GLW issue 659, published 2006-03-08.

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Our Common Cause: Beat Abbott back

Health minister Tony Abbott thinks women are having too many abortions. On February 16 he said, "Every abortion is a tragedy and up to 100,000 abortions a year is this generation's legacy of unutterable shame". The morning after parliament removed

Leighton flags attack on workers

Ian Jamieson, Fremantle Rail-line construction contractor Leighton-Kumagai has threatened to sack and sue about 430 of its employees — all members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) — who are working the city end of

NUS abandons anti-VSU campaign

Jess Moore, Wollongong The National Union of Students (NUS) has abandoned the campaign against the Howard government's "voluntary student unionism" (VSU) legislation. This is despite last December's NUS national conference voting to continue with

Blood ban controversy

Farida Iqbal Under Australian Red Cross regulations, men who have had sex with men in the past 12 months are prohibited from donating blood. A debate around the ban erupted in April 2005 when Tasmanian Michael Cain was prevented from giving blood
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