GLW issue 432, published 2001-01-17.

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Welfare reform abolishes safety net

BY ALISON DELLIT With its December 14 response to the final report of the Reference Group on Welfare Reform, the McClure report, the federal government has taken a giant step down its desired path of restructuring the entire welfare system. By

Refugee trials begin

BY KATHY NEWNAM ADELAIDE — The trials of refugees charged with involvement in the alleged August "riots" at the Woomera Immigration Detention Centre, in the South Australian desert, began here on December 18. The case against the first defendant,

UNITED STATES: Racism and the stolen vote

BY MALIK MIAH George W. Bush became the 43rd president of the United States by a five-to-four vote of the US Supreme Court. But the die was cast long before the November 7 election. One of the dirty aspects of the 2000 presidential elections was

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