DARWIN — On October 22, 100 Charles Darwin University staff and students rallied in front of the Northern Territory parliament to protest CDU management's refusal to agree to union demands for a 15% wage increase. Further industrial action is
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NEWCASTLE — On October 23, more than 500 people packed into a room at the Town Hall to oppose the closure of the rail line from Broadmeadow to Newcastle station. Organised by the Save Our Rail committee, the meeting was attended by
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NEWCASTLE — Miners at the United coal mine 16 kilometres west of Singleton and several other pits in the Hunter region are preparing to step-up industrial action to improve wages and conditions. "At United, the miners accepted a
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HOBART — Demonstrators demanding "No Uranium mining" greeted delegates attending the ALP national conference here on January 20. The action was called when activists learned the ALP was to debate a policy calling
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East Timorese arrested, tortured over bombsIndonesian authorities are believed to be holding up to 13 East Timorese in relation to a cache of bombs and weapons discovered in Dili and the Central Java city of Semarang. The regional
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Environmentalists slam pollution planA coalition of more than 20 environment and community groups from across Australia has condemned the latest draft National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) proposal. Representatives from the
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Protest at BHP shareholders' meetingADELAIDE — A protest against BHP's theft of East Timorese oil from the Timor Gap took place outside a BHP shareholders' meeting on September 23. Two of the main oilfields discovered by BHP
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ADELAIDE — Speculation is mounting about when the Liberal state government will announce the date of the next election, due to be held by April. Preselection tussles are under way in the Labor and Liberal camps, and Premier John
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'Big pong' hits AdelaideADELAIDE — A controversy has been literally "brewing" out in the streets over the last few months. Because of a breakdown in the processing of sewage at the state's largest treatment plant, the air has
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Fire blight scare spreadsADELAIDE — The SA government announced on May 22 that it would quarantine the Adelaide Botanic Gardens after it was confirmed that specimens taken from trees were infected with the fire blight
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As the Indonesian elections draw near, army units, police and security forces are out in force to intimidate pro-democracy activists campaigning for free and fair elections, democratisation and an end to military rule. In East Timor,
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Clinton: more arms to IndonesiaA report recently released in the United States exposes the myth that the Clinton administration has become tougher on the Suharto regime over human rights abuses in Indonesia and East Timor. In