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Fair go!

Not an advertisement Fair go! There's something very wrong about Australian sales taxes. For example, if you choose to travel by BMW, you have to pay a sales tax of up to 45% on your chosen means of transport. But if you decide to walk, you

The Northcote by-election

By Ben Reid MELBOURNE — The state by-election in Northcote on August 15 will be an important event in Victorian politics. On July 29, One Nation announced Nikolas Kavalenka as its candidate. Kavalenka says he supports Pauline Hanson's statements

Davids workers stop the trucks

Davids workers stop the trucks By James Vassilopoulos and Gail Lord SYDNEY — July 3 was a great day for the National Union of Workers members in a four-week long dispute with Davids. On that day, 800 picketers, other unionists and community

Loose cannons

Loose cannons Right people "I made the appointments myself on the principle of putting the right people in the right jobs." — Keizo Obuchi, Japan's new prime minister and Liberal Democratic Party leader, after naming to the LDP's three top jobs

Quito:

Quito: the story of a refugee SYDNEY — As part of the Song Company and Sydney A cappella Association's "Modern Art Series", Quito will be performed at Newtown Theatre on August 6. Quito, by Martin and Perter Wesley-Smith, is a multimedia event

Davids workers call for union and community support

Davids workers call for union and community support By James Vassilopoulos About 25 minutes' drive west of the Sydney CBD lies the suburb of Silverwater. Here is one of the two sites of the dispute between the National Union of Workers and

Hyundai workers continue occupation

By Eva Cheng Hyundai Motors, South Korea's biggest car producer, failed to reopen its key plant in Ulsan on July 28, due to a protest walkout of 15,000 workers in a bid to save the jobs of 2678 co-workers who were scheduled to be fired on July 31.

Bus drivers take action

Bus drivers take action By Anthony Benbow ADELAIDE — "We have tried to do the right thing by the company but they have given us nothing", said one driver employed by private bus operator Serco, as he and many colleagues stopped work for 24

On the box

On the box 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. Ph 9565 5522. Access

Poem: Growth industry

Growth industry “Uranium is a growth industry”, Says the Mining Maggot, always smilin' — You're sure to get a growth out of it, you idiot! Just look at the people from the Marshall Islands! Denis Kevans

$500,000 Anti-racist Campaign Fund launched

$500,000 Anti-racist Campaign Fund launched Dear Green Left reader, While many of us are angered and worried by the growth of the racist right wing in Australia, it is also clear that an effective challenge to it is possible. On July 24 and 28,

Jabiluka:

Jabiluka: don't miss it @photo caption = Progressive film-maker David Bradbury's powerful film documenting the dispossession of Aboriginal people and the destruction of parts of Kakadu National Park by uranium mining is finally to be shown on