Cameron Parker

  • Community rallies to save school

    SYDNEY — Hundreds of local residents and supporters of public education rallied in the suburb of Marrickville here on April 7 to denounce the planned closure of the local high school. Marrickville High is but one of several inner-city schools

  • Out of the kitchens and onto the picket lines

    "Following the long fight for the reinstatement of our men and the conclusion that has been reached, many of the women have been left feeling as though there is a huge emptiness in their lives. This outrageous and calculated

  • Police monitor Western Sydney solidarity

    PARRAMATTA — It may have been a long way from the picket lines on the Sydney wharves, but the police still felt the need to send a senior constable to monitor the situation as supporters of the MUA gathered at a public meeting

  • Port Botany picketers demand a fair go

    Port Botany picketers demand a fair goSYDNEY — Waterside workers at Patrick Stevedoring's Port Botany facility called a week-long strike from March 25. Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) members are staffing around-the-clock

  • Green Left's picks of Sydney Film Festival

    If you have the time and motivation, the annual Sydney Film Festival is an escapist experience par excellence. The 44th Sydney Film Festival will be presenting about 150 films, from 25 countries, over 15 days in June. Ticket

  • Worksafe faces uncertain future

    SYDNEY — Worksafe Australia, the federal government's occupational health and safety (OHS) agency, has had its funds cut by over $10 million by the Howard Liberal government, with 118 of staff positions (over half) being

  • Airport 'consultations' cause uproar

    Airport 'consultations' cause uproarSYDNEY — Called by the federal government's hastily established Sydney Airport Community Consultative Committee (SACCC), a series of highly charged public meetings in Newtown, Hunters

  • Privatised airports: multiplying problems

    SYDNEY — In a revealing speech to the Airport Privatisation Conference in the Hilton Hotel on May 22, minister for transport Laurie Brereton unveiled the federal ALP government's strategy for selling leases for Australia's 22

  • Carr set to chop NSW public sector

    Just one month into his four-year term, NSW Premier Bob Carr has angered trade unionists with his proposed cuts to the NSW public sector. Carr is taking steps to corporatise State Rail freight services, and has warned that

  • AWU: A union too far away

    AWU: A union too far awaySYDNEY — "What sort of workers movement is it when the 20 superunions in Australia only represent one group in society — the employers?", asked Bob Fuge at a Rank and File Alliance public

  • Over the top at WOMADELAIDE

    ADELAIDE — Three stages, 150 performers, multitudes of workshops and 10,000 people jumping about at the same time — the spirit of WOMADELAIDE '93 was upon us. With a vast array of talent from around the globe, this