New Zealand
Australia: International students protest lack of access to student concession cards
By Mathew Benn, September 4, 2009
Hundreds of international students protested in Sydney and Melbourne on Wednesday to demand access to the same student concession cards provided to domestic students.
Australia: Bushfire investigation report a whitewash
By Richard Phillips, September 4, 2009
The Victorian royal commission’s interim report into the February 7 bushfires makes no criticism of the state government, and its predecessors, whose policies are responsible for the tragic loss of ...
Australian companies write down $47 billion
By Alex Messenger, September 3, 2009
There have been massive corporate write-downs in the mining and property sectors, yet economists say that the downturn has already come and gone.
Australia: Workers protest against Labor government assault on safety laws
By our correspondents, September 2, 2009
Workers in several cities demonstrated yesterday against moves by the Australian government to undermine occupational health and safety legislation. The trade unions, however, are merely seeking a pla...
Former Solomon Islands attorney general challenges Australian government
Evidence backs Julian Moti’s allegation of “politically-motivated” charges
By Patrick O'Connor, September 2, 2009
International and constitutional law expert and former attorney general of the Solomon Islands Julian Moti is applying for statutory rape charges brought by the Australian government to be thrown out ...
Unemployment and charity requests soar in Australia
By Chris Johnson, September 1, 2009
Applications for unemployment benefits and requests for emergency financial aid are rising rapidly, belying the official claims of a budding recovery.
Ten years since East Timor’s independence vote
By Patrick O’Connor, August 31, 2009
Yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of the referendum that saw nearly 80 percent of the East Timorese people vote to secede from Indonesia and become a separate nation-state.
New Zealand government redeploys elite SAS troops to Afghanistan
By John Braddock, August 12, 2009
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced on Monday that his government was redeploying elite Special Air Service (SAS) troops to the neo-colonial occupation of Afghanistan.
Job destruction accelerates in New Zealand as unions enforce austerity measures
By John Braddock, July 17, 2009
Unemployment figures just released in New Zealand indicate that, far from abating, the effects of the international recession are worsening, with thousands being thrown into unemployment and dole queu...
New Zealand budget imposes austerity measures as recession deepens
By Tom Peters, June 25, 2009
New Zealand’s National-led government is implementing austerity measures designed to placate big business and impose the burden of the economic crisis on the working class.
New Zealand unions scapegoat immigrant workers
By John Braddock, May 5, 2009
Like their counterparts internationally, New Zealand’s unions are responding to the deepening global recession by attempting to foment nationalism and chauvinism as they collaborate with government ...
US requests New Zealand SAS troops for war in Afghanistan
By Tom Peters, April 30, 2009
The New Zealand National government of Prime Minister John Key revealed on April 19 that it had received an official request from the United States for the highly trained Special Air Services combat u...
