GLW issue 205, published 1995-10-03.

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WA nurses fight for pay rise

By Leon Harrison PERTH — The Court government refuses to negotiate with WA nurses on a wages campaign despite them being among the lowest paid in the country. In 1991 nurses in all other states received a pay increase of 8-14% following

Viewpoint: How to defend the public sector

Greg Adamson CANBERRA — Around 8pm on September 27, a group of Australian Federal Police launched an attack on picketers at the Belconnen Remand Centre. The striking workers were engaged in non-violent resistance. They had linked arms to stop

... and ain't i a woman?: A woman's right to choose

The Newman ruling, which last year affirmed that abortion is illegal in NSW, has been overturned on appeal, with much less fanfare than the original decision received. Judge Newman ruled that a woman who was suing a medical clinic for negligence

GLW: Hitting the target

Green Left Weekly was established, in part, as a remedy to that kind of media. We carry very few ads, and the ones we do carry, aren't trying to fool anyone. Green Left's ads are there to tell our readers that some political event (a conference,
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