Sarah Harris

  • Prison officers condemn private prison

    Prison officers condemn private prisonPERTH — The WA Coalition government wants a private company, Correction Corporation of Australia, to operate a proposed 750-bed medium security jail at Wooroloo, 50 kilometres east of

  • Brambles breaks guarantee

    Brambles breaks guaranteeSYDNEY — Casual workers employed by the security firm Brambles have been threatened with the sack and workers at the Beaconsfield, Smithfield and Lane Cove depots have gone on strike in protest. A

  • Greens launch western Sydney campaign

    Parramatta — The NSW Greens launched five western Sydney candidates' federal election campaigns at a meeting of 30 people on July 23. Greens Senate candidates John Sutton and Kath Moore said the Greens were an alternative to One

  • Residents oppose development at ADI St Marys site

    PENRITH — For the last six years, residents have campaigned against the proposed large-scale development of housing and industry on the federal government's Australian Defence Industries (ADI) site at St

  • Western Sydney women reclaim the night

    Western Sydney women reclaim the nightPARRAMATTA — More than 100 women and children from Sydney's western suburbs participated in a spirited Reclaim the Night march and rally on October 24 under the banner of "Women's and

  • Meeting defends maritime workers

    SYDNEY — Eighty people gathered to express their solidarity with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) against attacks by the Coalition government at a May 30 meeting at the Teachers Federation. The speakers were Warren Smith,

  • CPSU delegates reject cuts

    SYDNEY — Eighty delegates of the NSW Department of Social Security sector of the Community and Public Service Union (CPSU) attended the sector's annual meeting here on March 7-8. Union organisers warned the meeting of impending

  • Campaign to stop the Scarborough tunnel

    Campaign to stop the Scarborough tunnelWOLLONGONG — Fifty people at a meeting called by the Wombara Preservation Group (WPG) in Scarborough on May 28 decided to continue the struggle to stop the NSW State Rail Authority

  • Labour Council bans exports to PNG

    WOLLONGONG — The South Coast Labour Council on November 2 imposed a ban on goods being shipped from Port Kembla to Papua New Guinea. The ban will not be lifted until the PNG government lifts the blockade against

  • Wollongong fights cuts in incest services

    Wollongong fights cuts in incest servicesWOLLONGONG — Two hundred people gathered in the Town Hall on May 13 to demand an increase in incest services for Wollongong and the Illawarra region. The public meeting was

  • Women pursue jobs at BHP

    Women pursue jobs at BHPWOLLONGONG — Passing motorists sounded their horns and waved support as a spirited group of 100 women marched along the boundary of the BHP's Port kembla Steelworks on May 13, seeking

  • Australians for Genocide Party?

    Australians for Genocide Party?WOLLONGONG — The candidate of the Australians Against Further Immigration Party for the seat of Throsby, David Hughes, has made a novel contribution to the immigration debate. Hughes