On July 11, Workplace Standards Tasmania delivered a notice to Tasmanian mining companies, directing them to end their dangerous work patterns. The problem was not equipment or training, it was working hours so long that workers'
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During the past two decades, the number of Australian workers employed as casual workers has grown dramatically. More than 2 million workers — or a quarter of the workforce — are now employed on a casual basis. "Casual
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In the lead-up to PM John Howard's announcement that Australia would send troops to the Solomon Islands, the mainstream media was filled with the lurid descriptions of violent criminal gangs terrorising the Solomons' population, and
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In 2002, 5836 people joined the Australian Defence Force (ADF) as regular members about 700 more than joined in 2001. The vast majority of them were young people between the ages of 18 and 24. While no survey has been taken
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FREMANTLE — On January 6, the USS Abraham Lincoln, the world's largest aircraft carrier, returned to Fremantle just two weeks after its last visit. It had been scheduled to return to the US, but was ordered back to Fremantle to
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PERTH - On December 8, more than 1000 people rallied in Perth to oppose the impending war in Iraq. Organised by the NOWAR Alliance, the protest demanded: no war on Iraq; no Australian support for war; an end to sanctions on Iraq;
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PERTH — On November 22, members of the Western Australian branch of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union's construction and general divisions began the process of implementing of a new enterprise agreement. The
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PERTH — On October 2, 80 people attended a forum on "Why war?" at the Fremantle Hotel, organised by the Fremantle branch of the ALP. The meeting was addressed by local federal MP Carmen Lawrence and WA Legislative Council member
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PERTH — On October 2, some 1000 members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union's construction division protested against the return to Perth of the royal commission into the construction industry. CFMEU state
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PERTH — Despite driving rain, 1200 construction workers protested on July 24 against the return to Western Australia of the royal commission into the construction industry. Communication, Electrical and Plumbing Union organiser
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On June 22, delegates at the Western Australian state conference of the Labor Party passed a motion that opposed the construction of a marina near Coral Bay. The motion recognised the development's "potential to impact severely on
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PERTH — On June 1, Iranian asylum seeker Nader Sayadi Estahbanati was deported from Esperance in WA on the Iranian freighter Mazardaran. In 2000, Estahbanati and two friends stowed away on the Mazardaran to flee persecution in