MELBOURNE — Some of the more repressive sections of Victoria's anti-student organisation legislation, enacted by the former Kennett government in 1994, were repealed on October 25, although the Coalition and independents were
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Victory at Australian Dyeing CompanyMELBOURNE — After 67 days on the picket line, 80 locked-out workers at the Australian Dyeing Company won a major victory on February 5. ADC management agreed to a 10% wage rise over two
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Socialists and the Northcote by-electionMELBOURNE — The Northcote state by-election on August 15 was the first electoral test for One Nation outside Queensland. They were resoundingly defeated, scoring only 5.7%, despite
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MELBOURNE — While most people in the community were preparing for the Christmas break, the Victorian minister for vocational education, Phil Honeywood, announced the greatest shake-up of Victoria's TAFE system in 20 years.
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Swinburne union affiliates to VTSAN and NUSMELBOURNE — More than 700 students attended the Swinburne Student Union (SSU) special general meeting on September 9 to change the constitution of the union and affiliate to
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TAFE teachers launch reinstatement petitionMELBOURNE — A petition to reinstate three teachers sacked from Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE was launched at the Australian Education Union (Victorian branch) annual
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The militant demonstrations at founding meetings of Pauline Hanson's One Nation party in Dandenong and Canberra have triggered another hysterical campaign in the establishment media against these allegedly
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Campaign Against Racism established in MelbourneMELBOURNE — Campaign Against Racism was set up here at a meeting on June 12. CAR was established to oppose the racism of Howard and Hanson following the successful
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Union members sacked at NMITMELBOURNE
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MELBOURNE — At the end of National Day of Action for a Living Income on March 26, the organising committee of the Coalition for a Living Income decided to put a motion that the rally march to the ALP headquarters. The
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Kennett loses by-electionMELBOURNE — The Kennett Liberal government lost its second safest seat on February 1 in a by-election for the Gippsland West seat of Wonthaggi. In its first major electoral defeat, the Liberals'
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Student union worker victimisedMELBOURNE — On January 17, a Victoria University of Technology student union employee was sacked. The university administration has refused to renew Bill Deller's contract despite the fact that