Suncorp-Metway staff reject non-union agreement
BRISBANE — Staff at the newly merged Suncorp-Metway Bank voted on November 14 to reject a non-union industrial agreement. Although the plan was defeated by only 51% to 49%, Janice Mayes, state
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Move for legal recognition of same-sex couples
By Ruth Ratcliffe
BRISBANE — The Queensland Labor opposition announced last week that it will introduce an amendment to the Powers of Attorney Act to include the recognition of same-sex
Population implosion
"We are all capitalists now, with 1.2 million Australians buying about $8 billion of shares in Telstra." — Sydney Morning Herald editorial, November 18.
Oh so modern
"The [socialisation] objective, totally
Burmese leader to visit
A Burmese democracy leader, Dr Thaung Htun, will visit Australia to participate in the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference being organised by the Asia Pacific Institute for Democratisation and Development (API) from April
By Sean Healy
SYDNEY — On November 15, the National Union of Students NSW branch conference passed a motion limiting the role of the activist Cross-Campus Education Network (CCEN). This is a significant shift away from the state branch's
Activist launches first book
By Connie Fraser
ADELAIDE — About 100 women crowded into the Lion Bar of the Lion Arts Theatre Complex on November 11 to congratulate well-known activist Marg McHugh on the launch of her first book, What Would
Monkey business
By Brandon Astor Jones
"The Simiadae then branched off into two great stems, the new world and the old world monkeys; and from the latter at a remote period, man the wonder and glory of the universe, proceeded." —
Dili massacre commemorated
PERTH — On November 16, 300 people marched through the streets of Fremantle to commemorate the 1991 Dili massacre and protest the Australian government's continued support for the Suharto regime. They demanded
New airport driven by profits
By Alistair Dickinsonand Rupen Savoulian
SYDNEY — Developers of the Badgerys Creek airport will make big profits, while residents will pay the cost, Kay Vella, a coordinator of the western Sydney anti-airport
l = Editorial: US out of the Persian Gulf!
l = US out of the Persian Gulf!
The US government has threatened to launch a military attack on Iraq over a relatively insignificant matter to do with the composition of the United Nations Special
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm.
Access News — Melbourne
The Millera people in New South Wales are struggling to protect their ancestral lands and culture from devastation by Ross Mining's gold mine. They have presented the first native title case concerning mining, rather than pastoral leases. KATHY
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