Indonesian activist speaksPERTH — Dita Sari, general secretary of the Indonesian Centre for Working Class Struggle (PPBI) was here last week as a guest of the International Women's Day Collective.
"Women of the
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Environmentalists 'must relate to workers'PERTH — Green Left Weekly spoke to Bill Ethell, secretary of the Construction, Mining, Energy, Timberyard, Sawmillers and Woodworkers Union (WA CFMEU) about the woodchipping
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Perth workers rally against safety changesPERTH — More than 1500 workers rallied on the steps of Parliament House on November 16. The WA Trades and Labour Council organised the rally in opposition to the Court
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WA forest blockade plannedPERTH — Four of the best of WA's last wilderness forests — Hawke, Rocky, Sharpe and Giblett in the south-west of the state — are on the Department of Conservation and Land
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WA forest meeting well attendedFREMANTLE — More than 300 people packed the Fremantle Town Hall on April 22 for a meeting discussing the effects of forest destruction and the need for campaigns to stop it. The focus was
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Telecom halts work at old brewery sitePERTH — Telecom has halted cable-laying at the old Swan Brewery site. The brewery, built on Aboriginal religious ground in the 1890s and virtually given to Multiplex Constructions
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Perth — Community opposition is growing to the WA police "Operation Sweep", which, under the pretence of defending young people "in moral danger", is harassing them on the street at night. The socialist
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PERTH — "What our leaders are trying to tell us is that the world doesn't owe us a living, but instead owes them a profit", said union activist Mick Houlbrook. "The Liberals plan an onslaught on the wages and conditions of
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PERTH — In the midst of an election campaign focusing heavily on personalities and photo opportunities, questions of Aboriginal relations seem to be off the agenda. The ALP's policies in this area are clear. 1993 is
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WA Inc behind health minister resignation?PERTH — Controversial health minister Keith Wilson resigned from state cabinet on November 13, ostensibly due to his opposition to the federal government's
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Multiplex may withdraw from Swan Brewery developmentPERTH — A loud and colourful protest by 50 people on the morning of November 17 at the Swan Brewery site showed that the struggle for the sacred site of the
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PERTH — Backed by Perth's daily West Australian, the Lawrence government has launched a concerted campaign to marginalise opposition to the controversial development of the old Swan Brewery site. In fact, opposition to the development is widespread, as even the press have been forced to admit.