Correction
A sub-editing error in the article titled "MUA members speak out against Patrick deal" in last week's issue referred to Melbourne community radio 3CR's Friday breakfast show as "sponsored" by Green Left Weekly. We do not sponsor this
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Brisbane students plan walkout
By Emma Tovell and Sarah Cunningham
BRISBANE — Angry high school students and Resistance members have joined to organise a mass high school walkout, protesting against racism and the growth of Pauline Hanson's One
By Jorge Jorquera
On the waterfront, the National Farmers Federation (NFF) spearheaded the new wave of neo-liberal attacks on workers' wages and conditions by seeking to smash a well-organised union with a militant history — the Maritime Union of
Political prisoners benefit a huge success
By Lynda Hansen
BRISBANE — More than 120 people crammed into Che's Lounge on June 28 to support the campaign to free Indonesia's political prisoners. The fundraiser was organised by Green Left Weekly
Canadian consulate occupied
SYDNEY — The Canadian consulate was briefly occupied on June 30 by 100 members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. The occupation was in opposition
Jabiluka: pressure on Howard, ERA grows
There were mass arrests at the Jabiluka uranium mine site in Kakadu National Park on July 3, as thousands blockaded construction. The government and the mining company, Energy Resources of Australia (ERA),
Rallies oppose racism and economic rationalism
By William Thomas
HOBART — More than 50 people, including many secondary students, rallied in Franklin Square on June 26, to oppose the racist, homophobic agenda of Pauline Hanson's One Nation and
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Slave labour in ACT schools
CANBERRA — The ACT government has tendered to the federal government for funds to "employ" 140 unemployed people under the work for the dole scheme in ACT primary schools next year. The Australian Education Union and
Better late than never
"Overwhelmingly, my constituents are opposed to this full sale." — Queensland National MP De-Anne Kelly, threatening to cross the floor to oppose privatisation of Telstra (but the bill has already passed the House of