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Pressure grows over CES/DSS

Pressure grows over CES/DSS By Paul Oboohov Community and Public Sector Union members in the Commonwealth Employment Service have increased pressure on the federal government to stop corporatisation of the CES. The corporatisation would remove

Government slams door on Open Learning

By Marina Cameron Although the government's bill to allow the charging of up-front undergraduate fees will go before the Senate only this week, Open Learning Australia (OLA) has already begun to charge fees for 1997. The passage of the bill is by

Beanland under fire in anti-discrimination row

Beanland under fire in anti-discrimination row By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Queensland attorney-general and justice minister Denver Beanland has accused the sacked head of the joint federal-state Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission,

WA elections: Racism No! Justice Yes!

By Jorge Andres PERTH — When it comes to who will govern Western Australia, voters will get scarce choice at the December 14 poll. Some may hope that beneath the innocent Clarke Kent exterior, Labor's Geoff Gallop may prove to be a superman

The 'Holy Trinity' and the Third World

IMF/World Bank/WTO: The Free Market FiascoEdited by Eric Toussaint and Peter DruckerNotebooks for Study and Research No. 24/25International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE)1995. 116 pp., US$8.75Reviewed by Eva Cheng The Free Market Fiasco

Hinchinbrook campaign continues

Hinchinbrook campaign continues By Trish Corcoran SYDNEY — One hundred and thirty people packed the Glebe Town Hall here on November 26 to hear an update on the campaign to stop tourist "development" and save the ecosystem in the area around

In the Malaysian police lock-up

On November 8, thugs from the ruling National Front parties in Malaysia physically broke up the Asia Pacific Conference on East Timor II (APCET II). Police later arrived and, instead of arresting the thugs, arrested all the conference participants.

Report slams black health crisis

Report slams black health crisis By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The disastrous state of the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland has been underlined by a state government "status" report on health matters released on

Labor allows the right to control NUS west

By Corinne Glenn At the National Union of Students (NUS) state branch conference on November 24, the Labor right (Unity) faction and the Liberals strengthened their grip on the student movement. The Labor left in the National Organisation of Labor

Campus unrest grows in Aotearoa

University campuses around Aotearoa [New Zealand] have been rocked in recent months by a wave of protest at tuition fee hikes. Student anger has spilled over at continual government funding cuts and the willingness of university administrations to

Australians Against Racism: new party founded

Green Left Weekly's CHRIS SPINDLER spoke to JACK BEETSON, director of studies at Tranby Aboriginal College in Sydney and a founder of the new anti-racism party Australians Against Racism (AAR), about the recent racist upsurge and plans for the

Wooldridge flies a jumbo jet in parliament

By Max Watts SYDNEY — "Whoever expects politicians to be honest?", said one of the participants during a meeting of psychiatric patients, doctors and carers at Strathfield Town Hall on November 28. The meeting was organised by a new group, Mental