Indian socialist and feminist, Kavita Krishnan will be one of the international guests from the Asia-Pacific region at the 10th national conference of the Socialist Alliance, to be held in Sydney over the long weekend of June 7-9.
The Socialist Alliance condemns the violation of Indonesia's national sovereignty through the actions of the Australian government in tapping the mobile phone of Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and nine of his closest advisors, including his wife.
Another round of United Nations climate talks were being negotiated in Warsaw, Poland, this week when the strongest typhoon recorded to hit land swept across the Philippines before moving on to Vietnam.
The abolition of debts to Australia incurred by poor nations in the South Pacific and south-east Asia;
The extension of aid programs, under the democratic control of local communities;
An extension of Australian citizenship to Pacific islanders displaced by global warming;
The withdrawal of Australian troops and police from countries in the region;