GLW issue 428, published 2000-11-15.

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Hunger stalks trade talks

BY SEAN HEALY While trade bureaucrats from the rich countries begin negotiations in Geneva to extend the World Trade Organisation's Agreement on Agriculture, a new report released by the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) shows

Power workers take desperate action

BY GEORGINA DAVIES MELBOURNE — A 24-hour stop work meeting by 250 members of the Latrobe Valley branch of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) caused power blackouts and restrictions across Victoria. The workers voted to

How the vampires flourish

Profits The four biggest banks raked in record net profits this year: National Australia Bank ($3.24 billion); the Commonwealth Bank ($2.7 billion); ANZ ($1.747 billion); and Westpac ($1.715 billion). The combined total was $9.4 billion, $2.2

and ain't i a woman?: What real choice in the US?

In September, Mifepristone, better known as RU486, was finally approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in early pregnancy abortions. Despite having been safely administered in France, where it is now used in one third of
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