The All Burma Students' Democratic Organisation (Australia) organised protests in several Australian cities on May 27. The actions marked the anniversary of the 1990 general election in Burma which was won by the
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MELBOURNE — Around 150 angry workers, indigenous people and environmentalists delayed CRA's annual general meeting at the Victorian Arts Centre for over an hour on May 22. Representatives from the CFMEU's mining and construction
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MELBOURNE — One thousand members of the Lebanese community and their supporters took to the streets on April 25 to call for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon and for an end to the bombing of Lebanon. Speakers at the
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MELBOURNE — The strike by Bass Strait oil rig workers is entering its fourth week. The workers took action after Esso locked out workers coming on to the rigs on July 26 and stranded the rostered shift on the
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Residents protest against freewayMELBOURNE — About 70 people protested on August 12 against Premier Jeff Kennett's City Link mega-freeway project, which will link the eastern and the Tullamarine freeways. The
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Residents oppose freeway proposalMELBOURNE — According to Transurban, the company that will build and run this city's mega-freeway project, we are about to get a "sculptured northern gateway" on the expanded
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Kraft strike in fourth weekMELBOURNE — Seventy-three members of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) and the Automotive, Food, Metals and Engineering Union (AFMEU) have entered their fourth week of strike action
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Intro = MELBOURNE — Health unions have begun taking action over the serious attacks on the public health system in Victoria. Health Services Union of Australia (HSUA) members at the Austin Hospital and the Heidelberg
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Opening of Clearing HouseMELBOURNE — The Clearing House for Clean Information had its grand opening in Melbourne's western suburbs on August 21. The Clearing House is a new statewide toxics and urban issues group.
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MELBOURNE — At a time when many workers have begun to think that there is no alternative to the corporate-style union approach of giving up working conditions for a pittance of a wage rise, one union has shown that it is possible
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Burma — Democracy DeniedBurma — Democracy Denied is a striking collection of photographs and text. The people of Burma today suffer under an iron-fisted military dictatorship; there are extensive human rights violations;
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MELBOURNE — A strike by Richmond Council workers is into its fourth week, and another 26 local councils in Melbourne are affected by industrial bans. The key issue in the dispute is job security. Job security is threatened