Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: parliamentary report rubberstamps Australian-led RAMSI intervention force
By Patrick O’Connor, November 17, 2009
A report released by the Solomon Islands’ parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee last Thursday brushes aside many serious issues regarding the legal status of the immunity of RAMSI personnel from...
New Zealand university administration calls police on protestors
By Victoria University of Wellington ISSE, November 16, 2009
In a blatant attack on democratic rights, two former university students were arrested when they attempted to deliver a petition to the administration of Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) in New...
Australia-Sri Lanka deal for joint crackdown on Tamil asylum seekers
By Richard Phillips, November 13, 2009
By reaching a deal with Colombo—that is, with the regime responsible for the oppression of Tamils—the Australian Labor government is legitimising its police state measures and nullifying the basic...
Trial by media in Australian terrorism case
By Mike Head, November 13, 2009
Despite objections by defence lawyers, highly-prejudicial and untested prosecution evidence was released to the media in Australia’s latest large-scale terrorist trial.
Australian Pabloites prepare NPA-style dissolution
By Laura Tiernan, November 12, 2009
The Democratic Socialist Perspective will dissolve itself into the ailing Socialist Alliance electoral front in January 2010. Modelled closely on France’s New Anti-capitalist Party, the DSP is makin...
Australia’s “rock solid” banks: the financial crisis one year on
By Alex Messenger, November 11, 2009
The corporate press claims that the Australian financial system has survived the global financial crisis because of good regulation and sound banking practice. In truth, Australian banks only survived...
Australia: Julian Moti defence closing submission outlines “oppressive and unfair” prosecution
By Patrick O’Connor, November 10, 2009
Defence counsel for former Solomon Islands’ attorney general Julian Moti issued its closing submission to the Queensland Supreme Court on Friday.
Tamil asylum-seekers reject Australian government demands
By Richard Phillips, November 9, 2009
The Rudd government is intensifying its pressure on 78 Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers aboard the Oceanic Viking to disembark and enter Indonesian immigration detention centers.
Australia: Qantas aircraft engineers vote for industrial action
By Terry Cook, November 7, 2009
About 190 professional engineers at Qantas voted by 98 percent to take industrial action after seven months of negotiations for a new work agreement failed to resolve issues over pay and working condi...
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
November 7, 2009
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
Fiji expels Australian and New Zealand diplomats
By Frank Gaglioti, November 7, 2009
Tensions between Fiji and the two regional powers, Australia and New Zealand, intensified further this week after Suva expelled two top diplomats for interfering in the country’s internal affairs.
Unanswered questions over Australian offshore oil spill
By Mike Head, November 7, 2009
Throughout the oil spill crisis, the Rudd government has been preoccupied with protecting the image and profits of the multi-billion dollar offshore drilling industry.
