Bronwen Beechey

  • Privatisation leads to SA power crisis

    The South Australian Liberal government believed that it was on a winner when it privatised the state's electricity supply. However, it now looks like the move will be a major factor in the government's defeat at the next state

  • 'scab busters' claim victory in Mobil dispute

    ADELAIDE — The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has claimed victory after a strike at Mobil's Port Stanvac refinery. The strike was part of a long-running dispute with Mobil over plans to reduce the work force at Port

  • People's power comes to Adelaide streets

    ADELAIDE — Four hundred people participated in the five-hour blockade of the Australian Stock Exchange, located in the Santos Building, in a powerful statement of how strongly they felt about the need to fight the ravages of

  • Adelaide council votes for dry zone

    BY JOHN McGILL& BRONWEN BEECHEY ADELAIDE — On April 2, Adelaide City Council voted to make the streets and parks of the inner CBD a "dry zone". The issue had been under consideration by the council since last year, when it commissioned a market

  • Education cuts condemned

    ADELAIDE — Activists from the National Union of Students, the Australian Education Union, M1 Adelaide and the socialist youth organisation Resistance travelled from to Glenelg in a chartered tram on March 23 to protest outside

  • Womadelaide: a different kind of globalisation

    ADELAIDE — The 2001 Womadelaide world music festival, held February 16-18, attracted a record 67,000 people. They braved high temperatures to hear an inspiring and exciting line-up of musicians from around the globe. Sierra

  • Nurses take action for better pay

    ADELAIDE — Nurses employed in the state's public hospitals imposed work bans from February 22 in support of claims for a 15% pay rise over three years, after rejecting state government offers of increases which the union

  • Aborigines protest Invasion Day

    ADELAIDE — More than 80 people attended a speakout and candlelight vigil to mark Invasion Day on January 26. The meeting was held outside Government House, on what has become known to Aboriginal activists as Genocide Corner,

  • Radio Rentals workers locked out

    ADELAIDE — Radio Rentals has locked out 40 technicians, members of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, over a long-running pay dispute. The technicians have been demanding a 5% pay rise, which would be their first since

  • Refugees on hunger strike to protest detention

    ADELAIDE — In recent weeks, the Woomera detention centre has been the focus of media attention, following allegations that the centre's management had covered up the sexual abuse of a 12-year-old boy at the centre. There have

  • Opposition grows to inner city 'dry zone'

    ADELAIDE — The Adelaide City Council's proposal to ban the public consumption of alcohol within the city and North Adelaide came under fire at a meeting of around 100 people in the Adelaide Town Hall on November 20. The

  • Survey shows casual exploitation

    ADELAIDE — A survey of 350 young casual workers here has revealed that many are being underpaid, do not know their rights and find that work is adversely affecting their studies and social life. With 27% of the workforce now