By Leo Wellin
Following the public endorsement by telecommunications industry union officials of a Telstra enterprise agreement many workplace delegates consider rotten, union militants are preparing a "Vote No" campaign for the staff ballot on the
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By Arrow Tong
School is oppressive. There are no two ways about it. For one, school (and students) are supposed to be "apolitical" — and school authorities try to keep it that way. Political repression tries to keep us quiet whenever we do take a
East Timor: Habibie stalls as pressure mounts
By Jon Land
The Indonesian government is under increasing pressure to resolve the growing political crisis it is caught in as a consequence of its 23-year illegal occupation of East Timor. President
Protests target Howard, ERA
SYDNEY — About 150 protesters gathered outside the Town Hall here on November 6 to express their anger at the Jabiluka uranium mine. The rally and march through the city centre to the offices of Energy Resources of
Multiculturalism and its discontents
By Michael Cooke and Suriyakumaran
When one peruses the newspapers and the air waves, one is struck by most people's lack of knowledge on the issue of multiculturalism, whatever their political persuasion.
Flickerfest casts an eye on PNG
SYDNEY — Flickerfest, Australia's international short film festival, is to host "Ways of Seeing — the Camera Eye and Papua New Guinea", a documentary festival and forum night. It will take place at the Bondi
... and ain't I a woman?: The police and domestic violence
Workers in domestic violence services in NSW are appalled by a proposal for the police to fund and pilot a project that would respond to incidents of domestic violence by holding
By Sue Boland
The Howard government is talking tough in a bid to exert maximum pressure on the senators with the softest positions on the GST — independents Mal Colston and Brian Harradine and the Australian Democrats — to try to get its tax
Carr, cops and media bash ethnic community
By Srini
SYDNEY — The "drive-by shooting" of Lakemba police station in the city's south-west has led to a racist backlash against sections of Sydney's ethnic population. Tension has been rising since
By Bronwen Beechey
ADELAIDE — As the South Australian Liberal government pushes ahead with its plan to privatise the Electricity Trust (ETSA), power industry workers are gearing up to ensure that they will not suffer. On October 27, 1000 ETSA
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