NFF: using farmers' funds to aid big business
By Chris Spindler
In its attack on maritime workers, the National Farmers Federation has tried to portray itself as representing the whole of the farming sector. The reality is different. The NFF
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Mandela to address Rio Tinto unions
South African President Nelson Mandela is to meet with trade union leaders whose members are employed by Rio Tinto, the world's biggest minerals company and renowned for its anti-union stand. Rio Tinto also has a
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The controversial pamphlet, Bludgers in Grass Castles: Native title and the unpaid debts of the pastoral industry, was launched here on February 7 at the Resistance Centre. The pamphlet, by ecologist Martin Taylor, has
A different kind of pop
We Will FallVarious artistsTWA/Royalty Records Review by Jon Land
This CD, featuring a bunch of '90s rocksters from around the United States, is a tribute to the '70s rockster Iggy Pop. On the CD's inside cover the
Left on-line
What's new on Free Speech TV â McLibel: Criticising McDonald's is not for the faint-hearted. The corporation is notorious for abusing libel law to silence activists. British activists David Morris and Helen Steel chose to fight
Beverley uranium: the government's dirty secret
By Louise Moody
ADELAIDE — On November 14, Mines and Energy South Australia (MESA) announced that it had government approval to trial uranium mining in Beverley in the far north of South
Israelis protest against US policy
By Adam Hanieh
TEL AVIV — Around 50 people gathered outside the US consulate here on February 4 to protest against US policy towards Iraq. The demonstrators carried signs calling for the US to leave the Gulf
Voluntary student unionism in Qld
By Zanny Begg
BRISBANE — At the recent Young Liberals' conference in Noosa, Queensland, deputy premier Joan Sheldon announced that the state Liberal Party would introduce voluntary student unionism legislation
By Francesca Davis
United States military action against Iraq could trigger a world war, Russian President Boris Yeltsin warned on February 4. In a meeting with first deputy prime minister Anatoly Chubais, Yeltsin commented, "Clinton's actions
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