By Martin Reilly
MANAGUA — We knew that baseball in Nicaragua
was like a second faith, but to learn that the Amateur
Baseball World Cup was to be played here was something
like a divine revelation from the International
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Call to defend health care
By Anthony Thirlwall
ADELAIDE — "Yes, we are political and we will continue to be political. We want more people to be political. We want a healthy society", explained Jill Archer, from Save
Doctors speak out against uranium mining
By Anne Pavy
PERTH— "The ALP is poised to determine the future of uranium mining in Australia. This represents a critical moment in Australia's history with very serious implications
Poem: My belly may ache
By Phil Gregory
I long for it to be the sound of rolling thunder,
Or breakers crashing on the shore,
But it's the crunch and grind of woodchip milling,
And it makes me shudder to the core.
Hardly a day goes by without some Labor politician calling for an end to Labor's "three mines" uranium policy. The representative body for the Top End Aboriginal communities, the Northern Land Council, has also thrown its weight behind these calls.
By Chris Spindler
ADELAIDE— The South Australian budget, brought down on August 25, has come under increasing criticism from unions, the community health sector, welfare organisations and political groups.
As a result of the
Victorian hospital workers strike
By Seetal Dodd
MELBOURNE — Workers at Austin, Royal Talbot and Heidelberg Repatriation hospitals started a campaign of industrial action on September 6 with a 24-hour strike. Work bans and
Victorian ambulance service at risk
By Katherine Heneghan
MELBOURNE — Cutbacks to Victoria's ambulance service in the last budget have led to the formation of the community group, More Ambulance Services in Victoria. MASIV
Secret CJC inquiry clears Goss advisers
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — A nine-month investigation by the Criminal Justice Commission, conducted in secret, has refused to support any allegations against current and former staff of
Big Mac versus small fries
By Paul Tobias
The silence is deafening! Unbeknownst to 99% of Australians, the "McLibel" defamation case is now raging in a London courtroom.
Chicago-based McDonald's Corporation is suing
By Jennifer Thompson
SYDNEY — A recent decision against the Transport Workers Union in the NSW Industrial Commission, limiting the award safety net for workers covered by enterprise agreements, has sparked a call by state secretary Steve
A day to be believed
By Linda Kaucher
ADELAIDE — Giving domestic violence victims a chance to talk and be believed was the main purpose of a meeting called by the Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL) on September 4.
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