MELBOURNE — As expected, the March 30 state election returned Jeff Kennett's Coalition government with a slightly reduced majority. The ALP gained a very modest two-party preferred swing of 2.4%. However, fuelled
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Timorese meet UN secretary-generalMELBOURNE — Some 100 East Timorese and members of the Australia-East Timor Association rallied outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel on April 27. Inside, United Nations Secretary-General Boutros
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MELBOURNE — About 60 people attended the launching here on October 14 of Macedonia: Its Disputed History, by Neil Simpson. The book provides a brief overview of Macedonia's complex history, giving a background to
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Melbourne delegates set rallyMELBOURNE — A meeting of 400 shop stewards voted on August 28 to support a Trades Hall Council community and union rally against privatisation on September 14, as part of a national day of
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ATO agency bargain acceptedPublic Sector Union members in the Australian Taxation Office voted in a series of meetings from May 11 to May 25 to accept the proposed agency bargaining agreement. The agreement gives a 4%
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Big Green vote in CoburgMELBOURNE — Labor candidate Carlo Carli won the May 14 by-election for the state parliamentary seat of Coburg with 53% of the vote, up 3% from 1992, but the vote was not impressive in a working-class
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Agency bargaining in the ATOMELBOURNE — An agency bargaining agreement for the Australian Taxation Office, endorsed by both management and the Public Sector Union leadership, will be put to PSU members around Australia at a
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MELBOURNE — On January 17, only a week before the start of the school term, the Directorate of School Education finally announced some details on the proposed Richmond coeducational facility. The announcement was made nearly
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International workers conferenceMELBOURNE — Twenty-five international guests and 110 Australian-resident workers attended a conference entitled "Workers Change the World" between September 29 and October 3. The
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Sri Lankan workers are suffering badly under the free market policies of the United National Party government, which has ruled the country since 1977. Anton Marcus, joint secretary of the Industrial, Transport and General Workers
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Tax head a poor performer on "performance pay"MELBOURNE — John Landau, national head of the sales tax section of the Australian Taxation Office, recently outlined his plans for team-based "performance pay" at a series of
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MELBOURNE — Ghada Karmi, a Palestinian woman living in Britain and author of In Search of Fatima: a Palestinian Story, argued for Palestinians to return to the goal of creating a single, democratic secular state in historic