GLW issue 419, published 2000-09-06.

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SA unions protest against redundancy scheme

BY BRONWEN BEECHEY ADELAIDE — The United Trades and Labor Council of South Australia is considering turning its traditional Labor Day march, on September 29, into a strike following the refusal of the state Liberal government to contribute to a

Refugees pay $139 a day to be imprisoned

BY JULIAN GORMLY SYDNEY — If you were in any doubt about the vindictive and undemocratic nature of the Australian government's refugee policies consider the case of asylum seeker Maqsood Alshams, an activist in the Refugee Action Collective

Networker: Money for nothing

BY GREG HARRIS You used to hear, "I had this friend who won umpteen hundred thousand dollars for almost nothing in a lottery syndicate". In the past year it has more likely been, "I had this friend who got involved in an internet company and made

Repression escalates as Shell returns to Ogoniland

BY NORM DIXON The sheer quantity of rhetoric about promoting the noble ideals of democracy, human rights and government transparency notwithstanding, US President Bill Clinton's three-day visit to Nigeria, which began on August 26, was all about
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