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Student activists condemn Indonesian repression

By Sarah Peart Six Australian student movement leaders have united to condemn the latest Indonesian military and police violence against students in that country, and to initiate a campaign of solidarity by students and student organisations in

Action updates

Jabiluka forum at Tas Uni HOBART — In support of the national campaign to stop the Jabiluka uranium mine, the Resistance Club at the University of Tasmania held a forum on uranium mining on March 24. Hugh Lockwood spoke about the threats

Russia: new government no threat to neo-liberalism

By Boris Kagarlitsky MOSCOW — On the morning of March 23, no-one in Moscow was expecting anything special to happen. But at 11 o'clock, radio and television reported that President Boris Yeltsin, after meeting with Prime Minister Victor

Reactor campaigners boycott government process

By Jim Green SYDNEY — People Against a Nuclear Reactor (PANR), the group opposing the federal government's plan to build another nuclear reactor in the southern Sydney suburb of Lucas Heights, will boycott the environmental impact assessment set

Keeping the green bans story alive

City of Green — Green Ban Songs and BeyondCD by Denis Kevans and friendsSend $20 (plus $3 postage) to 63 Valley Rd, Wentworth Falls NSW 2782 Review by Alex Bainbridge City of Green is not the sort of album likely to have a place in the charts —

Miners protest for payment

Miners protest for payment By Michelle Armstrong CANBERRA — Workers from Woodlawn Mine at Tarago, near Goulburn, rallied outside Parliament House on March 23 to demand federal government action to force the payment of $6 million in entitlements

Crisis in recycling

By Barry Healy SYDNEY — Recycling of waste by local NSW councils is in danger of collapse and many councils are threatening to stop collections within weeks, according to the Local Government Recycling Co-operative. The packaging industry has

Students fight to save their course

By Marcel Cameron MELBOURNE — Students enrolled in the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology's Bachelor of Social Science (Psych-Environmental Assessment and Policy) (SEAP) are fighting to save their course from extinction, as university

Hospitality workers win on penalty rates

By Bill Mason Hospitality workers will keep their penalty rates for after-hours, weekend and holiday work following a landmark decision by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission on March 27. The AIR dismissed an application by the

Economy outside the market

Counting for Nothing: What Men Value and What Women Are WorthBy Marilyn WaringWellington: Bridget Williams Books, 1997(Originally: Allen & Unwin NZ, 1988)$24.95 Review by Greg Ogle It is 10 years since Marilyn Waring published Counting for

TAFE action against cuts

By Jennifer Thompson SYDNEY — TAFE teachers, students and support staff will join the national day of action for higher education on April 1. They will be protesting against federal and state funding cuts to TAFE. The TAFE Teachers Association,

500 staff and students rally at ANU

By Will Williams CANBERRA — On March 26, 500 staff and students attended a rally at the Australian National University to protest against the continuing attacks on education. The rally marched to the ANU Chancellery where it was met by police.