Memorial lecture well attended
By Lisa Macdonald
SYDNEY — Eighty people braved unusually cold and rainy weather to attend the 1994 Jim Percy Memorial Lecture here on October 18. The lecture, given by Dick Nichols from the
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DSS dispute escalates
By Ray Fulcher
MELBOURNE — Community and Public Sector Union members in the Department of Social Security voted on October 19 to escalate industrial action in a dispute over staffing and resources.
By Stephen Robson
Greens (WA) senators Christabel Chamarette and Dee Margetts are pressing the Labor government to amend its Indigenous Land Corporation and Land Acquisition bill. They have indicated that if substantial amendments are not
Rallies for marijuana legalisation
By Nick Everett and Anne Pavy
BRISBANE — 1000 people marched here on October 21 to demand the legalisation of marijuana in Queensland.
Speakers included representatives from HEMP
On October 15, Resistance organised a National Day of Action for freedom in East Timor. Across Australia people rallied around the demands "Indonesia out of East Timor" and " Australia out of the Timor Gap". The day mobilised thousands of people and
By Jennifer Thompson
Following the October 19 suicide bombing of a bus in Tel Aviv by Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement), Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin made it clear the attack would be used as a pretext to move further toward his
By Craig Cormick
Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe.
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I empathise with George Georges' return to social democratic politics (GLW #159). Left communities outside of the ALP are disappointingly fragmented. Life on the far left is like a concert with no audience or a party
SA teachers fight cuts
By Adam Hanieh
ADELAIDE — The South Australian Institute of Teachers has promised to continue industrial action over the state government's $22 million education cuts.
Teachers in South
Moura inquiry: warning signs existed
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Coal miners at the Moura No 2 mine, which suffered an explosion on August 7 killing 11 workers, have given evidence to the mining warden's inquiry at Gladstone that
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