Court stymies NSW EPA
By Barry Healy
SYDNEY — In a surprise decision, the NSW Land and Environment Court has virtually annulled the ability of the states Environment Protection Authority to enforce pollution controls. Under a ruling handed down
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CFMEU elections
I feel I must comment on an article in GLW of Sept 4th, by Jorge Jorquera titled "Political Battle inside WA CFMEU". Firstly the way you have presented this piece would have done credit to the major dailies of the right wing
Save our ABC: The Case for Maintaining Australia's National BroadcasterEdited by M. Fraser & Joseph O'Reilly$10.00 from Friends of the ABC in each state: GPO Box 4065MM Melbourne 3001; PO Box 1391 North Sydney 2059; 7 Grantley Ave Rostrevor 5073; 344
By Paul Howes
After several successful walkouts, secondary students in Melbourne and Sydney have decided to set up unions to campaign against education funding cuts and other issues affecting secondary students. The Sydney union, the United
By Russel Norman
AUCKLAND — It's election time here. There are four major parties competing in the October 12 election under New Zealand's new proportional representation system: National, Labour, New Zealand First and the Alliance. The polls
By Stuart Russell
A centrepiece of the Howard government's ideological offensive against last month's "Canberra riot" has been to label those associated with the protest as "un-Australian". John Howard and other members of the cabinet have used the
By Marina Cameron
Vice-chancellors and the National Tertiary Education and Industry Union (NTEU) joined forces before the budget to demand supplementary funding for a long-awaited pay rise for academics and general staff. Since the budget came
How about terminations for telephones?
How are you today sir? Very fine, yes? Looking for something special? You've come to the right place. Come, let me show you. Never mind the quality, feel the width. And cheap! So cheap! You won't believe me
Motion on support for democracy
The following motion, adopted by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union national seminar held on August 17-18, can be put to trade union members and delegates' meetings at the branch, state or national
By Alex Bainbridge
NEWCASTLE — Right wing student politicians are the big winners in the election of delegates to the National Union of Students, winning the first three positions. At least two were won by the ALP's right wing Unity faction. The
By Kylie Moon
HOBART — Student elections on the Hobart campus of the University of Tasmania finished last week. The successful candidate for president, Catherine Miller, won 807 of the 1382 votes. Sarah Stephen, from the Resistance ticket, won
By Chris Martin
Aboriginal organisations working to reunite children of the "stolen generation" with their families will be shielded from the effects of the federal government's 11% cut to indigenous funding, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait
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