The Australia Institute released a report on September 25 that shows nearly half of the federal government's $2.3 billion private health insurance rebate went to the top third of income earners, while the bottom third received just
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'Illegal' labour and inhumane immigration policyThe front-page newspaper photos showed workers sitting on the ground, handcuffed or bound with rope. Their employer, Joe Vraca, a farmer at Murchison near Shepparton in Victoria, told
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A confidential paper by employment minister Peter Reith, revealed on February 17, shows that the Howard government's recent claim that a 5% official unemployment rate is possible is based on pursuit of wage cuts, especially among the
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Tamils protest Sri Lankan minister's visitCANBERRA — Australian Tamils and their supporters from Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney protested outside the Sri Lankan embassy and National Press Club on January 22. About 150 protesters
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CANBERRA — The PSU Activists Conference held here on April 23-24 was "very positive", according to Maree Roberts, PSU National Challenge candidate for PSU national secretary. "The conference drew together a very broad range of
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PERTH — The state ALP government's 1991 budget, announced on August 29 by Premier Carmen Lawrence, cut community services, health, education, arts and environment funding to pay for increased funding of housing and capital works.
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PERTH - The state Trades and Labour Council, the WA Conservation Council and local residents are opposing the state Labor government's plan for a major heavy industrial park on the coast north of Perth. The new site would pose a
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PERTH — The first weeks of the WA Inc royal commission have shed some light on the operations of the Peppermint Grove set and how a good number of the financial and political "geniuses" of the '80s became the bankrupt (though by no