By Sarah Peart
The Federal Court's decision on February 11 to reject the legal challenge by a senior traditional owner of the Mirrar people, Yvonne Margarula, makes a stepped-up public campaign against the Jabiluka uranium mine more urgent. The
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By Chris Slee and Stan Thompson
Managers in the Individual Non-Business Taxes (INB) section of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) have announced that they will not go ahead with plans for compulsory redundancies. The plans have been hanging over
Youth forum unites candidates
By Will Williams and Amanda Lawrence
CANBERRA — On February 13, Resistance organised a discussion between young people and youth candidates standing in the February 21 ACT elections. The Democratic Socialists' Nick
Robo-shlock: the bad '80s teen movie goes sci-fi
Starship TroopersDirected by Paul VerhoevanNow screening in major cinemas. By Conrad Barrett
It's the future and sexism and racism have been eliminated; there's world peace and everyone has an
Anti-war activists around the country have quickly mobilised to oppose another US-led war against Iraq. Anti-war coalitions have been formed in many cities, and pickets and protests have been organised. In Melbourne, reports Ben Reid, 300 people
Maritime Union of Australia stop-work meetings held around Australia last week to update members on the Webb Dock dispute showed that wharfies and seafarers are angry, determined to win and not alone. The meetings all voted for a $50 levy on members
World trade union network against Rio Tinto launched
World trade union network against Rio Tinto launched
By Norm Dixon
Trade unions with members in the Rio Tinto corporation have launched a worldwide network to defend workers' pay and
By Ray Fulcher
MELBOURNE — La Trobe University's student newspaper, Rabelais, is threatened with closure by the right-wing coalition which controls the Student Representative Council. Last week, right-wing students from the Liberal Club, Labor
Sydney action to defend abortion rights
An emergency meeting of abortion rights campaigners in Sydney on February 14 decided to organise an action to protest against the charges laid in WA. The action will be held on Friday, February 20, at 5.30pm.
[Printed here are excerpts from three articles in Socialist Appeal analysing the British Labour government's social policies.] 'Welfare to work'?
The Labour government intends to introduce workfare for the long-term unemployed. Workfare is an
Fee boycott at SCU
By Bernard Wunsch
LISMORE — The administration of Southern Cross University has imposed an up-front fee of $18 on all students enrolling this year. In response, the Students Representative Council is organising a boycott. SRC
IWD forums debate feminist issues
In preparation for International Women's Day, forums on issues confronting women have been held in Perth and Adelaide. In Perth, Shannon Buckley writes, approximately 30 women and men participated in a one-day
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