By Ray Fulcher
MELBOURNE — More than 1000 university and TAFE students rallied at the State Library on August 26 to demand that the federal government restore funding to education. The rally was part of a National Union of Students' national day
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By Leo Wellin
Telstra's announcement of a $3 billion profit in the last financial year helped galvanise staff support for a strike on August 28. The strike was called by the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) and the Communications,
By Martin Iltis
ADELAIDE — Diane Bell's book, Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin: a world that is, was, and will be, was launched here on August 26. More than 300 people crammed Way Hall for the launch of the most thorough and accessible anthropological
Ballarat NTEU campaign against cuts
BALLARAT — A lively meeting of the University of Ballarat branch of the National Tertiary Education Industry Union on August 29 voted to fight threatened cuts.
Jobs and programs are at risk in the schools
Workers rally against social security changes
By Chris Spindler
MELBOURNE — More than 400 construction workers rallied outside South Melbourne Centrelink office on August 27 to protest against the federal Coalition's plans to classify
On August 25, the latest twist in Sydney's contaminated water saga occurred with the announcement that most of Sydney's 4.5 million residents must once again boil all drinking water.The alert, the second in a month, has focussed attention on the
Sex, gender and sexuality
Two weeks ago, the 1999 conference organising collective of the National Organisation of Women Students Australia decided to exclude transgender women from the collective. The arguments used — principally by members
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), Thursdays, 10pm and Saturdays, 7pm. Ph 9565 5522.
Access News — Melbourne
200,000 rally in Yogyakarta
By Max Lane
On August 26, 200,000 people rallied in Yogyakarta to protest against the refusal of the Indonesian government to ratify Sultan Hamengku Buwono X as governor of Yogyakarta. The rally adopted a manifesto
By Max Lane and Pramono (in Jakarta)
The frequency of protest actions in Indonesia has increased markedly over the last week. Worsening economic conditions, general anger over the lack of any real changes under the Habibie regime and students'
ACT government workers rally
By Tim Gooden
CANBERRA — On August 26, 200 Community and Public Sector Union members held a lunchtime rally outside the ACT Legislative Assembly to present a petition to ALP MLA Wayne Berry. The petition calls on
Shooting FishDirected by Stefan SchwartzDistributed by GlobeNow screening in major cinemas Review by Conrad Barnett
The Hollywood chase-and-misadventure film gets a '90s makeover, an English accent and a Brit pop soundtrack in the new film Shooting
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