Barry Healy

  • Court stymies NSW EPA

    Court stymies NSW EPASYDNEY — In a surprise decision, the NSW Land and Environment Court has virtually annulled the ability of the states Environment Protection Authority to enforce pollution controls. Under a ruling handed down

  • 'Dioxin factory' continues despite opposition

    SYDNEY — The Waterloo incinerator in Sydney's south-east is still operating despite increasing pressure to have it shut down from the state government, the NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) and other critics. The

  • Furore as NSW EPA defends incinerator

    SYDNEY — A dramatic dispute has erupted between NSW environment minister Pam Allan and the director general of the Environmental Protection Agency over the continued operation of the Waterloo waste processing incinerator. On August

  • Anger over Sydney runway noise

    Anger over Sydney runway noiseSYDNEY — Federal minister for transport Laurie Brereton is embroiled in another controversy following the disastrous opening of the third runway at Sydney airport to commercial traffic on

  • Rank and file unionists meet

    SYDNEY — The ACTU urgently needs to change direction, a September 1 public meeting was told. The meeting, called by the Rank and File Alliance and attended by about 80 people, coincided with the ACTU congress and was organised

  • Looking to ACTU congress

    Looking to ACTU congressSYDNEY — Forty rank and file trade unionists met in Newtown Community Centre here on June 19 as part of national preparations for the ACTU congress scheduled for later this year. Activists

  • PSU officials slander rank and file candidate

    SYDNEY — As the voting for the position of assistant national secretary of the Public Sector Union moves into its final phase, a dirty tricks campaign initiated by supporters of Wendy Caird has surfaced. Caird is the endorsed

  • PSU rank and file launches election campaign

    PSU rank and file launches election campaignSYDNEY — "I'm not running to show a banner. I'm running because I see on the faces of the members I represent the effects of the pressures and stress that are bearing down on

  • PSU rank and file contest election

    PSU rank and file contest electionSYDNEY — A David and Goliath contest is opening up within the Public Sector Union in an election for the position of assistant national secretary. Phil Sandford, a poorly funded

  • Carr on the ropes?

    Carr on the ropes?SYDNEY — NSW Labor Party leader Bob Carr will face a censure motion within caucus and his position may be in trouble according to rumours circulating inside the ALP after his performance at the National

  • Workplace bargaining comes to the public service

    The Public Sector Union leadership — after two years of inactivity followed by months tirelessly wearing down membership opposition to enterprise bargaining — has released the outcome of its recent round of pay