SA public servants seek pay rise
By Anthony Thirlwall and Tully Bates
ADELAIDE — The state Liberal government has rejected wage claims by public sector unions, threatening further job losses if wages rise. It has said that departments
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Indonesia denies abuses in Timor
By Jon Land
Indonesian authorities have reacted angrily to a film by British journalist Max Stahl which documents a second massacre soon after the shootings at Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili on November 12,
By Nick Everett
BRISBANE — Fifty people attended a speak out in support of East Timor in the Queen Street Mall on July 15. The protest was called in response to the previous day's violent crackdown by Indonesian troops on a protest in Dili.
AWU: A union too far away
By Cameron Parker
SYDNEY — "What sort of workers movement is it when the 20 superunions in Australia only represent one group in society — the employers?", asked Bob Fuge at a Rank and File Alliance public
National student women's conference
By Jen Crothers
SYDNEY — Over 400 women gathered at Macquarie University from July 11-15 for the annual Network of Women Students in Australia (NOWSA) conference, the theme of which was "Women working
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — Former Labor Premier Brian Burke was found guilty on July 13 of four counts of cheating. Two days later he was sentenced to two years jail on each charge, to be served concurrently.
The charges arise out claims
By Helen Jarvis
PHNOM PENH — The gloves are coming off in Cambodia in the struggle against the Khmer Rouge. It is now one year since the United Nations ushered in a coalition government of the previously governing Cambodia People's Party and
Whaling clash on high seas
On July 6 the whale protection ship Whales Forever was rammed by the Norwegian Coastguard vessel Andenes, ripping open a section of the hull and damaging a fuel storage compartment according to reports from the Sea
ADELAIDE — Hoping to build on the success of the last two years, the Adelaide Reclaim the Night collective has begun preparations for this year's march on October 28. A dance is being organised to follow the march. Collective members want to make
Public service ends base grade recruitment
By Steve Rogers
CANBERRA — From September, the Australian Public Service is to end recruitment of regularly paid base grade (or ASO1) officers. These are to be replaced by "trainees". This has
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