GLW issue 512, published 2002-10-16.

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CFMEU leader quits ALP

BY NIKKI ULASOWSKI PERTH — “I've been knocked off by the Tories, I've been knocked off by stinking grubby builders, I've been knocked off by the [building industry] task force, but it was a bit hard to cop getting knocked off by the Labor

Aussie cops implicated in refugee drownings

BY TONY KEVIN Until the Senate "children overboard" committee began to enquire into SIEV-X, the boat that sank on its way to Christmas Island on October 19, 2001, drowning 353 people, mostly women and children, we knew nothing about a clandestine

Creating a stronger voice for socialism

BY DICK NICHOLS [This is an abridged version of a talk presented to a panel discussion on the Socialist Alliance at the 31st Resistance national conference, held in Melbourne, September 27-30. Dick Nichols is a member of the national executive of

and ain't i a woman?: Getting more women into parliament

At its special rules conference on October 5-6, the ALP adopted a first: parliamentary quotas not just for women, but for men. The compromise motion passed by the delegated conference guaranteed women 40% of safe Labor seats and men 40%, with the
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