James Basle

  • Corporatisation in Canberra

    Corporatisation in CanberraHere we go, here we go, here we go again. A Liberal government is elected because people are angry with Labor. The Liberals cut the public sector, corporatise or cut health and slash education. The

  • Liberals plan cuts, corporatisation in ACT

    CANBERRA — Immediately following the election of the Liberals' Kate Carnell as chief minister of the ACT in March, she announced that a newly discovered hole in the ACT budget meant that she would not be able to keep all her

  • Progressives do well in ACT elections

    Progressives do well in ACT electionsCANBERRA — One week after the February 18 ACT elections, it is still uncertain who will govern. Either Liberal or Labor form a minority government. The final make-up of the ACT

  • Socialists raise the issues in ACT elections

    CANBERRA — With less than three weeks till the February 18 ACT elections, voters could be excused for thinking, which elections? Campaigning so far has been very low key. The NSW elections and the by-election for Ros Kelly's

  • ACT students, teachers win a round

    Canberra — Liberal and independent members of the House of Assembly on November 25 amended the ACT budget to block the cutting of 80 teacher positions. This victory was a response to the public campaign run by

  • ACT secondary students walk out

    CANBERRA — More than 1000 secondary students participated in a walkout of classes, on Tuesday, November 16, to protest against the ACT Labor government's recent cuts to education. Eight of the nine colleges and five high schools

  • ACT secondary students to strike

    CANBERRA — Secondary Students Against Cuts (SSAC) is organising a strike on November 16 to protest against the ACT Labor government's education cuts. The radical youth movement Resistance is supporting and helping to organise

  • Mass walkout by ACT secondary students

    CANBERRA — In one of the largest expressions of student anger in recent history, 2500 college students walked out of classes on October 27, in protest at education and teacher cuts. This represents about 40% of all college

  • Australian Greens hold first conference

    Australian Greens hold first conferenceCANBERRA — The first national conference of the Australian Greens, held over the weekend of August 13-15, set as its aim winning increased representation at all levels of

  • Police hassle Canberra squatters

    Police hassle Canberra squattersCanberra — Young squatters in the disused Fortune Theatre have been harassed by police and accused of stealing or damaging hundreds of cars. In what appears to be a media and police

  • Minister discusses sex, school and politics

    Minister discusses sex, school and politicsCANBERRA — Members of Resistance and the ACT education minister, Bill Woods, failed to get agreement when they discussed a sex information calendar, condom vending machines in high

  • Unemployed Workers' Union formed

    Unemployed Workers' Union formedSYDNEY — With more than one in four young people out of work and the federal Labor government attacking the rights of unemployed people through schemes such as Newstart, unemployed people in