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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

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.

Not romantic, but progressive

Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil WarBy James M. McPhersonOxford University Press, 1996. 258 pp., $41.95 (hb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon The United States Civil War still tends to evoke the romantic figures of the dashing Rhett

Migrant bashing in parliament

Editorial: Migrant bashing in parliament Migrants, she declared before parliament, were "being offered the opportunity to ride on the backs of battlers from the day they arrive". No, this was not Pauline Hanson, the fish and chip proto-fascist

The WA Greens and the state election

FREMANTLE — The WA Greens are running candidates in the upper and lower houses in the coming state elections under the slogan "Restore the Balance." Green Left Weekly's MICHAEL BRAMWELL spoke to Greens' candidate for the South Metropolitan area,

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

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

Taking risks with the environment

Risk versus risk: Tradeoffs in protecting health and the environmentEdited by John D. Graham and Jonathan Baert WienerHarvard University Press, 1996. 337 pp., US$39.95Reviewed by Dot Tumney Risk management refuses to fit into neat boxes. Those making

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

Campaigning at ANU in 1997

MATT TINNING was recently elected the 1997 president of the Australian National University Student Association on the "Counter Attack" ticket. ANU Resistance club activist MARTIN ILTIS spoke to him about his plans for next year. Question: Can you

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

Belarus referendum marks progress toward dictatorship

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — In a vote riddled with fraud, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on November 24 secured victory in a referendum aimed at allowing him to introduce a new, super-"presidential" constitution. Official figures claimed