Ceremony - John Pat Day

2001-09-26 Thread Trudy Bray
Media Release Wednesday 26th September 2001 Deaths In Custody Remembrance Ceremony - John Pat Day This Friday 28th September is the anniversary of the death of 16 yr old John Pat. John Pat was a young Yinjibarndi man who died of closed head injuries, in a police cell in Roebourne, Western

LL:ART: Rationalism fails the ethics test

2001-08-01 Thread Trudy Bray
Australian Financial Review Rationalism fails the ethics test Kashona Carnegie 01/08/2001 We are walking on a knife edge between the possibility of an ethically sustainable society and our current unethical world where big business devours people, nature and other businesses in the name of

LL:ART: CIA tries to recall 'Indonesian purge' book

2001-07-30 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newslink/daily/newsnat-29jul2001-25.htm ABC News Sun, 29 Jul 2001 10:11 AEST CIA tries to recall 'Indonesian purge' book The United States Government is trying to recall copies of a State Department history detailing the American role in the purge of Indonesia's

LL:ART: Today, the view from the trenches in Genoa ...

2001-07-27 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/webdiary/0107/27/A53642-2001Jul25.html Wednesday July 25, 2001 Margo Kingston's Web Diary: Today, the view from the trenches in Genoa, courtesy of my brother Hamish Alcorn. COMMUNIQUE FROM NYC-YA BASTA! and THE NYC-DIRECT ACTION NETWORK IN

LL:ART: Whose list are you on?

2001-06-12 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,2095628^11610,00.html The Australian Whose list are you on? Your income. Your sexual preference. Your spending habits. Your health. The way you vote. Is nothing private? Not really, writes Natasha Bita 09jun01 HE called from a phone box. For

LL:ART: Foreign academics threaten black list over sacked Steele

2001-06-08 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0106/08/text/national8.html The Sydney Morning Herald Foreign academics threaten black list over sacked Steele Date: 08/06/2001 By Aban Contractor, Higher Education Writer The sacking of Dr Ted Steele by the University of Wollongong has attracted unprecedented

LL:ART: GST puts $600 on uni debts

2001-06-01 Thread Trudy Bray
Herald Sun http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/printpage/0,5481,2061849,00.html GST puts $600 on uni debts By ANDREW PROBYN 01jun01 ONE million Australians today owe the Federal Government up to $600 more because of the GST's impact on their HECS debts. Student debts under the Higher Education

LL:ART: Australia covered up Indonesian atrocities in Timor, says

2001-05-09 Thread Trudy Bray
army officer Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk http://www.smh.com.au/news/0105/09/text/pageone5.html The Sydney Morning Herald Australia covered up Indonesian atrocities in Timor, says army officer Date: 09/05/2001 By Jill Jolliffe in Darwin An Australian

LL:ART: Police use race-hate bylaw on protest

2001-05-09 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.theage.com.au/news/2001/05/09/FFXDKUNJGMC.html THE AGE Police use race-hate bylaw on protest By LARISSA DUBECKI and JULIE SZEGO Wednesday 9 May 2001 A controversial and rarely used bylaw aimed at preventing the distribution of race hatred material has been used against protesters

LL:ART: Yarralumla boys' club is safe for another term

2001-04-27 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/0104/27/text/features7.html Yarralumla boys' club is safe for another term Date: 27/04/2001 So you couldn't find even one woman suitable to be governor-general, eh, Mr Howard? Well, Anne Summers has a few suggestions. Once upon a time in

LL:PR: Australian Prisons Becoming the New Asylums of the

2001-04-26 Thread Trudy Bray
Twenty-first Century Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Australian Prisons Becoming the New Asylums of the Twenty-first Century NEWS RELEASE 9 a.m. Thursday, 26 April, 2001 A new policy paper to be launched today by the policy and research arm of Jesuit

LL:ART: Amnesty calls for protest over contentious bill

2001-03-29 Thread Trudy Bray
Amnesty calls for protest over contentious bill Source: AAP|Published: Wednesday March 28, 9:06 AM Amnesty International today called on voters to ask politicians to reject a bill preventing Australians from taking human rights issues to court. An Amnesty spokesman in London said the

LL:ART: New generation gives Suzuki a retirement gift: hope

2001-02-15 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.theage.com.au/news/2001/02/16/FFXSZUDB7JC.html THE AGE New generation gives Suzuki a retirement gift: hope By CLAIRE MILLER Friday 16 February 2001 After nearly four decades of fighting to save the planet, the evergreen Dr David Suzuki is talking about retirement. It is not that he

LL:ART: Revealed: top troops spied on Olympic crowds

2001-02-08 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/0102/08/text/pageone8.html Revealed: top troops spied on Olympic crowds Date: 08/02/2001 By David Lague, Defence Correspondent Elite Special Air Service (SAS) troops were deployed under cover in plain clothes to assist police in crowd

LL:PR: New Reconciliation Party Convenes Via the Internet

2001-01-24 Thread Trudy Bray
For immediate release New Reconciliation Party Convenes Via the Internet ARP membership drive in readiness for Federal election 25 January 2001 - The Australian Reconciliation Party (ARP), the country's newest political entity, has launched itself to the Australian public, in time for

LL:ART: No honour in barbarism

2001-01-24 Thread Trudy Bray
THE AGE http://www.theage.com.au/cgi-bin/print_article.pl?path=/news/2001/01/25/FFXI36PVBIC.html No honor in barbarism By PAMELA BONE Thursday 25 January 2001 On a day in May, 1994, Kifaya Hussein, a 16-year-old Jordanian girl, was strapped to a chair by her 32-year-old brother, who gave her a

LL:PR: Perth Fringe Festival

2001-01-16 Thread Trudy Bray
Mayu Kanamori's "Heart of the Journey" will be shown at the Perth Fringe Festival from 31 Jan to Feb 3, 2001. http://www.mayu.com.au/info/news.html mayu kanamori philosopher's photos wa fringe festival presents The Heart of the Journey 31 Jan - 3 Feb 2001 Time: TBA. Admission: $10 The Blue

LL:ART: Australia denies UN its secret files of Timor terror

2000-12-19 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0012/20/text/world1.html The Sydney Morning Herald Australia denies UN its secret files of Timor terror Date: 20/12/2000 By Lindsay Murdoch, Herald Correspondent in Jakarta Australia has withheld from United Nations prosecutors hundreds of hours of secret

LL:ART: What's Big Kahuna got to do with booze and prehistoric sexism?

2000-11-23 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/0011/23/text/features7.html What's Big Kahuna got to do with booze and prehistoric sexism? Date: 23/11/2000 It is hard to believe the universe was created by a leering git upstairs for the pleasure of other leering gits in the gutter,

LL:ART: Public services at the sharks' mercy

2000-11-16 Thread Trudy Bray
THE AGE http://www.theage.com.au/cgi-bin/printversion.pl?story=3D20001116/A52480-2= 000Nov15 Public services at the sharks' mercy By KENNETH DAVIDSON 2000-11-16 00:45:08 Like the shark, the federal Coalition is a force of nature. Few people blame the shark that attacks a surfer. Similarly, it

LL:ART: Why hard work isn't working any more

2000-10-23 Thread Trudy Bray
THE AGE Why hard work isn't working any more BY SHARON BEDER 2000-10-20 23:03:01 It is no accident that the downsizing of the 1980s and '90s has been accompanied by a resurgence in propaganda aimed at reinforcing the work ethic. The wave of retrenchments and sackings in English-speaking

LL:ART: A true Australian hero

2000-10-20 Thread Trudy Bray
THE AGE A true Australian hero By JOHN PILGER 2000-10-20 00:07:41 Charlie Perkins was, in many ways, Australia's Mandela. Indeed, had the Australian racial composition been reversed, as in South Africa, he would have surely fulfilled that role. Instead, he struggled until his death for

LL:ART: Timor's oil and gas share 'must be seen to be fair'

2000-10-17 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/0010/17/text/national3.html Timor's oil and gas share 'must be seen to be fair' Date: 17/10/2000 By DAVID LAGUE The United Nations is determined to enforce what it believes is East Timor's legal right to 90 per cent of Timor Sea oil and

LL:ART: ACTU launches National Stress Free Day

2000-10-10 Thread Trudy Bray
Health 5:30 pm AEST October 10 2000 ACTU launches National Stress Free Day AAP -- Got a headache or backache? Feel constantly tired, anxious or lacking in energy? Finding it hard to sleep? These are the symptoms of on-the-job stress that workers will be encouraged to alleviate during

LL:ART: Corrigan: police talk to witnesses

2000-08-21 Thread Trudy Bray
Australian Financial Review Corrigan: police talk to witnesses By Stephen Long 2000-08-21 02:53:47 Two years after the last big waterfront dispute, Australian Federal Police officers are still pursuing evidence for possible perjury charges against Patrick Stevedores chief executive, Mr Chris

LL:PR: Michael Anderson and UNHRC recommendations

2000-07-31 Thread Trudy Bray
PRESS RELEASE, GENEVA 29 July 2000 Michael Anderson, Convener of Sovereign Union of Aboriginal Peoples of Australia, welcomes the UN Human Rights Committee's recommendations including that the Australian Government applies the principle of self-determination

LL:PR: Aboriginal campaigner slams Australian human rights record

2000-07-21 Thread Trudy Bray
PRESS STATEMENT Aboriginal campaigner slams Australian human rights record Bonn, Germany, 20 July - - An Aboriginal rights campaigner says Australia should seriously consider withdrawing from the United Nations if it persists in its condemnation of the UN's human rights organs. "They

LL:PR: Michael Anderson on Aboriginal rights

2000-07-19 Thread Trudy Bray
PRESS STATEMENT In a statement from Bonn, Germany, Michael Anderson Aboriginal Political Activist and Claimant for the Lightning Ridge Native Title Claim, expressed grave concern for Human Rights in Australia under the current Howard Government. Comments made in the

LL:ART: Why Reith's reforms are out of this world

2000-06-05 Thread Trudy Bray
THE AGE Why Reith's reforms are out of this world By KENNETH DAVIDSON Monday 5 June 2000 Peter Reith is determined to reintroduce the master-servant relationship into industrial relations by making it illegal for unions to organise collective bargaining with employers on behalf of their

LL:ART: ABC chief blasted on independence

2000-05-30 Thread Trudy Bray
THE AGE http://www.theage.com.au/news/2530/A25930-2000May29.html ABC chief blasted on independence By PETER WILMOTH MEDIA REPORTER Tuesday 30 May 2000 The chairman of the ABC, Donald McDonald, has come under fire from a newly elected deputy on the ABC board after telling her that the

LL:ART: Nike puts the boot into unis

2000-05-08 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/0005/08/text/world6.html Nike puts the boot into unis Date: 08/05/2000 Los Angeles: The sportswear manufacturer Nike has withdrawn millions of dollars of sponsorship from three American universities because of the activities of campus-based

LL:ART: Woman jailed in Yemen because she was raped

2000-05-01 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/0004/29/A31225-2000Apr29.shtml Woman jailed in Yemen because she was raped Source: AP | Published: Saturday April 29, 5:28 AM SAN'AA, Yemen - A woman who was repeatedly raped by her father and made pregnant by him was sentenced to five years in prison by a

LL:ART: Company used 'whatever-it-takes' tactics against unions

2000-04-12 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/0004/11/A63445-2000Apr11.shtml Company used 'whatever-it-takes' tactics against unions Source: AAP | Published: Tuesday April 11, 4:40 PM Hamersley Iron embarked on a deliberate strategy to eliminate unions from its Pilbara sites from February 1992 onwards

LL:ART: Anger at woodchip export approval

2000-04-07 Thread Trudy Bray
THE AGE http://www.theage.com.au/news/2407/A53716-2000Apr6.html Anger at woodchip export approval By CLAIRE MILLER ENVIRONMENT REPORTER WITH BRETT FOLEY Friday 7 April 2000 The Federal Government has bypassed Parliament to allow the Japanese giant, Harris Daishowa (Australia), to export

LL:ART: Australia thumbs nose at UN

2000-03-31 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/0003/31/text/pageone1.html Australia thumbs nose at UN Date: 31/03/00 By DAVID LAGUE and MIKE SECCOMBE A furious Howard Government has launched an unprecedented attack on a United Nations human rights watchdog after it condemned

LL:ART: Export trade in secret canola

2000-03-29 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.theage.com.au/news/2329/A36157-2000Mar28.html THE AGE Export trade in secret canola By GEOFF STRONG Wednesday 29 March 2000 Government documents reveal that up to half of the genetically engineered canola being grown secretly in Australia is being produced for commercial sale,

LL:ART: Maralinga's radio-active scrap sold

2000-03-20 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,2294,464674%255E1702,00.html Maralinga's radioactive scrap sold From LOUISE ROBSON of AAP 21mar00 11.00am (AEDT) RADIOACTIVE wreckage from the Maralinga nuclear test site was sold as scrap by the Australian government - none of it tested for

LL:ART: Queue jumpers and other myths

2000-03-15 Thread Trudy Bray
THE AGE http://www.theage.com.au/news/2316/A11339-2000Mar15.html Queue jumpers and other myths By GLENN NICHOLLS Thursday 16 March 2000 WE ARE demonising boat people. It's in our interests, as well as theirs, that we stop it. Fallacy 1: They are illegal immigrants People fleeing

LL:ART: Apologists are revising history to absolve Jakarta

2000-03-14 Thread Trudy Bray
The Age http://www.theage.com.au/news/2315/A9144-2000Mar14.html Apologists are revising history to absolve Jakarta By SCOTT BURCHILL Wednesday 15 March 2000 Indonesia would not have been able to illegally occupy and terrorise East Timor for a quarter of a century without the support it

LL:ART: Reith takes new tack on labour reform [sic]

2000-03-05 Thread Trudy Bray
THE AGE http://www.theage.com.au/news/2304/A53264-2000Mar3.html Reith takes new tack on labor [sic] reform By ANDREA CARSON WORKPLACE REPORTER Saturday 4 March 2000 The Federal Government has flagged a new strategy to reform the workplace relations system, conceding its present plans have

LL:ART: Evidence mounts on tortured Chechens

2000-02-17 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,2294,332736%255E401,00.html Evidence mounts on tortured Chechens From ANDREW KRAMER of AP 18feb00 MALGOBEK, Russia: Chechens trying to leave their war-ravaged republic are being tortured in Russian detention camps and subjected to severe beatings,

LL:ART: Free trade leaves the poor marginalised: UN

2000-02-14 Thread Trudy Bray
The Australian http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,2294,318236%255E401,00.html Free trade leaves the poor marginalised: UN 14feb00 BANGKOK, Thailand: The world's 48 poorest countries are failing to benefit from free trade and globalisation and face worsening poverty, inequality and

LL:ART: New 'overclass' out of touch: welfare group

2000-02-14 Thread Trudy Bray
THE AGE http://www.theage.com.au/news/2215/A18402-2000Feb14.html New `overclass' out of touch: welfare group By DARREN GRAY CANBERRA Tuesday 15 February 2000 An "overclass" of people who earned massive six-figure salaries, owned numerous properties and were out of touch with the rest of

LL:ART: $140: the value of a boy's life

2000-02-10 Thread Trudy Bray
Teen orphan on mandatory sentence found hanged in jail Source: AAP | Published: Thursday February 10, 5:16 PM A 15-year-old Aboriginal boy nearing the end of a 28-day jail term today became the first person to die in custody while serving a mandatory sentence in the Northern Territory. The

LL:ART: Miner faces fine over 'catastrophic' contamination

2000-02-08 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,2294,301911%255E1702,00.html Miner faces fine over 'catastrophic' contamination From AAP 09feb00 10.30am (AEDT) AN Australian mining company could face international legal action for compensation following claims of "catastrophic" poisoning of

LL:ART: Students help set agenda for US death penalty reform

2000-02-06 Thread Trudy Bray
Students help set agenda for US death penalty reform http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/0002/07/A3656-2000Feb7.shtml Source: AFP | Published: Monday February 7, 1:58 AM CHICAGO - Thirteen men on death row have been exonerated in Illinois - and those are the '13 mistakes we know about,' the

LL:ART: Textile workers 'to walk away with nothing'

2000-02-03 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/0002/03/text/national21.html Textile workers 'to walk away with nothing' Date: 03/02/2000 By BRAD NORINGTON and MARK ROBINSON Most of the 300 workers who lost their jobs with the closure of National Textiles last month would walk away with

LL:ART: Unions hail moral, legal victory over contracts

2000-02-01 Thread Trudy Bray
The Canberra Times AAP http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news2/news2.shtml Tuesday, 1 February, 2000 Unions hail moral, legal victory over contracts By TREVOR CHAPPELL MELBOURNE Unions praised yesterday a Federal Court decision temporarily stopping mining giant BHP Iron Ore Pty Ltd from

LL:ART: Reith plan to make directors pay

2000-01-29 Thread Trudy Bray
The Australian http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,2294,263808%255E421,00.html Reith plan to make directors pay By SID MARRIS and DAVID NASON 29jan00 COMPANY directors may have to pay workers entitlements out of their own money if a court finds they deliberately tried to avoid their

LL:ART: Internet pollution watchdog launched

2000-01-28 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.theage.com.au/news/2128/A51297-2000Jan28.html Internet pollution watchdog launched By SIMON JOHANSON THE AGE ONLINE Friday 28 January 2000 Backyard environmentalists will be able to monitor pollution from the factory next door or those across the country with the launch of a

LL:ART: BHP 'offered $10million bribes'

2000-01-28 Thread Trudy Bray
Australian Financial Review http://www.afr.com.au/content/000128/news/news5.html Friday 28 January, 2000 BHP 'offered $10 million bribes' By Nina Field BHP offered "bribes" worth $10 million to induce workers to sign contracts that would ultimately lead to the demise of unionism in the

LL:ART: BHP dispute goes global

2000-01-22 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/0001/22/text/pageone1.html BHP dispute goes global Date: 22/01/2000 By MARK ROBINSON, TONI O'LOUGHLIN and MICHAEL MILLETT International unions are threatening to block BHP's $300million iron ore trade to Japan and South Korea in an

LL:ART: Women in uproar at GST gaffe

2000-01-22 Thread Trudy Bray
The Australian http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,2294,237329%255E2,00.html Women in uproar at GST gaffe By JOHN KERIN and IAN HENDERSON 22jan00 HEALTH Minister Michael Wooldridge compounded the Government's GST blunders last night, asserting that tampons were not health products and

LL:ART: Deluge of angry e-mail over tax on tampons

2000-01-21 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/0001/21/text/national12.html Deluge of angry e-mail over tax on tampons Date: 21/01/2000 By TONI O'LOUGHLIN The plan to apply the GST to tampons and sanitary pads has triggered furious protests from women, who have bombarded Federal

LL:ART: Arrests, injuries as BHP strike worsens

2000-01-20 Thread Trudy Bray
The Canberra Times http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news2/news5.shtml Thursday, 20 January, 2000 Arrests, injuries as BHP strike worsens PERTH: Seven unionists were arrested and another was knocked unconscious as strike action against BHP's operations in Western Australia's Pilbara escalated

LL:ART: Rich dodge $600m in tax

2000-01-11 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.news.com.au/ Herald Sun Rich dodge $600m in tax 11jan00 THOUSANDS of rich lawyers and company directors owe nearly $600million in unpaid taxes. Thumbing their noses at ordinary workers, they refuse to lodge tax returns and even plunge into bankruptcy to avoid paying. And in the

LL:ART: Chechens railroaded back into war zone

1999-12-23 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.news.com.au/ The Australian Chechens railroaded back into war zone From AFP and AP correspondents in Sleptsovskaya and Makhachkala 23dec99 DETERMINED to force Chechen refugees back home, Russian soldiers hooked an engine to railway carriages filled with Chechens and towed them

LL:ART: OECD doubts benefits of dole work for jobless

1999-12-21 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/9912/21/text/national11.html OECD doubts benefits of dole work for jobless Date: 21/12/99 By MATT WADE Australia's work-for-the-dole scheme impeded unemployed people from gaining work or acquiring skills which made them attractive to

LL:ART: The passage of secrets

1999-12-13 Thread Trudy Bray
http://afr.com.au/content/991213/feature/feature1.html Australian Financial Review December 13, 1999 The passage of secrets By Brian Toohey Not so long ago, Major General Zacky Anwar Makarim had good reason to smile when he saw a member of the Australian embassy enter his Jakarta

LL:ART: Labor States stage industrial revolution

1999-12-10 Thread Trudy Bray
Australian Financial Review http://afr.com.au/content/991210/feature/feature1.html December 10, 1999 Labor States stage industrial revolution By Stephen Long It's a quiet coup for the Industrial Relations Club and it's passed virtually unnoticed. While national attention focused on the

LL:ART: Rights group highlights abuses, but has praise for 1999

1999-12-10 Thread Trudy Bray
AFR and AP http://afr.com.au/content/991210/update/update70.html December 10, 1999 Rights group highlights abuses, but has praise for 1999 Police brutality in the United States, torture in Sierra Leone and civilian massacres in Colombia have been highlighted in an annual survey of human

LL:ART: 40,000 trapped as military closes in

1999-12-08 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/9912/08/text/world1.html 40,000 trapped as military closes in Date: 08/12/99 By DAVID FILIPOV in Western Chechnya Scores of terrified refugees were reported to be fleeing the Chechen capital, Grozny, after the Russian military issued an

LL:ART: Our children are 'fifth poorest'

1999-12-06 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/9912/06/text/pageone7.html Our children are 'fifth poorest' Date: 06/12/99 By ADELE HORIN Australia has the fifth highest rate of child poverty in the industrialised world, and compared even with Taiwan, is doing badly by its children, a

LL:ART: Plan allows access to health data

1999-12-04 Thread Trudy Bray
The Canberra Times http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news2/news5.shtml Saturday, 4 December, 1999 Plan allows access to health data The Federal Government confirmed yesterday plans to make large amounts of Medicare data available to insurance companies, law firms and state health bodies. But

LL:ART: Australia's health system is in a critical condition

1999-11-24 Thread Trudy Bray
Australian Financial Review http://www.afr.com.au/content/991124/news/news5.html November 24, 1999 Australia's health system is in a critical condition By Julie Macken Australians owe the Minister for Health, Dr Michael Wooldridge, a debt of gratitude for undermining their expectations of the

LL:ART: Besieged Grozny about to be razed

1999-11-15 Thread Trudy Bray
The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/9911/15/text/world6.html Besieged Grozny about to be razed Date: 15/11/99 By NEELA BANERJEE in Moscow, and agencies Moscow has announced its biggest victory yet in the seven-week Chechen war with the capture of Gudermes, the rebel

LL:ART: Chechen refugees plead for help

1999-11-11 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.news.com.au/ Chechen refugees plead for help From YURI BAGROV of AP 11nov99 SLEPTSOVSKAYA, Russia: Angry, frightened Chechen refugees pleaded for help today as international officials toured a tent city where thousands of people huddled in freezing cold and snow. "They are

LL:ART: Kerry Packer's company makes $1.25b profit, pays no tax

1999-11-08 Thread Trudy Bray
Kerry Packer's company makes $1.25b profit, pays no tax Source: AAP | Published: Monday November 8 9:01:11 AM Kerry Packer's private investment company Consolidated Press Holdings Ltd (CPH) made a net profit of almost $1.25 billion in 1998/99 and paid no tax, it was reported today. The

LL:ART: Russians open Chechen border as UN arrives

1999-11-05 Thread Trudy Bray
Russians open Chechen border as UN arrives Source: AFP | Published: Friday November 5 3:53:45 AM KAVKAZ, Russia, Nov 4 - Russian soldiers let hundreds of Chechens cross the border to safety today, moments before a United Nations mission arrived at the scene to evaluate the refugee crisis. A

LL:PR: The Referendum

1999-11-03 Thread Trudy Bray
The following letter is for distribution regarding the coming referendum .. Dear Sir The debate about the Republic, and ironically the preamble, has largely passed Aborigines by. Neither the 'Yes' nor the 'No' camps bothered to come near Aborigines to talk about the implications of

LL:ART: Unionists being driven underground Inquiry told

1999-10-27 Thread Trudy Bray
http://www.afr.com.au/content/991027/update/update57.html Unionists being driven underground Inquiry told Frightened workers were keeping their union memberships secret to avoid being sacked by militant bosses, a senate inquiry was told today. Australian Workers Union Queensland secretary

LL:ART: Reith's third wave: goodbye to awards

1999-10-25 Thread Trudy Bray
Australian Financial Review http://www.afr.com.au/content/991025/news/news2.html October 25, 1999 Reith's third wave: goodbye to awards By Stephen Long and Kath Cummins The Federal Minister for Workplace Relations, Mr Peter Reith, has stepped up his push for a third wave of industrial

LL:ART: Security clouds Web data proposal

1999-10-12 Thread Trudy Bray
Security clouds Web data proposal http://www.news.com.au/news_content/breaking_content/4099656.htm From TED BRIDIS of AP in Washington 12oct99 1.45pm (AEST) ENGINEERS designing a new way to send information across the Net want to include a unique serial number from each personal computer

LL:ART: Rio's win a historic shift for IR

1999-10-08 Thread Trudy Bray
Australian Financial Review http://www.afr.com.au/content/991008/news/news1.html October 8, 1999 Rio's win a historic shift for IR By Stephen Long Rio Tinto won a decisive victory against the coal mining union yesterday in a decision that has major implications for the future of industrial

LL:ART: Howard helps the rich - again

1999-10-04 Thread Trudy Bray
THE AGE http://www.theage.com.au/news/19991004/A38486-1999Oct3.html Howard helps the rich - again By KENNETH DAVIDSON Monday 4 October 1999 IF THE Senate passes the main recommendation of the Ralph report, to halve capital gains tax, it will have punched the biggest hole in the tax system

LL:ART: Reith laws too soft: employers

1999-09-30 Thread Trudy Bray
[Maybe ball-and-chains, whips and bread-and-water-diet would satisfy the Chamber of Commerce... --- Trudy] THE AGE http://www.theage.com.au/daily/990930/news/news8.html September 30, 1999 Reith laws too soft: employers By ANDREA CARSON WORKPLACE REPORTER The Howard Government's controversial

LL:ART: Boost for Howard in decision on AWAs

1999-09-29 Thread Trudy Bray
[A somewhat misleading header - Trudy] Australian Financial Review September 29, 1999 Boost for Howard in decision on AWAs By Stephen Long The Federal Court has found that employers have a legal right to make signing an Australian Workplace Agreement a condition of employment for new

LL:PR: ABC TV Tues 8:30 pm - Pilger's Welcome to Australia

1999-09-27 Thread Trudy Bray
ABC TV Inside Story Welcome To Australia Tuesday September 28, 8:30pm Award-winning film-maker John Pilger returns home to Australia to witness the elaborate preparations for the 2000 Olympic Games and the surge in national pride as the country promotes itself as a confident new nation

LL:ART: Spy report did a backflip

1999-09-21 Thread Trudy Bray
Australian Financial Review http://www.afr.com.au/content/990921/news/news2.html September 21, 1999 Spy report did a backflip By Geoffrey Barker A Defence intelligence assessment revealed by the Federal Opposition yesterday claimed in April that the Indonesian military provided a "moderating

LL:ART: Tibet's never had it so good: Nat MP

1999-09-20 Thread Trudy Bray
[Is there a trade deal behind this? -- Trudy] The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/20/text/national12.html Tibet's never had it so good: Nats MP Date: 20/09/99 By MARK METHERELL in Canberra Tibetans were "far better off" under Chinese rule than under the former

LL:ART: Jakarta's 'final solution' exposed

1999-09-17 Thread Trudy Bray
The Australian http://www.news.com.au/ Jakarta's 'final solution' exposed By LYNNE O'DONNELL 17sep99 A MILITIA leader has admitted Indonesia's military intelligence drew up a grand plan in February to massacre pro-independence East Timorese and cause a massive humanitarian catastrophe.

LL:DDN: Mass with East Timorese

1999-09-10 Thread Trudy Bray
-Original Message- From: Claude Mostowik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, 9 September 1999 10:35 Subject: MASS WITH EAST TIMORESE Dear Friends, Just to let you know that there will be a Eucharist [Mass] this evening, Friday 10th September, at 7.30 PM, outside the United Nations

LL:INFO: Partial list of email addresses of American Senators

1999-09-10 Thread Trudy Bray
Here is a partial list of email addresses of American Senators. I should have more later. If you use them to urge support for peacekeeping in East Timor, don't use a whole list of them showing. Make sure they are BCC otherwise they will not be paid attention to. Trudy

LL:ART: Jakarta's godfathers

1999-09-09 Thread Trudy Bray
The Guardian [UK] Tuesday September 7, 1999 Jakarta's godfathers It is grotesque hypocrisy for Tony Blair to weep for the children of Dunblane. John Pilger Having finally discovered East Timor, most of the media have now left, blaming a "descent into violence". The long, silent years

LL:ART: Reveal Reith letter: judge

1999-09-08 Thread Trudy Bray
THE AGE http://www.theage.com.au/daily/990908/news/news14.html September 8, 1999 Reveal Reith letter: judge By PAUL ROBINSON WORKPLACE EDITOR A Federal Court judge has compared allegations against the federal employment advocate to a senior police officer being accused of corruption.

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