GLW issue 593, published 2004-08-11.

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Central Queensland protests US base

Kathy Newnam Over 10% of the population of Yepoon, in central Queensland, rallied on August 1 against plans for a joint US-Australia military "training centre" in nearby Shoalwater Bay. Hundreds of people took to the town centre to demand that

SUDAN: Oil profits behind West's tears for Darfur

Norm Dixon For at least 18 months now, Western governments have quietly stood by as the non-Arabic-speaking black farmers of the Darfur region in western Sudan have borne the brunt of a vicious ethnic-cleansing campaign carried out by

Remove abortion from the criminal code!

Pip Hinman The Socialist Alliance candidate for Reid, Lisa Macdonald, called on August 6 for abortion to be removed from all state's criminal codes and health acts. She was responding to the comments by federal health minister Tony Abbott which

SHOCKFACTS: Overtime

The number of workers in Australia who work overtime on a regular basis increased to 37%, or almost 3 million, in November 2003 Three years earlier, 33% of employees worked regular overtime Only 38% of employees working overtime were paid for it
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