A late night 'removal operation'
Sonia Chirgwin was waiting in the Sydney terminal for permission to re-board flight TG993, a…More
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Indefinite detention
There were strong words last month when Britain’s highest court ruled that the nation’s anti-terrorism…More
Gunns 20
here ACTU www.yourrightsatwork.com.au Cameron C (1970) ‘Industrial protest: the Right to Strike’, University of Adelaide,…More
Quick Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions is Possible, and Urgent
Reducing our emissions of greenhouse-inducing gases is both more feasible and more urgent than is…More
be alert (and alarmed)
Family First represents no serious incursion into Australian politics, as Graham Willett points out (New…More
The ideology of religion
‘Fundamentalism has replaced communism to become the new spectre haunting Western consciousness,’ British academic Stuart…More
Kitten torture and other crimes
Last Friday evening in Sydney Channel Seven led its evening news bulletin with the story…More
Democracy and other necessary illusions
‘Compassion is an unstable emotion,’ wrote Susan Sontag in Regarding the Pain of Others. ‘It…More
Stop laughing – this is serious
It was a bugger of a start to the new year: my Dad in hospital…More
A day of reflection
As I write this, Australia is sharing a day of organised reflection, at the command…More