Sue Boland

  • International guests denied visas

    It is getting harder and harder to organise international conferences of the left these days. Rich imperialist governments have taken to routinely denying visas to delegates from Third World countries, even when those delegates have

  • ALP rorts: just the tip of the iceberg

    The number of senior ALP figures implicated in vote rorting and other shady internal party practices is increasing as middle and lower level ALP figures spill their guts to the Queensland Criminal Justice Commission inquiry headed by

  • Private schools: no government funding

    Most recent debate over government funding of private schools has focused on the injustice of public money being used to finance wealthy private schools. There has been little debate on the issue of why government money should be

  • Besley report: a classic government whitewash

    If you want an example of classic government whitewash, you need look no further than the report of the Telecommunications Service Inquiry which was released by the was released by the government on October 12. The outcome of the

  • Why the banks should be nationalised

    At the beginning of the 20th century banks had a reputation as "bloodsuckers". Is it over-the-top to still describe them this way? When we consider the record of the major banks today (see accompanying article this page), this

  • Jail the politicians, not the poor

    A few months ago, federal minister for workplace relations and small business Peter Reith told a meeting of the Financial and Treasury Association (SA branch) that "political correctness" in the media meant that businesspeople were

  • Can 'shareholder activism' change society?

    "Shareholder activism" is promoted by many environment and human rights groups and trade unions as a new method for achieving social and environmental change. It involves organising an alliance of shareholders to ask questions and

  • New parties under threat

    The federal Coalition government, with support from Labor, plans to rush through parliament amendments to the Electoral Act which will make it virtually impossible to register a new political party — unless it has plenty of money.

  • Labor cons truck drivers on fuel prices

    BY GEORGINA DAVIES & SUE BOLAND MELBOURNE — Just as Melbourne service stations were beginning to run out of petrol on September 26, Labor Premier Steve Bracks' state government stepped in and persuaded truck drivers to end their 48-hour blockade

  • TWU: truckies are 'struggling' to survive

    BY TIM STEWART & SUE BOLAND BRISBANE — While the Transport Workers Union was restricted from officially endorsing the blockades of oil refineries here and in Melbourne for fear of legal action, the union's national president and Queensland state

  • Who's to blame for increasing petrol prices?

    Blockades and protests against rising petrol prices by truck drivers, farmers and fisherpeople have spread through 14 European countries. In Australia, the Transport Workers Union is planning blockades. Governments, from the United

  • One Nation MP sets up front parties

    SYDNEY — One Nation NSW upper house member David Oldfield and One Nation's former national director David Ettridge (no longer a One Nation member) have given the NSW Labor and federal Coalition governments an excuse to place further