New crimes compensation legislation falls shortIn Victoria in July 1997, the Liberal state government abolished crimes compensation awards for pain and suffering. For the majority of victim/survivors of sexual
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Solidarity from AMWU workers for East Timor and IndonesiaMELBOURNE — East Timorese independence activists Alex Tilman and Gil Santos from Fretilin and Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) member Bronwyn
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Marathon Foods disputeMELBOURNE — A sign stating "Dim sims, spring rolls and rotten bosses" adorns the front of the Marathon Foods Company in Kensington where Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) members and supporters
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MELBOURNE — One of the bitterest disputes in the history of the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Union was resolved on February 5. Victory for the union members at Australian Dyeing Company (ADC) came after 67 days on the picket
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MELBOURNE — There has been widespread opposition to a decision to exclude transgender women from the NOWSA (Network of Women Students Australia) collective. This opposition has come from numerous alternative
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MELBOURNE — The first organising meeting of the 1999 Network of Women Students Australia conference was held at the RMIT on August 21. One of the first agenda items discussed was the question of whether or not
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The youth allowance, introduced on July 1, was sold by the federal government as "more flexible" and "simpler". In fact, it is yet another attempt to regulate, normalise and circumscribe the "deviant". The tight eligibility criteria
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MELBOURNE — On March 8, International Women's Day, a loud crowd of more 1000 women and male supporters rallied at Melbourne's GPO around the theme "Women united for justice and native title". Nyrell Brooks, an