GLW issue 614, published 2005-02-09.

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Workers defeat Esso roster plan

Sue Bolton, Melbourne On February 1, workers employed by construction contractors on Esso's Bass Strait oil and gas platforms defeated an attempt by the oil company — the Australian subsidiary of ExxonMobil, the world's biggest oil corporation

The ALP: Swapping deckchairs on the Titanic

After the debacle that was Mark Latham's exit from politics, the decline in the fortunes of the Australian Labor Party proceeds unabated. With a state poll fast approaching in Western Australia — which may see Labor lose office there — any hope

Doomed to repeat history

Pip Hinman The February 1 Sydney Morning Herald carried an opinion piece by Gerard Henderson of the right-wing Sydney Institute attacking leading figures in the anti-war movement for supporting the right of Iraqis to resist the US-led occupation of

The Habib injustice - a threat to us all

Sarah Stephen &Aaron Benedek, Sydney Consider this scenario: an Australian citizen travels to another country, is kidnapped by the military of a third country, receives absolutely no assistance from the Australian government, is imprisoned for
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